Review: Poseidon (2006)

Whenever there is a new disaster movie in the cinemas, and it flops, I hold my breath. Insanely expensive disaster movies belong to my favorite types of movies, and I always worry that big losses for one of the movies in the genre will spell the end for pictures involving small groups of people bonding together to try and survive the worst things that can happen to them. Poseidon's dissapointing box office does not bode well for the future of the genre, but the movie itself is not to blame for it. Because Poseidon is a lot of fun to watch, with good acting, great effects and some scenes that had me shuffling anxiously in my seat, which is exactly what makes these movies so much fun to watch.

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Whenever there is a new disaster movie in the cinemas, and it flops, I hold my breath. Insanely expensive disaster movies belong to my favorite types of movies, and I always worry that big losses for one of the movies in the genre will spell the end for pictures involving small groups of people bonding together to try and survive the worst things that can happen to them. Poseidon's dissapointing box office does not bode well for the future of the genre, but the movie itself is not to blame for it. Because Poseidon is a lot of fun to watch, with good acting, great effects and some scenes that had me shuffling anxiously in my seat, which is exactly what makes these movies so much fun to watch.