Irwin Allen Where are you?

Rating: 2/10 (16 November 2009)

I have been a fan of disaster movies since I first saw "The Poseidon Adventure" on television when I was five years old. I love everything about them, the great music, the terrific effects, the gathering of actors who you get to see meet their demise in very cool ways. What happened to all of that? Today's disaster movies are just terrible.
2012 is no exception. Cool effects but you never really feel that anyone is in any type of danger. The characters are cardboard, the plot thin, far too many comedic moments. If I want to see a comedy I will go see a comedy not a disaster film. "The Poseidon Adventure" had lighthearted moments in it but you never felt as though the situation they were in was nothing but grave.
Roland Emmerich should sit down and watch a few of the late, great Irwin Allen's disaster films such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and the incredibly awesome "The Towering Inferno." Note to Hollywood, go back to making movies and not video games.