|
|
Post by dirtypillows on Feb 21, 2020 23:46:59 GMT
I didn't include the original "Airport" because it is not really a disaster pic. It's more like a glossy, slightly over-produced old-fashioned melodrama. I find it okay, with Maureen Stapleton being the best thing in it.
I picked "Airport 1975" because it really is the epitome of everything that was fun about these movies. I am betting that most posters will pick TPA, which is also a goodie. I emphatically did not care for "The Towering Inferno". I find it quite mean spirited and slow-moving. I hated that Susan Flannery and Jennifer Jones died.
|
|
|
|
Post by petrolino on Feb 21, 2020 23:49:44 GMT
'The Poseidon Adventure' - with 'Earthquake', 'The Towering Inferno', 'The Swarm' and 'Beyond The Poseidon Adventure' rounding out my top 5.
|
|
|
|
Post by dirtypillows on Feb 22, 2020 0:11:42 GMT
'The Poseidon Adventure' - with 'Earthquake', 'The Towering Inferno', 'The Swarm' and 'Beyond The Poseidon Adventure' rounding out my top 5. Shoot! I forgot "Earthquake"! I am going to see if I can go back and insert the movie. I liked it a lot.
|
|
|
|
Post by movielover on Feb 22, 2020 0:13:02 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure
|
|
|
|
Post by politicidal on Feb 22, 2020 0:13:43 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure.
|
|
|
|
Post by HumanFundRecipient on Feb 22, 2020 0:32:11 GMT
I was gonna say Towering Inferno, but I've never seen it. My favorite is Earthquake, for the not-at-all-bad all star cast (duh) and for the fake onscreen blood as the people in an elevator meet their ultimate demise. Miles and away more impactful than that San Andreas movie, with much fewer people to give a damn about.
I chose "other".
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 0:33:29 GMT
I have only seen two of those.
The Poseidon Adventure, which is a damn fine disaster flick.
And Avalanche, which is a damn mess.
I picked Poseidon Adventure.
|
|
|
|
Post by alpha128 on Feb 22, 2020 0:46:40 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure. I own it on DVD.
|
|
|
|
Post by OldAussie on Feb 22, 2020 1:58:16 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure
|
|
|
|
Post by Toasted Cheese on Feb 22, 2020 2:23:59 GMT
'The Poseidon Adventure' - with 'Earthquake', 'The Towering Inferno', 'The Swarm' and 'Beyond The Poseidon Adventure' rounding out my top 5. Shoot! I forgot "Earthquake"! I am going to see if I can go back and insert the movie. I liked it a lot. Earthquake was the first major disaster film I saw. Hadn't seen The Towering Inferno until around early 80's on re-release. I loved Earthquake when I was a kid and got to see it in 70mm Sensurround. It impressed me for a long time. I think I may have seen The Poseidon Adventure in the late 70's too, before Inferno. It was a double feature with The French Connection, which I hated. Still not overly sold on it. Saw both Airport 77' and Airport 80: The Concorde at the time of release. Only really liked 77'. Need to see 75'.
After a few or several re-watches of these films, TPA has taken the pip. It just has something about it the others don't. Even the dated aspect of it gives the film charm, while Inferno and Earthquake are dated and even cheesy bad. EQ is the better though and a bittersweet ending. TTI is just too long and flatly directed in stretches. It's mean-spiritedness doesn't even work in well with the context of the narrative, like the tragedies in Poseidon do. Poseidon just flows so much more easily, the cast was magic and the emotional impact was well conveyed.
Mr. Dirty, forgot to mention The Cassandra Crossing - 77'. That one was terrific at the time and still in the disaster realm. I still enjoy watching it.
|
|
|
|
Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Feb 22, 2020 4:50:02 GMT
I never really cared for the 70s disaster genre, but I did like Two-Minute Warning.
Actually, Airport '77 was good as well.
|
|
|
|
Post by wolf359 on Feb 22, 2020 4:53:49 GMT
The Poseidon Adventure
|
|
|
|
Post by marth on Feb 22, 2020 5:38:41 GMT
The Towering Inferno  |
|
|
|
Post by darkreviewer2013 on Feb 22, 2020 6:10:49 GMT
The Towering Inferno.
|
|
|
|
Post by hi224 on Feb 22, 2020 6:49:00 GMT
none but suppose if i need to pick Earthquake.
|
|
|
|
Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 22, 2020 7:37:24 GMT
The Towering Inferno.
If I get around to it, watching one of its ilk tonight - City On Fire (1979).
|
|
|
|
Post by hitchcockthelegend on Feb 24, 2020 23:20:30 GMT
The Towering Inferno is the daddy in my book, but I do adore TPA. Earthquake, like what Toasted Cheese said, it was a great theatre experience and I still have a soft spot for it.
Others that demand a mention are The China Syndrome and The Andromeda Strain, while The Hindenburg was very popular back in the decade and is worth a watch for sure.
Two-Minute Warning and Rollercoaster get lumped into the disaster genre but they are just great thrillers involving a madman on the loose! - Very much recommended though.
|
|
|
|
Post by bd74 on Feb 24, 2020 23:31:02 GMT
Poseidon. Though I did love Airport 77 when I was younger.
|
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Feb 24, 2020 23:40:58 GMT
Poseidon and Towering Inferno are the only ones I've actually seen, and I don't think a ton of either..
|
|
|
|
Post by WarrenPeace on Feb 25, 2020 2:28:43 GMT
'The Poseidon Adventure' - with 'Earthquake', 'The Towering Inferno', 'The Swarm' and 'Beyond The Poseidon Adventure' rounding out my top 5. Shoot! I forgot "Earthquake"! I am going to see if I can go back and insert the movie. I liked it a lot. I was gonna say Towering Inferno, but I've never seen it. My favorite is Earthquake, for the not-at-all-bad all star cast (duh) and for the fake onscreen blood as the people in an elevator meet their ultimate demise. Miles and away more impactful than that San Andreas movie, with much fewer people to give a damn about. I chose "other". Which is why EQ! is my pick as well. Wait for it at the end!
|
|
