A Shocking Report About Another Heinous TORTURE Incident!

[Delano]

I can't believe I spent 4 hours of my life on this. 4 hours of waiting through lame-o storyline, endless commercials just to see about 90 seconds of subpar effects of LA being wrecked as the fault line ruptures creating...the new Santa Barbara Island?


ARRGGGHH. Why couldn't all of the sorry-arse characters have been swallowed up into the new sea?

This movie sets a new low-water mark for disaster flicks. Even worse than that one NBC did a few years ago with the asteroid hitting the (very deserving) city of Dallas.

:puke::boring: :boring: :boring:

[wtmusic]

1. Oh c'mon, worse than 'The Poseidon Adventure"?

It would have to have Shelley Winters in it somewhere

[foreigncorrespondent]

4. Oh come on!

You do realize don't you that TPA actually set the standard for disaster movies we watch today?

Bloody hell, just watch Daylight, and you will see TPA written all over it. And then go watch Cameron's (shit) Titanic, and watch as the ship is sinking with the ass going further up in the air, the stunts are very Irwin Allen like.

Don't knock a movie that set the standard for some great movies we see today. TPA is a classic disaster and a must watch.

[Delano]

5. I didn't want to say, but...

I thought TPA was pretty boss, too. Not as good as "Earthquake", but pretty good, and WAAAAY better than 10.5.

[foreigncorrespondent]

6. Well TPA...

...paved the way for other classics like Earthquake (Earthquake was made in '74 and TPA was made in '72.) And it was nice to see that right wing prick Heston get it in Earthquake. ;)

BTW if you dig on TPA, the most formative (and simply the BEST) site on the 'net for TPA is: http://www.poseidonadventure.com/poseidonadventure/index.php You don't want to hang with the TPA fan club, the guy who runs it, is a real drop kick.

[blackcat77]

2. I recorded it on my DVR

And spun through the whole thing in about 20 minutes, slowing and watching everything that was even remotely interesting, which obviously wasn't much.

And that lame-o "we are not masters of the planet" thing at the end was the perfect capper to a perfect crapper of a tv movie.

Seemed like half the film was somebody shaking the camera and a bunch of people falling down for no apparent reason.

[ForrestGump]

3. Now I don't mind that I missed it

In no hurry for its real-life counterpart to happen, either.

Dude, surf's up.

[FireHeart]

7. Big disappoinment.

:( I was shocked that there was no follow-up, no real ending. I was also amazed that the "scenes" shown prior to the commercial breaks were the ONLY really exciting scenes in the entire movie.

Why did they waste so much time on trivia and so little time on the effects of the actual disaster? Woops...I know. Budget!

Ugh. I waited a long time to see this. I hope "The Day After Tomorrow" won't be such a disappointment.

[nonconformist]

8. I agree, I want those 4 hours of my life back

It was horrible. My husband and I were highly disappointed. That must be why the big one hit at the very end of the movie - so people would stay tuned during that monstrosity to see the big earthquake. That's why we kept watching, anyway.

Lame. Pathetic.

[huellewig]

9. It was almost as good as the Y2K movie.

Anybody remember that?

[slinkerwink]

10. nope

[Delano]

11. kicque

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