History YMMV / Poseidon

** Not exactly right off the bat, but when Richard seriously tells Elena to grab a hold of his ankle it's funny when you realize the last time a person (Valentine) tried to hold onto Richard's ankle for dear life [[spoiler: he was kicked off to his death. Of course, she ends up dying eventually, too...]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Besides [[spoiler:Robert's HeroicSacrifice]], the ''Poseidon'' herself: when the ballast tanks finish flooding, [[spoiler: her, now a ghost ship, rolls upright one final time before slipping beneath the waves never to be seen again.]]
* HoYay: hinted at between Valentin and Richard. [[spoiler:Valentin ''does'' end up [[IncrediblyLamePun getting it hard]] not long after, but not ''at all'' in a HoYay sort of way.]]
* IdiotBall: Dylan allowing Elena to be the last person to swim through the flooded corridors, even when he explicitly made it a point not to do this earlier in the vents.

** Robert allowing his daughter and Christian to think that he will allow Christian to make a HeroicSacrifice and then taking the opprtunity to leave to do it himself when they're both distracted.

* TooDumbToLive: Connor keeps wandering off on his own, which gets him into trouble near the end, and endangers two other survivors when they come looking for him.

* TheWoobie: Everyone but special mention goes to poor Valentin.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Besides [[spoiler:Robert's HeroicSacrifice]], the ''Poseidon'' itself: when the ballast tanks finish flooding, [[spoiler: her, now a ghost ship, rolls upright one final time before slipping beneath the waves never to be seen again.]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Besides [[spoiler:Robert's HeroicSacrifice]], the ''Poseidon'' itself: when the ballast tanks finish flooding, [[spoiler: it, now a ghost ship, rolls upright one final time before slipping beneath the waves never to be seen again.]]

** Seeing Poseidon finally accepting her fate and make her descend into the Atlantic can be pretty heartbreaking for fellow sea dogs. what really makes it sad though is the fact that the ship makes a loud moaning sound as she falls, almost like a woman in pain

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Besides [[spoiler:Robert's HeroicSacrifice]], the ''Poseidon'' itself: when the ballast tanks finish flooding, [[spoiler: it, now a ghost ship, rolls upright one final time before slipping beneath the waves.]]

** Richard holding the dead Elena in his arms. You really get the sense that he's come to think of her as a daughter in the short time he's known her.

* TheWoobie: Everyone but special mention goes to poor Valentin.

* {{Narm}}: Not exactly right off the bat, but when Richard seriously tells Elena to grab a hold of his ankle it's funny when you realize the last time a person (Valentine) tried to hold onto Richard's ankle for dear life [[spoiler: he was kicked off to his death. Of course, she ends up dying eventually, too...]]

* {{Tearjerker}}: Richard holding the dead Elena in his arms. You really get the sense that he's come to think of her as a daughter in the short time he's known her.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The capsizing sequence is unquestionably the highlight of the film, but the Poseidon itself is amazing, as all the exterior shots of the ship itself are 100% CGI, and was listed in the 2010 Guinness book of world records as the most detailed CGI model ever to appear in a movie. And the opening shot? The only real element is Josh Lucas running around on the decks.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The capsizing sequence is unquestionably the highlight of the film, but the Poseidon itself is amazing, as all the exterior shots of the ship itself are 100% CGI, and was listed in the 2010 Guinness book of world records as the most detailed CGI model ever to appear in a movie. And the opening shot? The only real element is Josh Lucas running around on the decks.

* NightmareFuel: The guy who gets electrocuted in the upturned disco.

* HellIsThatNoise: The groan the ship makes before settling upside down.
** [[spoiler: Robert's frantic gulps as he drowns]].

* SoOkayItsAverage: Most reviews seem to agree that while the story and charachters are mediocre at best, the film's visual effects and action sequences are great.

** The the scene of people panicking, tripping, throwing chairs, and getting whacked in the head by girders in the disco to be hilarious. The last one, in particular, seems as if the ship said, "Screw you!" and smacked the guy on purpose.

** For some reason, this troper found the scene of people panicking, tripping, throwing chairs, and getting whacked in the head by girders in the disco to be hilarious. The last one, in particular, seems as if the ship said, "Screw you!" and smacked the guy on purpose.

* {{Tearjerker}}: Richard holding the dead Elena in his arms. You really get the sense that he's come to think of her as a daughter in the short time he's known her.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Lots and lots of examples, from ConvectionSchmonvection, to the ballroom windows all imploding at exactly the same time, to flaming columns of diesel fuel, to that bow thruster motor being so powerful it creates a 100 mph wind tunnel and easily sucks in a heavy nitrogen tank.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Lots and lots of examples, from ConvectionSchomvection, to the ballroom windows all imploding at exactly the same time, to flaming columns of diesel fuel, to that bow thruster motor being so powerful they create a 100 mph wind tunnel.