10 Dumbest Decisions In Disaster Movies

by Richard Hiron

1. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - Waiting For Help 

This last entry deals with a combination of logic and physics.

The premise of a cruise liner being turned upside down in The Poseidon Adventure is one of the most famous disaster film set-ups of all time.

After the S.S. Poseidon capsizes, Reverend Frank Scott (Gene Hackman) tries to convince the survivors to go with him to the hull of the ship, which is now the top of the ship, but the ship's purser (Byron Webster) opposes him and persuades the majority of the passengers to stay put and wait to be rescued.

Scott knows that this is a mistake, as the ship's ballroom is an air pocket that will soon burst and flood. Shortly after Scott and his party leave, this actually happens and, even though Scott still tries to save some of the passengers that declined his help, his efforts are futile.

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