Five essential movies mostly set on a cruise ship

The multi-billion dollar cruise ship industry is currently going through extremely difficult times. Not only does no one want to cruise due to the coronavirus crisis, but the ships themselves have become deadly hotspots for the spread of disease. Take the Diamond Princess, an international ship that has spread the coronavirus so rapidly throughout its ship that it currently has more cases than actual countries such as Malaysia, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Brazil. Additionally, there are also reports of countries across the Caribbean refusing to take cruise ships lest they reintroduce a variety of cases to their lands.

Not to mention their current non-coronavirus issues, such as being among the biggest polluters in the world and ruining idyllic towns such as Venice and Dubrovnik by dumping an unhealthy amount of tourists onto their shores every day. We imagine that once this whole crisis is over, people will start serious conversations about their place in the world.

For now though, it’s time to reminisce about some of the most thrilling cruise ship adventures. A time when these were glamorous affairs, places of romance, adventure and danger. To help you celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of five essential cruise ship adventures. Spanning classic romances to iconic disasters and sometimes both in the same movie, our list should keep you satiated while you wait for the world to return to normal and you can get back on a classic cruise liner. Read on to see what we picked. Do you think we missed something essential? Let us know in the comment section below.

Poseidon’s Adventure

During the boom of the 1970s in disaster films such as Airport and The infernal tower, Poseidon’s Adventure may be the best of the lot. It tells the story of the SS Poseidon, an aging ship on its final voyage from New York to Athens that is suddenly overturned by a tsunami – leaving the characters to scramble to find their way to safety.

It’s held together by a barnyard performance from Gene Hackman as a priest known for his unorthodox views. He doesn’t act like he’s in a simple gender picture. He acts like he’s in the lead role of a Bergman movie, imbuing his performance with much-needed moral turmoil and making Poseidon’s Adventure far more convincing than perhaps it should have been. It was remade in the 2000s with Kurt Russell and heavily upgraded special effects, but this version can’t compete with the fantastical original.

A case to remember

Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant are a match made in heaven in romantic delirium A case to remember. It tells the story of a playboy, played by Grant, who meets a woman on the SS Constitution en route to New York. They quickly become friends, their relationship slowly developing into something more special, despite the fact that they are both involved with someone else.

Nevertheless, they agree, if all goes well, to meet in six months at the top of the Empire State Building, where they can consummate their relationship. However, on the day of the fateful meeting, Terry is injured in a car accident, unfortunately making their meeting impossible. A deliberately melodramatic exploration of love versus fate, this is a film that will have you reaching for the tissue box at regular intervals.

Men prefer blondes

Based on the 1949 musical of the same name, this Howard Hawks film is a lighthearted and enjoyable cruise trip filled with outlandish musical numbers and endless sight gags. It stars Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell as two stage girls looking for love; the first a wealthy husband to help her achieve economic success, the second a man who can match her fierce beauty and sharp wit.

A truly sparkling confection, it was a huge box office hit when it was released in 1953. Now it’s best known for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic rendition of ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’ – a true fashion staple. pop culture that has been covered by everyone from Beyoncé to Madonna to Christina Aguilera to James Franco.

Speed ​​2: Cruise control

Criticized upon its release, Speed ​​2: Cruise control takes the model from the original Speed movie and does something completely deranged but relentlessly entertaining. Sandra Bullock reprises her role from the original film as a woman vacationing on a cruise ship through the Caribbean who finds more than she bargained for when the ship is taken over by a villain named Geiger, played perfectly by Willem Dafoe. Once again, the vehicle simply cannot stop, heading for the mainland and potentially leaving acres of destruction in its wake.

It is notable for Roger Ebert’s three and a half star review which stood in contrast to contemporary critics of the time. While everyone thought the film was pure nonsense, he called it a “really catchy ocean liner adventure story”. I’m going to have to agree with Roger on this one.

Titanic

If there was solid proof of cruise ships’ innate pull on the imagination, look to the titanic box office success for Titanic, which grossed over $2 billion in 1997. A three-hour-plus cruise ship extravaganza, it has everything you could want from the genre, starting with romance, intrigue, the founding myths of the immigration and rivalry, before descending into an epic disaster movie.

Anchored by two great performances by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as star-crossed lovers, Titanic remains one of the best films ever made. Of course, many cruise ship romances hinge on this idea of ​​temporary romance. The characters fall in love but once back on earth (usually in New York), they must return to their real life. However, by having Jack die at sea, Rose can freeze him forever in time, raising him to an ideal of a man that she will never have again. A remarkably brave move in a remarkable, once-in-a-lifetime film. The cruise ship genre is unlikely to be as wonderful again.