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Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline  Rollercoaster .(1977)
It would be easy to dismiss Rollercoaster as just another in a long line of 1970's disaster movies, I mean you could not move an inch in the 70's for earthquakes, chemical leaks, nuclear missiles being hijacked, animals running amuck and sinking cruise liners all clogging up our screens.Whether it be man made or good old nature in revolt I was pretty scared to leave the house back then in the case of earth tremors or a plane full of toxic waste crashing into the local Co-OP and releasing some sort of mutated cashier.(then again who could tell the difference)...The rollercoaster has George Segal as a safety inspector checking amusement rides for er a safety I guess.Unfortunately for him, Timothy Bottoms is the rather cherubic looking bomber looking to blackmail the corporations who own the amusement rides.And after successfully blowing up a ride and killing its riders when the coaster derails and plunges unceremoniously to the floor, Segal is entrusted with the job of liaising between the bomber and the FBI and the amusement park owners...Segal is always good value, and its a shame we don't see him more often in recent years, Richard Widmark does what he does best, playing grumpy men in authority, he's done them all, grumpy police, grumpy FBI and grumpy miliatary not to mention grumpy and mean bad guys.Of course, its 1970's and anything could happen, so do not be surprised when we get a couple of rocking tunes from Sparks (the internet reckons KISS was originally offered the gig but turned it down) who are entertaining the folks at The Great American Revolution at Magic Mountain where are bomber has threatened to blow up this new ride...While Rollercoaster does not have all the fancy effects of the Final Destination movies, its practical effects primitive as they are compared with today's CGI are still genuinely teeth-grindingly painful as they crash into the ground splatting their occupants..Not as packed full of famous actors waiting to die as say Earthquake and certainly not as dramatic as Poseidon Adventure its still a cool movie and one I remember fondly seeing as a kid. |
Yes but difference between those type of movies then and those type now is , then they where good and watchable , today they are mostly awful and crap, giving them the look at me I'm a Huge Hollywood Blockbuster crap trying hard to impress with huge budgets , who who in the film,CGI and over the top action, with very little story and plot give me those type of movies then over 99% of todays type of films, only a small percent escape the net and impress .