The Towering Inferno

Must see member of the 70s disaster movies.

Fantastic. Another great ensemble. I change my mind, it holds up slightly better than Poseidon, but thanks mostly to the chemistry between Newman and McQueen. A little long, but it doesn't feel like it.

Great all-time-favorite cast. Love to see it now and then !

Seen n-times, and it's still got something catchy ;)

A classic catastrophe movie from the 1970s with star power. Still, great entertainment to see a group of people trying to escape a burning skyscraper.

Star film of the catastrophic cinema of the 1970s.

The late Paul Newman still looked incredibly sexy at his age at the time. I don't like all of his movies, but I think he did a phenomenal job in this one. The special effects and cinematic angles were superb for it's time in my opinion. This was almost like watching "The Poseidon," but instead of a boat, it was a building. Although it had a sad ending, I think it's worth watching in HD, just for it's cinematic properties. Very well done in my opinion.

after the tower, I see this seventies catastophonic blockbuster again, with great actors and good fire scenes
"Move the party to the ground floor, there is a fire
I don't move the party by a small fire
I must have moved the party to the ground floor "

I tend to like disaster movies, and The Towering Inferno is no exception. It's as cheesy and bloated as they come, but it has its own kind of charm.

Most of the actors do good work on this one, but none that really stand out. It might just be my imagination, but the two egos of Newman and McQueen seem to clash a little.

The effects are good for the time, but that's just as it should be as this movie had to be hellishly expensive...

Anyway...if you can stand a cheesy, bloated, and a bit claustrophobic (almost) 3 hours of flaming explosions...this is the movie for you.

[spoiler] My biggest complaint with this movie is when they tie themselves down. All of them end up, getting up like there wasn't even a rope there. [/spoiler]