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05-30-2006, 02:26 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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Movie - "Open Water"
I saw the movie Open Water on the cable TV here the other night. I was spellbound. I nearly went and saw this at the cinemas, a while back, but the thought of a couple wading in the ocean freaked me out a tad.
Such honest film making, telling a very straight forward story. Nothing fancy. Just pure story telling. It doesn't feel like a movie as such. It feels like you're there with them, watching them while the story unfolds. Very real and honest.
The sharks in the movie were real too, and the actors wore chain mesh under their diving suits for protection. So freaky to see sharks brushing up against them and circling them continually.
I won't spoil the ending, but it was very moving, and the film kept me glued to my seat. Great simple story telling, and a welcome relief from the usual films these days.
4 thumbs out of 4 thumbs.
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05-30-2006, 04:44 AM #2Web Hosting Guru
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Really? I found it to be too slow, relying on the suspense of it all far too much, dragging it out over the 2 hours.
Still, not a bad story and filmed very well.
3 out of 5 pukes for me
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this movie is no fun..
4 thumbs your crazy
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05-30-2006, 05:20 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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Oh well, can't please everyone.
I enjoyed the simplicity and pure story telling side of it. It was a nice change.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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so, the sharks got your 5th thumb huh
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05-30-2006, 05:31 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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I work with the 4 thumbs movie ranking model.
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This movie was slow and boring in my opinion. I remeber them showing clouds going by for long periods of time often during the movie.
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I found the movie too boring and long. Not only that, the divers responded to that situation a little dumb. Sharks are naturally curious creatures, and those weren't even any big sharks. They can circle around you for 20 minutes before geting bored and swimming away. I can tell you that the divers probably freaked out in real life and started to kick around, etc. This made them look like injured fish and the sharks took advantage of that. If I were them I would have checked where the current was going, and just swam that way, calmly.
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05-30-2006, 10:47 AM #11Aspiring Evangelist
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I thought this movie was one of the worst movies I ever saw. Not only was it slow but it really isn't honest at all. How can anyone know what happened to those people....that majority of it is made up.
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The movie is boring,
The true story was not exactly like that, so if they were changing it around and stuff they could have added more stuff to make it more interesting. When i saw all those helicopters and everything i thought it will finally get interesting and there will be a proper search & rescue, the ending was disapointing aswell, [SPOILER ] She just sinks in the water and the camera is on the water for like five minutes and than it just finished [/SPOILER]
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Originally Posted by Twinky
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05-30-2006, 11:14 AM #14Temporarily Suspended
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I thought that it was really good - until the ending. I thought at least one would survive. Tell the tale etc kind of thing.
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No i agree with you Bob, i thought it was a good film too, we bought it on DVD the weekend just past. The ending wasn't what i expected either, based on a true story also.
Hollywood just wouldn't make or take a punt on a story like Open Water.
You could argue that it was slow to start off with, but i wouldn't consider that to be an overriding negative factor.The 9 words of life quote -
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05-30-2006, 04:29 PM #19Junior Guru
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I have an "Open Water" DVD for sale cheap! I have grown tired of using mine as a beer coaster.
All jokes aside, I found the movie to be a real disapointment.
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I thought it was a really good movie. Infact If I had to list my top 100 it would probably be in there.
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I just despised it. Granted, I'm a blockbuster action film lover, but, I do also enjoy pretty much anything.. Phantom of the Opera, for example.
The movie was just so slow, and to be honest, felt fake. I know there were real sharks and the like, but at the same time....just something was nagging me during it. 2/5GeeksGather - Undergoing redevelopment. Stand by.
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I wanted to see this movie, and I wish I hadn't read this entire thread. Dangit.
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It looked like it literarly took them two days to film it. One for the leaving and sex in the hotel, and the other to just place a camera in water and leave two people to talk. There are people here that will disagree and tell me to look "beyond the surface", but the movie was just bad. I didn't get any emotional feelings when she dove under or when the guy died, the movie was plain. There might be things I overlooked, but I personally don't like it.
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It would have been a good movie if they had no chain and stuff on their body.