I could have sworn we had a chain for this movie, but a search revealed nothing.
Based on a true event.
A busy couple finds time to get away and end up scuba diving. They are mistakenly left behind by the charter company and are left floating alone in the middle of the ocean.
The movie starts off rather boringly. The director is a rookie and the initial scenes are full of "let's try this" kinds of shots that prove to be more distracting than cool.
Eventually the big plot device takes place and we're left with two actors in the water acting out what is essentially the writer's imagination since nobody knows what actually happened to the couple in real life.
The film isn't horrible and there are truly only a few things to complain about, but its not really good either. Its just there.
Despite the hype there is NOTHING scary or freaky about this film. Its simply a survival situation.
The biggest problem I had with the film is the liberties the writer took with the actual story. The way the real life couple was left behind was FAR more interesting and believeable than how it occurs in the film.
On top of that, the male lead is a terrible actor. He gets better as the film goes on, but initially he overacts so much that you'll find yourself not caring about him.
The female lead is great because she is kind enough to show off her very nice nude form. I should note her acting is decent.
However, she is also involved in a scene that proves to me the writer has never spent a lot of time around women. The female lead is lying on a bed, completely naked and posed in a very enticing position. Her hubby comes to bed and she gets a BIG smile and turns off the light before rolling over and kissing him. At this point he implies that they should have sex and she replies that she's tired, but they can talk!!!
Most unrealistic scene ever. If you don't know why, then you're going to be stunned by real life when you finally encounter it.
The other problem is how the sharks behaved in the film. Unless I missed an episode of shark week, I'm thinking it didn't happened the way the writer thinks it did.
Overall, I can't recommend it or tell you to avoid it.
5 out of 10.
Open Water - Minor spoilers
Its funny that you mention that. I watched another film today and one of the leads did the cat thing that Austin Powers does where he licks his paws and cleans himself.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
The movie starts off rather boringly. The director is a rookie and the initial scenes are full of "let's try this" kinds of shots that prove to be more distracting than cool.
Yeah, I turned it off after 5 minutes.
Strangely, I missed your whole naked lady comment, and right before that scene came on said "this movie is just plain bad, I'm turning it off." then she showed up, and my wife laughed.
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It's not me, it's someone else.
I caught an old rerun of Magnum, P.I. the other day that had Magnum trapped treading water in the ocean for a couple days with a shark swimming around him.
So without seeing the movie, I'll say: I liked it better when it was an old episode of Magnum, P.I.
So without seeing the movie, I'll say: I liked it better when it was an old episode of Magnum, P.I.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
That's the one episode I really remember when thinking about Magnup PI. Doesn't TC drop Magnum off with his kyak-thing (without a life jacket) out in the ocean for Magnum's annual midlife crisis trek?GORDON wrote:I caught an old rerun of Magnum, P.I. the other day that had Magnum trapped treading water in the ocean for a couple days with a shark swimming around him.
So without seeing the movie, I'll say: I liked it better when it was an old episode of Magnum, P.I.
I wouldn't mind seeing that episode again. I put it up there with the "Ponch's super-motorcycle" episode of Chips.
Paul wrote:GORDON wrote:I caught an old rerun of Magnum, P.I. the other day that had Magnum trapped treading water in the ocean for a couple days with a shark swimming around him.
So without seeing the movie, I'll say: I liked it better when it was an old episode of Magnum, P.I.
That's the one episode I really remember when thinking about Magnup PI. Doesn't TC drop Magnum off with his kyak-thing (without a life jacket) out in the ocean for Magnum's annual midlife crisis trek?
I actually missed the first 5 minutes, so I'm not sure how he lost his little kayak.
Saw another episode the other day where Magnum shot an unarmed, helpless russian in the face. On purpose. Magnum is a lot more badass than I remember from my youth.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."