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This weekend I watched The Abyss, which has been on my to-watch list for...twenty years. Though, I have a real phobia of deep water, so I don't think I'd have been able to handle it before college, so I'm glad I waited.
Liked it a lot better than Aliens (the supporting characters didn't annoy the crap out of me!), but Abyss has some Problems, capital P.
( Abyss in brief )
In conclusion, some really great stuff, but a lack of focus. I'm also grateful that, other than the plot creatures, they encountered no other deep sea life forms of any sort. Cause what really wigs me is large creatures underwater. The scene with the whales in Castaway freaked me the fuck out and I don't think it was even meant to be scary. If they'd actually had any of the creatures that live that deep in the film, I think I'd have had to turn it off.
Next up, Das Boot.
Liked it a lot better than Aliens (the supporting characters didn't annoy the crap out of me!), but Abyss has some Problems, capital P.
( Abyss in brief )
In conclusion, some really great stuff, but a lack of focus. I'm also grateful that, other than the plot creatures, they encountered no other deep sea life forms of any sort. Cause what really wigs me is large creatures underwater. The scene with the whales in Castaway freaked me the fuck out and I don't think it was even meant to be scary. If they'd actually had any of the creatures that live that deep in the film, I think I'd have had to turn it off.
Next up, Das Boot.