Post by Vits on Jun 1, 2020 13:10:20 GMT
In THE ABYSS, a diving team goes on a rescue mission. 2 of the members (Bud & Lindsey Brigman) used to be married. Let's get this out of the way. If you've seen it, you want to know which version I saw. If you haven't seen it, let me explain. There's a special edition with extra scenes and people debate on which version is the best. I usually choose to watch the director's cut of a movie, because that's supposed to be the original vision. However, while the theatrical cut of this movie doesn't contain all of James Cameron's ideas, he still approved it, so I saw that one. The underwater filming techniques are impressive, but I was more fascinated whenever the characters would run. The camera work feels seamless even though there doesn't seem to be enough room for the operator plus each actor that passes by them. In fact, the corridors are so narrow that they give the viewer a sense of claustrophobia. Unfortunately, this race-against-time story ironically drags on for 140 minutes! I can't imagine having to sit through the additional 30 minutes of the special edition! Everyone is a stock character, including Lt. Hiram Coffey. Why does a series of disastrous accidents even need a human villain?
4/10
-------------------------------------
You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
The heroes encounter some aliens and communicate with them. The tone of these scenes is majestic and a little whimsical. However, the aliens first appear relatively late in the story and they're pretty much gone until the last part. None of this matches the rest, which plays out like a gritty thriller. Why not remove them from the script and have a new ending? Or why not make them the main focus of the plot? There's a scene where Lindsey drowns. Her coming back to life shouldn't be that much of a surprise, but the scene is quite subversive based on the time span between CPR and the resuscitation, as well as how (purposefully) off-putting Bud's reactions become. Unfortunately, not long after, Bud also cheats death at the last minute. As if the movie needed more reasons to feel repetitive.
4/10
-------------------------------------
You can read comments of other movies in my blog.