"Open Water" was terrible.

[SLICK RICK]

That movie, without a doubt, was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Has to be the most boring also.

I just had to let that out.

Have any of you guys seen that movie. If so, what did you think about it?

[Faustus]

Have you seen "The Wild world of batwoman"?

[SLICK RICK]

Have you seen "The Wild world of batwoman"?

No Flaystus, but it sounds bad.

[gastorgrab]

That movie, without a doubt, was one of the worst movies I have ever seen.

I keep hearing this!

[freestyler]

I broke into laughter when I saw the trailer at the theater. I thought it was one of those fake movies they use to get the audience to turn off their cell phones

[SLICK RICK]

That movie, without a doubt, was one of the worst movies I have ever seen.

I keep hearing this!

Ebert & Roeper gave it "Two Thumbs Up!". That should have been a warning flag for me to know that the movie was terrible.

[freestyler]

Here's a link to the trailer:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/open_water/tsr_med.html

I think I might rent it once it goes on MVP at Hollywood Video.

[SLICK RICK]

I broke into laughter when I saw the trailer at the theater. I thought it was one of those fake movies they use to get the audience to turn off their cell phones

The quality of the video was very poor.

[SLICK RICK]

Here's a link to the trailer:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/open_water/tsr_med.html

I think I might rent it once it goes on MVP at Hollywood Video.

Unfortunately I bought it. 75% of the movie is the couple floating around in the water. Every couple of minutes you see a shark fin pop up. Very boring.

[ViRaL1]

Titanic could have used some sharks.

[yoda313]

Have you seen "The Wild world of batwoman"?

Hello,

No but it's on my list of "must haves" for my Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes

By the way, the WORST by far is:

MANOS - THE HANDS OF FATE.

Bar none the DULLEST of the lot.... though LOST CONTINENT is a pretty close second.

Kevin

[SLICK RICK]

Titanic could have used some sharks.

Would that have been believable Viral, considering how cold the water was.

It would have been a nice twist to the movie though.

[Rookie64]

Have you seen "The Wild world of batwoman"?

Hello,

No but it's on my list of "must haves" for my Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes

It's available on DVD



Open Water is a total independent made w/ digital cam film - Hollywood had nothing to do with the making of it.

The makers entered it into some film festivals, and it caught the attention of Lion's Gate. They thought it had commercial appeal, so they distributed it for a wider audience.


For an indie film on a shoe-string budget, it is well-made - you can't expect it to be Jaws, and it doesn't try to be.

It's putting the audience into the situation as if all this was happening to them. I thought it was an original concept actually.

However, it's disturbing and depressing - not something you'd ever want to see more than once.

It's like watching a news story more than a movie.

[ViRaL1]

Isn't it supposed to be based on a true story?

[offline]

Well I liked the movie. It was a distressing and ultimately
sad story that was very well done for the budget imo.

The acting was suspiciously good. The interaction
between the husband and wife was believable and
their was a delicious sense of tension throughout.

The photography was well story boarded. The close ups
and water level shots gave the characters the isolation
needed to covey the desperateness of their plight.

I did not like the opening scenes nor location.
The real story took place in Queensland Australia
and they should have based production there.

Alot happens in this film, but it is observed mostly
second hand through characters reactions. Those that miss the emotional cues will find the
film slow.

[SLICK RICK]

It's putting the audience into the situation as if all this was happening to them. I thought it was an original concept actually.

However, it's disturbing and depressing - not something you'd ever want to see more than once.

It's like watching a news story more than a movie.

I agree.

[SLICK RICK]

Isn't it supposed to be based on a true story?

On the cover it states "Based on true events".

[SLICK RICK]

Alot happens in this film

Sorry to cut out the rest of your post offline but that was the one part that I really disagreed with. I agree that it was a distressing and ultimately sad story but I thought the movie itself was really boring.

[freestyler]

Has anyone seen the sequel yet? Its called OPEN SESAME and is coming out direct to DVD.

Here's the cover...

[SLICK RICK]

Has anyone seen the sequel yet? Its called OPEN SESAME and is coming out direct to DVD.

Here's the cover...

That is hilarious.

[offline]

Alot happens in this film

Sorry to cut out the rest of your post offline but that was the one part that I really disagreed with. I agree that it was a distressing and ultimately sad story but I thought the movie itself was really boring.

That is fine Slick.
We are all individuals here with varying tastes.

Open Water adopts more a book like than a
film like approach to storytelling. The couple go though
anger, denial, then depression and finally, for one,
their is acceptance. These are the emotional stages
of dying and they are well drawn in the film. Alot
does happen imo, but you have to be sympathetic
to the way the films protrays its narrative - not though events but rather the characters themselves.

[SLICK RICK]

That is fine Slick.
We are all individuals here with varying tastes.

Agreed.

Open Water adopts more a book like than a
film like approach to storytelling. The couple go though
anger, denial, then depression and finally, for one,
their is acceptance.

I recognized and understood that during the movie.

These are the emotional stages of dying and they are well drawn in the film. Alot does happen imo, but you have to be sympathetic to the way the films protrays its narrative - not though events but rather the characters themselves.

Not knowing much about the film and going by the statements on the cover, I was expecting the movie to be pretty scary with some action involved.

I guess I was just looking for the wrong things and did not take the time to view the movie the way it was meant to be seen.

[offline]

Sometimes when you are really looking forward to
see a movie you set your expectations too high and
as a result the movie does not impress. The opposite
happens as well, of course.

[stiltman]

I kinda liked it myself. It wasn't what I was expecting and that turned out to be a good thing. Yeah, the intro was kinda bad, except the nudie shot. I watch all the extras and learned about how they made it and all that. What pissed me off the most, they didn't go into the REAL story (newpapers, family interviews...etc)

What's funny is they were at a film festival just so they could TRY to get into Sundance Film Festival.....Have you seen some of the crap that is at sundance? This was by far much better

[SLICK RICK]

I kinda liked it myself. It wasn't what I was expecting and that turned out to be a good thing. Yeah, the intro was kinda bad, except the nudie shot. I watch all the extras and learned about how they made it and all that. What pissed me off the most, they didn't go into the REAL story (newpapers, family interviews...etc)

What's funny is they were at a film festival just so they could TRY to get into Sundance Film Festival.....Have you seen some of the crap that is at sundance? This was by far much better

The extras were pretty interesting. I would have liked to see some family interviews also. Or some actual news footage included in the extras.

[offline]

They, the filmmakers, did not want to associate
the film with the deaths of the Lonogans.

Here is an interesting link.

http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/articles/lonergan.htm

[SLICK RICK]

They, the filmmakers, did not want to associate
the film with the deaths of the Lonogans.

Here is an interesting link.

http://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/articles/lonergan.htm

Thanks for that link offline.

[bigmicka]

the whole point is there is no information on what happened to the real couple.

they were on a diving boat got accidently left out at sea and were never seen again. no footage of the couple splaying away in the water, no bodies of the people to say they actually died.

the dive operators only worked out what had happened after they got back and realised they had 24 passengers instead of 26 or something like that.

so anything in the movie other than the, they got left at sea bit is not actually factual.

mic

[MOVIEGEEK]

I thought Collateral was worse.

[offline]

so anything in the movie other than the, they got left at sea bit is not actually factual.

The coroner found that they died at sea from either drowning, exposure or shark attack. Futhermore
an experienced diver with a similar experience has
stated that the details of the story provide a "pretty accurate record of the event."

Facts are facts, even if reconstructed.