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"Open Water"

Nobody has mentioned this from what I can see, just wondering what people expect of it?

Seeing as being stuck in the open sea like that is one of everyone's greatest fears, I can see it being pretty scary, plus the way it's filmed will just add to the fear...

OK, I've just read some reviews on it after writing that paragraph, looks as if everyone had that sort of idea! It appears to be very slow and annoying, and no where near as good as it's supposed to be...

[URL]http://www.cdnn.info/article/open_water/open_water.html[/URL]

That's what happened with the real thing, so it's a pretty predictable story, and from what I've read it appears that there are some rather stupid parts to it...

I object to this film because it's real people in a made up setting. They don't know what actually happened to the people, but their best guess is that they were involved in lots of suspenseful moments involving string arrangements and fear-invoking animals. They probably got tired and drowned from exhaustion after a day or so, but that doesn't translate very well to film now, does it?

RoJ wrote:
> Bit low for whoever the director/maker is, trying to cash in on the
> people that actually died.

Yeah, 'cos all those war films...y'know...

The Hibernator wrote:

> Castaway rocked!

You're joking....right?

I just read today's Daily Mirror. Apparently in real life, when the woman's diving suit was found, it had rip marks in the buttocks area. Ouch.

Bit low for whoever the director/maker is, trying to cash in on the people that actually died.

darkcrystal wrote:
> Dumb idea for a movie. Looks even more boring than Castaway.

Castaway rocked!

I think the movie is only over 70 minutes long, very low budget as well, shot for a few grand with only four people, including the two main actors. Not bad for a low budget indie type film I think, mainstream however, it looks like one of the dullest movies of the year.

The Trailer tried to make it look exciting by flashing the camera a bit, to take your focus off the fact that it's basically an hours worth of footage of two people stranded at sea. As far as movies go, the “people stranded at sea” genre is full of samey, boring looking films that try to keep peoples attention by trying to rob ideas off of Jaws and sticking sharks in the mix. One for me to miss I think.

darkcrystal wrote:
> Dumb idea for a movie. Looks even more boring than Castaway.

Actually it's a great idea for a movie. Open water is one of people's biggest phobias, so a film that can portray this fear correctly will be excellent.

The way it's shot is meant to make it scarier, giving you the impression that you're actually there.

After reading that artical however, it appears that the film's all wrong. They didn't get eaten by sharks, dehydration would have been the killer of them, it's just been changed to scare people as usual.

Timmargh wrote:
> mattributé wrote:
> I wondered hpow they'd drag this out for a few hours, also.
>
> Either the shark's a slow eater, or he gets indigestion part way
> through and has to swim off to get a Rennie.

Alllo Allo will never be the same again.

Dumb idea for a movie. Looks even more boring than Castaway.