This movie was, and I say this with all due respect to James Cameron, terrible. The script should never have made it out of Cameron's office alive after he wrote it;let alone have been made into a movie. The premise is what first got me interested: (An American Nuclear sub goes down with all hands and when some underwater-Oil-drillers try to rescue them, they discover something in "The Abyss..."); but that only got me twenty minutes into the movie, at which point, I realized I had some TWO AND A HALF HOURS to go. (unfortunately, I watched the "long-version.")
There were three problems with this movie:
Firstly, it attempted to be character-driven, but the actors kept changing how they played the parts every ten-or-so minutes (Especially Mary Elizabeth Whatever-her-last-name-is)
Secondly, I felt it showed what was in "The Abyss" too early, and once I saw it, I was mad!
Thirdly, the ending was outrageously stupid. (Although I won't give it away, you can see for yourself.)
Despite these problems, the film did have a few genuine moments of thrill and suspense. See it if you must, but don't expect too much.
There were three problems with this movie:
Firstly, it attempted to be character-driven, but the actors kept changing how they played the parts every ten-or-so minutes (Especially Mary Elizabeth Whatever-her-last-name-is)
Secondly, I felt it showed what was in "The Abyss" too early, and once I saw it, I was mad!
Thirdly, the ending was outrageously stupid. (Although I won't give it away, you can see for yourself.)
Despite these problems, the film did have a few genuine moments of thrill and suspense. See it if you must, but don't expect too much.