The Abyss
1989 Directed by James Cameron
Synopsis
There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss.
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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Trading the coldness of space for the depths of the oceans allows Cameron to once again showcase his technical skills as a director. Here he creates a universe that is recognisable , yet still feels alien.
I have always admired Cameron for his ability to entertain. A lot can be said about his films, but they are never boring. Apart from the fact that his films are always technically far ahead of their time, there always seems to be something to take from his films. The Abyss is no different. The underwater vistas look amazing and contrast beautifully with the sometimes claustrophobic confines of the underwater station. Everything is shot with incredible attention to detail, the CGI and practical effects…
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A top notch movie. And probably the film that confirmed that James Cameron would become one of the great directors.
However it's incredible length, and its wetter than wet ending, stop this from being a 5 star'er.
It is long. Too long perhaps, but it does brilliantly at sustaining your attention and indeed the tension. James Cameron makes the sea look as wonderful as anything we have seen set in space. The sets and special effects are stunning. Oscar winning in fact. The cast clearly went through hell in making this movie, and they are all solid, stereotypical types.
Despite its 2hr 50 run time, it is hugely enjoyable.
A must for any movie lovers CV.
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Colonel? I’ve got Emma Emmerich here… we’ve managed to avoid drowning.
An incident causes an American submarine to sink in the Atlantic Ocena and it's up to a team of oil rig roughnecks and some Navy SEALs to find out what the hell happened. And with that, we submerge.
With the viewing of The Abyss, I've now watched every James Cameron movie with the exception of one short film and one feature, and to this day he still hasn't disappointed (yes, even with Avatar). Like I said in my review of Strange Days, I consider him to be one of the greatest names in the sci-fi genre and The Abyss is yet another fantastic piece of Cinema by Cameron, a… -
Part of the No Rewatch November 2012 Project.
In this remake of Alien, the natural resource company employees are again sent on a mission to investigate something they aren't qualified for or interested in. It all gets very dangerous. In a refreshing change of pace, they have to go under the ocean instead of to a different planet to find the aliens and the aliens this time are nice. Its the other crew members that make trouble.
Those are really the only major changes though. I liked it. I miss when Jim Cameron still knew how to make good movies.
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James Cameron can almost do no wrong.
This is easily one of my favorite Cameron films. I think i've seen it about 30 times. The visuals and special effects, albeit a little dated, were great for being made in 89. I love love love, the underwater scenes near the end of the film. I really liked the water scenes throughout the film, and the water breathing apparatus is cool as hell, and it's kind of predicting the future because i think that they are actually working on shit like that. The story is great throughout. I think the writing as well as the acting was very good. The film is almost never boring, i never lost interest in watching this…
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Weer een duikfilm gezien: The Abyss, 24 jaar na dato. Epische film (ik zag dan ook de extended versie van 2 uur en 50 minuten). De special effects hebben nog altijd stand gehouden en de kilometersdiepe diepte onder ons intrigeert me enorm. Bijzonder dat regisseur Cameron vorig jaar dezelfde duik heeft gemaakt alleen dan nog eens 7 kilometer dieper (Mariana Trench). Waanzinnige film qua gegeven, acteerwerk, cgi en boodschap.
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The starting was good and it was very effective and thrilling thriller until the ending came. Then it fell apart and was full of "Hollywood stuff". Stupid "crying romance" and other cliches and it just felt like it was some Cameron's dream project from his younger teenager years. Maybe the duration of the film took some of its effect away too. When you thing about the story, it was just made for audience - you saw those things coming. There were absolutely nothing "artistic" in the idea. Maybe it looked good on the paper and in Cameron's mind but it turn out to be horrible. But it wasn't bad all the time. It actually…
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Very James Cameron. End was very weird but a little awsome. A good watch.
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Colonel? I’ve got Emma Emmerich here… we’ve managed to avoid drowning.
An incident causes an American submarine to sink in the Atlantic Ocena and it's up to a team of oil rig roughnecks and some Navy SEALs to find out what the hell happened. And with that, we submerge.
With the viewing of The Abyss, I've now watched every James Cameron movie with the exception of one short film and one feature, and to this day he still hasn't disappointed (yes, even with Avatar). Like I said in my review of Strange Days, I consider him to be one of the greatest names in the sci-fi genre and The Abyss is yet another fantastic piece of Cinema by Cameron, a… -
Trading the coldness of space for the depths of the oceans allows Cameron to once again showcase his technical skills as a director. Here he creates a universe that is recognisable , yet still feels alien.
I have always admired Cameron for his ability to entertain. A lot can be said about his films, but they are never boring. Apart from the fact that his films are always technically far ahead of their time, there always seems to be something to take from his films. The Abyss is no different. The underwater vistas look amazing and contrast beautifully with the sometimes claustrophobic confines of the underwater station. Everything is shot with incredible attention to detail, the CGI and practical effects…
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Michael Beighn sure is a grade A cunt here...
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Your friendly neighborhood underwater aliens...