A word to the wise
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Save your money, don't go see Open Water[^]. - Nick Parker
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Save your money, don't go see Open Water[^]. - Nick Parker
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Save your money, don't go see Open Water[^]. - Nick Parker
My Blog | My ArticlesNever even heard of it. But when I do hear of it I'll remember your warning and not see it. :-D
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Save your money, don't go see Open Water[^]. - Nick Parker
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Maximilien wrote: it looks promising ... I thought the same, looks can be deceiving and they are in this case. - Nick Parker
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Save your money, don't go see Open Water[^]. - Nick Parker
My Blog | My ArticlesMy friend saw this in NY and said it was awesome. She does have eclectic taste like me though. What didn't you like about it? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: "I always knew that somewhere deep inside that likable, Save the Whales kinda guy there lurked the heart of a troublemaker..." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Another opinion: A friend of mine saw it and she said it was an awesome movie. She has pretty weird tastes but so do I, so probably not a movie for everyone :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: "I always knew that somewhere deep inside that likable, Save the Whales kinda guy there lurked the heart of a troublemaker..." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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My friend saw this in NY and said it was awesome. She does have eclectic taste like me though. What didn't you like about it? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: "I always knew that somewhere deep inside that likable, Save the Whales kinda guy there lurked the heart of a troublemaker..." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: What didn't you like about it? Paul, in case you plan on watching this movie, you may not want to read my response. Some may have misconstrued my comments, while I think the movie tried to capture the real human emotion and reaction to such an event, they dropped the ball on two extremely important human drives that I feel are all too important. To begin, I think they did a good job capturing the cycle of human emotion during the course of events following their admission to being left by the boat. At first there is calm, because the husband and wife believe the boat will come back. Following that, they attempt to play games with each other keeping their minds from thinking about their current situation. When their fears start to overcome their ability to ignore it with the games, they attempt to place blame on each other looking for solace. Following that, both characters appear to accept their current situation. My first grip was that when they saw the buoy, which wasn't too far away that they could have swam to, they didn't. Neither husband nor wife was hurt and they could have at least gotten out of the water and sat on the buoy, but they didn't. They show them looking at it and then nothing else. My second grip was at the end (again, if you haven't seen the movie, go watch it and then finish reading my post - I don't want to ruin it for you). They had been in the water for what appeared to be less than 24 hours when she decided to give up hope and drown herself. Humans can live for a while without food and days without water. Granted the salt water will dehydrate you, however I highly dought delusion had already set in. Possibly I feel that I am more strong willed than her character appeared, I just don't think that giving up that quickly is realistic. Sorry if this was a long post, but it was just my true feeling on the movie. Let me know if you go see it and what you think, ok? - Nick Parker
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Paul Watson wrote: What didn't you like about it? Paul, in case you plan on watching this movie, you may not want to read my response. Some may have misconstrued my comments, while I think the movie tried to capture the real human emotion and reaction to such an event, they dropped the ball on two extremely important human drives that I feel are all too important. To begin, I think they did a good job capturing the cycle of human emotion during the course of events following their admission to being left by the boat. At first there is calm, because the husband and wife believe the boat will come back. Following that, they attempt to play games with each other keeping their minds from thinking about their current situation. When their fears start to overcome their ability to ignore it with the games, they attempt to place blame on each other looking for solace. Following that, both characters appear to accept their current situation. My first grip was that when they saw the buoy, which wasn't too far away that they could have swam to, they didn't. Neither husband nor wife was hurt and they could have at least gotten out of the water and sat on the buoy, but they didn't. They show them looking at it and then nothing else. My second grip was at the end (again, if you haven't seen the movie, go watch it and then finish reading my post - I don't want to ruin it for you). They had been in the water for what appeared to be less than 24 hours when she decided to give up hope and drown herself. Humans can live for a while without food and days without water. Granted the salt water will dehydrate you, however I highly dought delusion had already set in. Possibly I feel that I am more strong willed than her character appeared, I just don't think that giving up that quickly is realistic. Sorry if this was a long post, but it was just my true feeling on the movie. Let me know if you go see it and what you think, ok? - Nick Parker
My Blog | My ArticlesThanks Nick, not a spoiler at all and your analysis sounds rational to me. I'll check the movie out when it comes down here. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: "I always knew that somewhere deep inside that likable, Save the Whales kinda guy there lurked the heart of a troublemaker..." Crikey! ain't life grand?