Open Water

I think this is probably the worst movie of 2004 for me. And you know, this movie wouldn't have been nearly as bad if I hadn't had such great expectations for it, and now I feel like a fool for expecting something GOOD to come of this!

First of all, the trailor lied. They made it look like these too lost scuba divers were left behind in the middle of the ocean with no one but each other. That is not the case! In fact, they see many ships. Not ships right near them, but they can see them and all they do is feebly wave their arms around to get the ships attention. When that doesn't work they gave up. They don't scream or shout for help, nor do they even attempt to try and swim to the ships. Perhaps they would be wasting their time trying to do such things, but I'm sorry, if I had been stranded in the middle of the f*cking ocean, I'd swim until I died, I would NOT just sit there in the middle of the godd*mned ocean for a whole day and hope by chance that luck was on my side and a ship would come strolling right past me so I could reach out and touch it. At one point they even spot a bouy some ways away and they try to swim to it for about 2 minutes then they just give up. WHY!? If they reached the bouy they would at least be able to get out of the water and away from sharks and other harmful creatures in the water. Jesus christ this annoyed me. I don't know if the director wanted such a reaction from the way he made his characters, but I doubt he wanted anyone to hate the movie because he made two a*shole characters that didn't even know they weren't supposed to drink salt water.

Also, I really disliked the way this movie ended. I kept hearing so many things about a "shocking" ending. Please.

Anyway, I didn't find this movie realistic at all due to the stupidity of the two main characters, therefore it did not chill me in the slightest. Do not tell me if two average joes were left in the middle of the ocean they would not do anything and everything they could to survive, that including swimming when they see help, or buoys, or even tethering themselves together so they at least didn't get separated if one of them fell asleep. sdjklfjklfjlkjfklsjfklfjlksjlsdjkl.

K, I'm done.

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That's pretty much what my parents said so I didn't even bother to watch the movie. Instead I rented Ghostbusters!


Great review!

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Nitzer, is it not a given that Ghost Busters is INSTANTLY better then 90% of the movies that have come out?

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Is there a third planned?

I don't know

I will give "Open Water" a miss.

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I thought Open Water was a good indie film.

I didn't really know what to think of Open Water, though it did strike a cord with me. I almost drowned in the ocean as a kid and ever since then have had a fear of any large body of water (don't even like going in Lake Michigan). Irrational fears aside this one really didn't excite me either way. It had the look of a homemade porn movie and really overstays its welcome, not to mention a dumb ending. Perhaps it should have been a 30 minute short, might have been a little better that way.

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I'm just so happy for myself for having enough judgment to wait until DVD and not waste my money in the theater.

I thought open water was a good movie, it wasn’t the best but it wasn’t bad either. Is it possible for people to be left all alone in an ocean? Well needless to say it has been documented as fact, it has happened many time in the past.

If you have ever been out in a boat in the ocean and you are far enough from shore that you can’t see land it is really impossible to get your bearings if you don’t have a compos of some kind. It is also really hard to spot someone out in the water like these people were.

I really thought that they did everything humanly possible to survive while they were lost in the water. As for them swimming to a ship or a boat, in the ocean distance can be very deceiving not to mention that the ship is moving at a steady speed and even the best experienced swimmer could not have caught up with any vessel.

As for the buoy, I would have to totally agree with you on this issue, they could have gotten there if they would have put a little more effort into their swimming, however you have to remember that he had been bitten pretty bad and was bleeding to death very slowly, and even if he and she would have made it to that buoy they would have had a hard time because of his injuries.

As for the movie being realistic, I would have to say that I found it to be pretty darn close to the real thing, and yes it sucks that they both died in the film and there was no happy ending it still was very close to the truth.

Today divers are required to have emergency beacons with them at all times. This device sends an emergency signal out via radio waves, that the Coast Guard can receive; it also has a strobe light so that at night people can be located.

Good job on your review it was really well written.

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No doubt about it foe me : WORST MOVIE OF 2004

From a morbid ending to jittery camera work, this movie leaves you feeling a combination of cheated and nauseous as you walk to your car shaking your head at the futility of having actually spent money to view this crap. This revolting and poorly done film has to be the absolute worst movie I've seen in years. The acting is putrid. All I could think of when I watched the actors stumble through their lines to start the film was, "So, if Charlize Theron couldn't act, this is what her films would look like?" Despite a brief nude scene from this Theron clone, there is absolutely nothing of redeeming value in this entire waste of film. The only thing that comes close to a redeeming virtue is that this depressing film is only an hour and nineteen minutes long.