The Abyss
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:41 pm
Well I've just given the Special Edition of this a whack, primarily on the strength of both Terminators and Aliens - James Cameron certainly knows how to do both decent action and decent thriller, and this was no exception, being as it was jolly good all in all. I probably wouldn't have gone for the longer version given the choice - I think if a film's going to be pushing three hours, it's got to be *really* special, but this didn't seem to lag at all, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Nice, simple story, lots of tension and really interesting direction. Although I wasn't too keen on Michael Biehn's moustache.
Of course, the ending was a bit of surprise - wasn't expecting a non-too-subtle blast of political/social comment considering what had come before had been simple, quality science fiction, but it was admittedly quite an interesting way to end the film. I had been hoping the aliens were a pre-death hallucination, really... And I loved the line "Howdy. How you fellas doing?"
So if you've got 170 minutes to waste and you feel like some tense, moody science fiction, give it a go. I had been in the mood for something lengthy, and this was perfect. Very engrossing.
There's not a lot of point to this, really. I'll try not to start a thread every time I watch something and quite like it...
Of course, the ending was a bit of surprise - wasn't expecting a non-too-subtle blast of political/social comment considering what had come before had been simple, quality science fiction, but it was admittedly quite an interesting way to end the film. I had been hoping the aliens were a pre-death hallucination, really... And I loved the line "Howdy. How you fellas doing?"
So if you've got 170 minutes to waste and you feel like some tense, moody science fiction, give it a go. I had been in the mood for something lengthy, and this was perfect. Very engrossing.
There's not a lot of point to this, really. I'll try not to start a thread every time I watch something and quite like it...