[Shawnathan]

Has anyone seen or heard of The Abyss? It's a movie written and directed by James Cameron in 1989. The movie didn't receive as much attention as it should have, because you see, I think it’s better than Terminator and Aliens put together (permission to kill me right...now). The thing I hated about it the most was the fact that many of the good scene’s were deleted to shorten the length. If you watch the special edition on DVD, the whole movie (with the deleted scenes added on) it runs for about 2 hours and 30 minutes.

This movie wasn’t an “action only”, it combined many other elements to make it cool. James wrote a romance, comedy, adventure, drama and action all into one flik. That’s what kept me going through the movie without getting up to take a piss.

If I were you, I’d go out and buy the Special Edition of The Abyss right now. If you don’t I’ll kick you in your basement, hand you a copy of Forest Gump to watch and lock the door.

[srmoore]

I liked the theatrical release..
The directors cut sort of rubbed me the wrong way.
I think that the scenes at the end were a bit much.. sort of hard to explain, but it went from a good thoughtful movie to one that bashed me over the head with something that just didn't fit right.

Just my 2 cents.

[Lord Aquaman]

Yeah, I've seen The Abyss, both the theatrical cut and the director's cut. I thought it was a good film even though it goes on forever and a day. This film features some of the best special effects I've ever seen.

[Madam Corvax]

I don't know which version I watched. I only know that I absolutely loved Michael Bhien back then, but his acting was so good, that I hardly recognised him in this psycho role with moustache. And I think Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is a lovely actress.

[barend]

Hiram Coffee... best character in a film ever.

the Abyss is Camerons best work.

this is by far the most underated film ever. and it's CGIing is far superior to anything George 'father of CGI' Lucas ever attempted.

But, it's a clostraphobic thriller/drama turned sci-fi apocylipse film.

there's so much happeneing in this film... it's utterly awsome.
and i'm glad someone brought it up.

this film also has one of the best collection of characters ever assembled.

the AByss rocks!!!

[Shawnathan]

Indeed, I happen to like Hippie though. Just because I had a pet rat myself.

But yeah, the cgi beat the shit out of Lucas' stuff. Did you know they had the camera crew to carry along a dust duct to give the acters to "awe" at for the alien controlled water? Of course it was before they added the cgi. I love watching DVD extras.

Oh yeah, my pet rats name was Frank if anyone's interested.

[barend]

the abyss, making of is one of the most brutally honest and uncensored documentaries i have ever seen...

the DVD has even more apparently...

[barend]

which i just bought...




just then....


so there....




i guess...



okay that's enough I'll stop.

[Lord Aquaman]

I don't know which version I watched. I only know that I absolutely loved Michael Bhien back then, but his acting was so good, that I hardly recognised him in this psycho role with moustache. And I think Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is a lovely actress.

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Perhaps Michael Biehn should have been Aragorn... or Faramir. Or Eomer, since he's got that dirty blonde hair look.

[srmoore]

Yeah, I've seen The Abyss, both the theatrical cut and the director's cut. I thought it was a good film even though it goes on forever and a day. This film features some of the best special effects I've ever seen.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

of coure YOU, Lord Aquaman, would like it!

I don't know why I didn't spot this potential joke sooner...
(Sorry.. I'm bored and stuck at work with nothing to do.. so you all suffer.)

[Mike Mac from NYU]

Ah, someone mentions the movie "The Abyss"

Seen it only twice...let' see if the trash basket that is my mind can dig up some type of opinion on that movie"

I hated it.

Well.. no..maybe I didn;t really hate it.


The pluses:

1. Outstanding special effects. Really top notch.

2. Ed Harris. One of the truly most underrated actors in Hollywood.


The negatives

1. Too damn syrupy and over-theatrical at points. Especially the scene where Mastrantonio's{sp?} character nearly dies. A sick part of me was actually hoping she would die, just to stop all that damn hugging and crying.

2. The movie has a distinct left-wing, anti-military, pro-enviromentalist slant to it that was delivered with the subtlety of a baseball bat to the head. Now, I'm as anti-war and pro-Earth as the next guy, but geez. The movie actually makes you sympathize and even root for Michael Beihn';s character!!!

This is the type of film I imagine the Pat Buchanan uses to recruit right-wing republicans!!

3. The movie really has very little bite to it. Doesn;t really have "action" scenes. It plays more like a disaster flick. But unlike the "Poisedeon Adventure" you really have no sense that something disasterous has happened. I mean essentially a bunch of deep sea explorers are now a little bit more deeper in the water.

4.Even as a sci-fi alien film it doesn;t work. The aliens are too vague and we never really get a feal that they are some significant discovery.

Alright. It's not a bad movie, but it's hardly a movies that warrants shelling out money for a two disc DVD set!

[Shawnathan]

Mike Mac from NYU, I challenge you to a gun fight in front of my house RIGHT NOW! You have to bring your own gun though, I only have one pellet gun.

[Mike Mac from NYU]

Mike Mac from NYU, I challenge you to a gun fight in front of my house RIGHT NOW! You have to bring your own gun though, I only have one pellet gun.

I'm sorry I'm too drunk off my stupid Scottish arse, at this moment.

How about you meet me at my place in NYC and I hold the gun to my head, while you pull the trigger. :

I mean really though, comparing "the Abyss" to "The Terminator" should be punishable by death!!!!

[Madam Corvax]

Gee, Mike, you certainly have the penchant for sprouting unexpectedly in random places and giving your controversial opinion.

Did you, or did you not shell out bucks for DVD set?

Personally I've seen much, much worse films than the Abyss.

Actually, I can't remember exactly the whole flick, but the scene where MEM nearly dies somehow stuck in my memory. It is a lovely, poignant scene and honestly, there was hardly any hugging and crying, they were sort of pressed for time.

Maybe in the director's cut they had time for exchanging pleasantries (like that scene at the end of the Matrix, where there about to evacuate from the matrix, agent Smith is after them, they should haul their asses like crazy and lift the bloody phone, and yetthey find time to stare deeply in their respecitive blue eyes), but the scene I saw was short and to the point.

[civilian_number_two]

THE ABYSS had some great moments in it, and the chemistry between the characters (Harris and Mastrontonio, every scene with Michale Biehn in it) was outstanding for an action film.

Apart from that I agree with Mike. I have the full version on laserdic, but I'd only ever put it on if someone came over and said "oh let's watch that!" And then I'd spend a lt of it (the bits between my favourite scenes) making people tea and playing Asteroids at chefelf.com.

So hey Mike! High five!