Ghosts of the Abyss
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Movie Reviews of Ghosts of the Abyss
Movie Review: The footage of the Titanic alone
Summary: 4 Stars
makes this an absolute must. As has been noted, the way Cameron presents each area is extremely well-done, and never ever boring. Some seems hokey at first, but then you realize it was done to humanize the ship even more than it already has been, and in a toally positive way. You find yourself wishing for even more. But I have to agree with what others said -- there's way too much Bill Paxton. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all that, but I bought this to see the ship, not him. The extras disc is pretty decent, too, especially if you're into the technical aspect of the expedition. Easily the best Big T footage available.Movie Review: Where to find IMAX theaters
Summary: 4 Stars
I wrote in my eariler review of "Ghosts of the Abyss", the movie probably would have looked a lot better at an IMAX theatre, instead of at a local movie-plex. Here's how to find the nearest, (if any), IMAX theatre to your address. Go to [website]That will show the street/avenue locations of all the IMAX theatres in the USA. If you live outside the USA, perhaps they can help you find a nearby IMAX theatre. IMAX looks great, especially when it's a awesome film, such as "Ghosts of the Abyss".Movie Review: How to find an IMAX theater, (Part 2)
Summary: 4 Stars
Amazon.com does not allow websites to be listed in a review, so if you want find an IMAX theater, look up: "IMAX and 15/70 Motion Picture Information" at a search site. That should lead the person to the address of a nearby IMAX theater.Movie Review: PRETTY GOOD!
Summary: 4 Stars
I LIKED IT ALOT!I LIKED THE MOVIE"TITANIC",MUCH BETTER,THOUGH!BUT THIS PICKS UP WHERE TITANIC LEFT OF!Movie Review: Not nearly enough Titanic footage, lots of the film crew
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this because of an interest in the Titanic and partly because James Cameron did so well with the DeCaprio/Winslet theatrical story.
I gave it 3 stars because you do get some footage of the Titanic but thought that too much time was spent on documenting the film crew's day. You get a lot of talk and some interesting bits about how they did things but not all that much actual footage of the wreck itself. The photography is as clear as could be expected of the wreck (Mike Cameron, the guy who designed & built Jake and Elwood -the ROV's, is James Cameron's brother but you'd have to read the companion book to find that out),they did a really good job of the shipboard and inside submarine stuff.
I liked the concept of doing ghost overlays on the wreck itself using reenactors as people who would have been moving around during the wreck. The computer animations of various scenes were pretty good- too bad the 3-D part was left out.
You've got the 60 minute theatrical version and the extended 90 minute version to choose from, I didn't bother with the short one but went with the long one, not that some of the extra bits added that much.
The second disc is pretty much of a joke with two features, the 36 minute "Reflections from the Deep" which is mostly a replay of bits from the 1st disc along with some of the cast talking about the movie. It isn't worth much of your time. The 2nd feature on disc 2, "The Mir Experience", is a real fraud. Billed as innovative, and almost 53 minutes long, it is set up like you're inside the Mir submarine with a main viewscreen and several smaller screens above it. As nearly as I could tell, and figure out, you basically get 6 or 7 different views of stuff you've already seen somewhere else on Disc 1, nothing new- and all 6 or so screens make the total of 54 minutes. That 54 minute feature is really only about 7 1/2 minutes long and told from several different angles (and submarines). It also doesn't help that you don't get to see it full screen,just by that silly "Mir" interior look, like the rest of the documentary is done.
Disc one is subtitled and closed captioned, Disc 2 apparently is not so if you do get interested in something you'll have to crank up the volume because you get no help here.