Why are there so many haters?
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zilla7777 — 13 years ago(July 26, 2012 10:30 PM)
Agreed; this film is criminally underrated, IMNSHO.
I've just seen it again on IFC and it made me recall a bit of a panic I once had whilst snorkeling in Grand Cayman.
I don't even know why I agreed to go..I hate the water.
Love this movie, though. -
mogwai996 — 12 years ago(May 21, 2013 06:38 PM)
I think people are just to used to mainstream movies with all the explosions, epic music scores and whatnot. Open Water is a realistic account of a tragedy that happened to an unfortunate couple. I just watched it for the first time today and found it to be a great horror/tragedy. People trying to make mainstream horror films today should see this and maybe learn something from it, but people making and watching mainstream horror films probably don't care much anyways.
As for the nudity, it's not just something thrown in as I see it. Plenty of couples sleep naked together every day and night, nothing unusual about that. -
delisadecastro — 12 years ago(August 04, 2013 11:44 PM)
Although I also thought the beginning of the movie was slow and had almost no dialogues (the first 20 minutes), the rest of the movie was tense the entire time, even when nothing was happening. So, I really can't understand how someone would hate it. Maybe, be a little dissapointed because of false expectations (more shark attacks, more action packed), but hate is a strong word.
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chime1985 — 11 years ago(October 07, 2014 06:05 AM)
Seriously, stop hating on this movie.
People have every right to dislike a movie. Incidentally, I thought this movie wasn't bad. It had some great underwater scenes, a decent build of suspense and interesting camera work. The let down for me was the score sometimes and the acting.
All of your posts are complaining about the same thing; lack of shark action.
Really,
all
the complaints are about lack of shark action? No other aspect of this film is mentioned in peoples complaints at all?
This is a realistic movie, not another carbon copy of JAWS.
In fairness, if people didn't get this from the trailer, it's their own fault.
I'm sorry that you didn't get your underwater action flick and there wasn't scenes of people getting ripped in half every 10 minutes but you should have understood that you were walking into a movie that required viewers to be smart and patient.
This movie doesn't require a great deal of intelligence to watch and understand. The complaints about this movie have nothing whatsoever to do with peoples lack of understanding. It's a pretty basic premise, people get stuck in water, sharks are in the water = bad times all around.
You had to understand the fearful and terrible situation these 2 divers were in, and the odds they had to fight against throughout the movie to get the full impact of the ending that made this movie the success it was.
I think it's safe to say the audience knows the characters were in a fearful situation. It doesn't take a genius to know that being stranded in the ocean with a school of sharks is a distressing event. If the audience didn't feel the impact intended, then it's the director didn't fulfill his role properly. Quit blaming the audience when a movie doesn't match the standards intended.