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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | James Cameron |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 09 August, 1989 |
| MANUFACTURER: | 20th Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Special Edition, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure, Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie, Science Fiction |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 024543035930 |
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Comments on Paul Schorsch's review I have lost count on how many times I have returned to The Abyss' site at Amazon, DESPERATELY hoping to find that there has been a totally new, remastered, anamorphic version of this wonderful movie released. <
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>Reading Paul Schorsch's review has prompted me to post another 2 cents worth - I have exactly the same problem with my widescreen CRT TV - every version of the DVD that I have purchased (4 at last count - 3 region 1, 1 region 4)lock in as "squashed" letterbox as Paul has experienced. I alwasy thought it was my DVD player until I moved to my 3rd so guessed it must be my TV.If I set aspect ratio to "auto", the picture will jump into correct aspect ratio when the scene is bright but flips back to squashed when the scene is dark, i.e. about 80% of the movie. <
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>The movie is definitely 5 stars, all current DVDs rate zero stars (unwatchable) as far as I am concerned.
Starts off slow but it is very touching
This used to be one of my favorite movies. I bought it again just this weekend and re-watched it. The beginning is a little slow--weak dialogue, too many characters, and technical elements get in the way. However, what makes this film so special is the performance by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. She and Ed Harris do a superb job of holding the movie together. They play a couple on the verge of divorce brought back together when the underwater rig that they developed together is taken over by the Navy Seals.
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>The crew of the rig and the rig's original engineer (Mastrantonio) are diverted from an underwater drilling experiment to resue a downed navy sub and its nuclear warheads. As they investigate the accident, Mastrantonio discovers that there are aliens in the ocean depths, not Russian subs.
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>To complicate matters, the head Navy Seal on board is suffering from an underwater pressure sickness. He steadily looses his sanity and threatens the safety of everyone on board.
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>The special effects are fun because this was made before CGI got out of control. Yet what holds the movie together is the relationship between the divorcing Brigmans. Amidst the confusion of the underwater equipment and nautical terminology, the special effects, the craziness of the Navy Seal Coffey, is an engaging love story.
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>This is what held the movie together for me through the 10 or more years since I've seen The Abyss. I vividly remembered the anmity between the couple at the start of the movie and the heartbreaking scene where they are afraid of loosing eachother forever. And though I was a bit thrown off this time by the technical elements and the simplicity of the dialogue, the connection between Mastrantonio and Harris is as good now as it was then.
Movie 5, DVD 3
I love this movie. The DVD is lackluster. Glitchy in my computer, TEXT COMMENTARY? Wassamatter Cameron. Ashamed?