Diving Flicks

[archman]

"Into The Blue", comes out in the end of September. Treasure, sharks, adventure.

It looks like a blatant ripoff of The Deep.

 

[MikeC]

Men of Honor wasn't half bad.

I have The Big Blue on DVD. There are two different endings; one can be interpreted as less sad than the other. I like the less sad ending.

Men of Honor was good. Is Carl Brashear still alive?

Do you think you could do what he did?? Check this photo out:

 

[Spoon]

Men of Honor was good. Is Carl Brashear still alive?

Do you think you could do what he did?? Check this photo out:

no sweat!

 

[MikeC]

Hey spoon, if you didn't notice that is an artificial left leg he has.

 

[jonix]

yup Men of Honor...very inspiring movie

does documentary movies count? if so, i'd vote for Deep Blue (by BBC)

 

[Gidds]

Ok I'm watching Sphere. How the heck did they film those dive scenes? They actually put those big shot actors in those scary dive helmets from what I can tell :11:

 

[archman]

Ok I'm watching Sphere. How the heck did they film those dive scenes? They actually put those big shot actors in those scary dive helmets from what I can tell :11:

Probably filmed the same way as was done in The Abyss, and The Life Aquatic. Fill a humongous container with water and gussy it up to look like the seafloor.

 

[Gidds]

I meant: did they actually teach Hollywood big shots to dive?

 

[MikeC]

I meant: did they actually teach Hollywood big shots to dive?

Despite what some of them think, "Hollywood big shots" walk and breathe the same way you and I do. Some camera angles do not allow for doubles, actors, to be used.

If you think teaching a Hollyweird actor to use SCUBA is a big deal, check out the training used in "Saving Private Ryan" and some of the other military movies. Some of those actors went through their own boot camps.

 

[Gidds]

I'm sure some actors are very competent individuals. Whether or not I like them as actors has nothing whatsoever to do with my opinion about how incompetent they are in reality.