Openwater Diver... The Movie

[Debraw]

Ok I set up a webpage where you can go and sign up to see the movie as a group on August 27. We can't go opening weekend because we will be on a Flower Gardens trip. I am taking money so I can buy the tickets in a block for the movie that starts around 7:00PM. I can order them online or if I get enough people together I am going to see what the movie theater does for a group of people.
http://www.surfaceintervalscuba.com/Open Water The Movie.htm

 

[DiverDusty]

Already know how it ends. (got my August copy of "Undercurrent" in the mail yesterday). We can all imagine what it might be like stuck in water for a couple of days with nasties circling around us. Tough break for the couple from La.

 

[SeaHunt]

I saw the movie this past Saturday. My suggestion, save your $$$. It reminded me of the "B" movies that used to play at the Drive-In, back when there were Drive-Inn's.

 

[Dot Wethington]

Because of the hype over the potential "jaws-ness" of this movie and possible negative impact on the dive industry, I just recieved an email from PADI with potential Q & A's from worried clients.

I will try to attach it.

When does the movie come out?? Do the divers end up 'sleeping with the fishes?' I always have this fear of coming up and finding the boat gone or going and wondering how I'll end up, and think that "rollercoasters really aren't all that bad". I always thought that sharks hated the taste of neophrene.

 

[Cudabait]

Wife and I saw it yesterday. It's a fiction, based almost entirely on conjecture. Film is about 70 minutes...one nude scene....the sharks were obviously filmed at a controlled feeding session....chum clearly visible in footage. They were accurately depicted as novice divers...dangling gear, no signaling equipment, etc, etc.

I have seen much better accounts, based on fact, through pathways presented in this forum. Thanks for those!

I don't think I wasted our money. It was entertainment, and we viewed it as such. I have done what I intended to do...become conversant on what I saw, rather than speculative on what I did not see. Seeing it once is enough.

Regards,

 

[centex diver]

The movie don't waste your money. Alamo was showing it on the public side of windy point last night, but it was sold out, so we made a dive around the point and watched it in the water with everyone else. It was a boring moving with no substance and did not stick to the real story. If I had paid the $19 they were charging to watch the movie while siting in the lake I would have been really pissed off!

 

[Debraw]

So is Alamo like a drive -in or something? $19? What was that for entry fee, and what else?

 

[Blackhawk9898]

So is Alamo like a drive -in or something? $19? What was that for entry fee, and what else?

its not a drive-in silly, its a dive-in HAHA

 

[scubablue67]

I know some of you mentioned you thought you couldn't handle 2 hrs of floating at the surface. The good news is the whole damn thing is only 79 minutes. The bad news is it feels like 4 hrs. The shark week promos and specials hyping it were better and more intense then this short film. Still it would be fun to see it with other divers. I went with the wife. I was afraid she was going to try and slit her wrists after 30 minutes. We often tease one another for picking a crappy movie. Open Water surpassed The Postman with Kostner as the worst pick ever.

 

[-=>Larry<=-]

I saw the movie this past Saturday. My suggestion, save your $$$. It reminded me of the "B" movies that used to play at the Drive-In, back when there were Drive-Inn's.

She's a non-diver and we both agreed [this seldom happens] that we wasted 12$