Remake of the movie: "The Deep"

[archman]

I'm not so sure about The Abyss. I've read numerous discussion threads bashing the "sappiness" of the director's cut version, specifically the stuff regarding the aliens. That version does however conform closest to the book written by Orson Scott Card. However, Card wrote the book from the screenplay, which was written by James Cameron I *think*. Card did a superb job on the book adaptation.

I'll have to rent The Deep I suppose. Isn't Nick Nolte in it?

 

[JaxvilleDiver]

it can't get any worse than everyone's favorite..."Open Water"

 

[lock_washer]

Yes. Nick Nolte is in the movie: "The Deep". Another great underwater book: Sphere by Michael Crithon. That was made into a movie too. But having Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone in it...ruined that movie also. There's a book called "Bahama Heat" about a former Navy Seal that wioundup with a drug problem and ending up diving for cocaine that went down on a shipwreck. That's a great book...I hoping that would be made into a movie someday.

 

[ScoobieDooo]

The original 'The Deep' with Bissett, Nolte, and Shaw was quite good. The diving scenes were pretty good and reminded me of the 70's gear that was popular at the time - single primary regulator, no octopus, simple SPG, no BC's. The wreck penetration footage is cool but violates basic wreck safety. No reels, no arrows, no backup regulators, divers get seperated, etc. Scary...

The plot was accurate since the real shipwreck was carrying morphine when it went down. I own the movie as well. I didn't know that the new movie (to be released June 2005) was actually a remake of 'The Deep.' Hmmm. Goes to show what I know! <ha>

As long as it has ample diving in it - it should be decent at least...we'll see. I'm not into the 'hip hop' tunes but hey, thats life!

 

[lock_washer]

I will take heavy metal over hip hop anyday. They built a special two million gallon tank for some of the ship wreck scenes in "The Deep". What was also neat about using that tank for filming. They stocked it with fish.

 

[Bob3]

... They stocked it with fish.

That's answers the "What's for dinner" question.