Water's Journey--a review.

[Curt Bowen]

Hmmm...

I stayed up and watched this on PBS night before last and I wasn't impressed. It was okay, but nothing I would call noteworthy. I'm glad I didn't pony up for the tape at Ginnie when I was there last month. This is just my 2 cents.

It seemed rather disjointed and non-cave divers wouldn't notice...but it was obvious to me that the dives were in different systems patched together with even some footage taken here and there and thrown in for color.

The hike through Sonny's was a bit cheezy, and the comment about "my favorite restaurant" probably got him free chow for a month or something.

Jill's comment about "virgin cave" struck me funny. Virgin to who?? her, or anybody? My eyes may have been deceiving me....but I thought I saw a gold line a time or two. Just like the "Amazing Caves" Omnimax film....taped just outside the cavern zone at Dos Ojos looking for the "elusive halocline"...geez give me a break.

Okay....all in all it was okay, but nothing noteworthy.

Lori

The film was not produced for cave or even cavern divers. It was produced for the general public so they may become more concerned about possible polution and waist disposal into our ground water.

It was never intended for a cave / cavern diver documentary.

Curt Bowen

 

[J1M1]

Diver Lori is right about the "Amazing Caves" Omnimax film when they reference the quest for the elusive halocline......I spent a week a month ago cave diving in Akumal, and we couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a halocline!

....Stevie Wonder probably could have found 'em one!

Karl

i agree, the movie sucked,,,
They should have looked for dead cats that people have swung into the halocline. or swung around stevie wonder through the halocline.

 

[pipedope]

Go back and watch ANY of the J. Cousteau shows.

Awareness of the public is the goal, NOT being perfectly accurate for specialists.

Does anybody expect shows on TV to be accurate and honest to a fault? If it was really such dangerous exploration how did they get film of it?

Please, lighten up a little.

It is just a TV show.
It was also better than 99.99% of everything that is on TV and was probably FAR more accurate than the evening news.

 

[fgray1]

Was through the whole thing he keep telling how bad the water was and all the cemicals in the water and then he bends down and drinks directly from one of the steams and wipes water on his head.
I agree with the fact people should care more and not throw stuff in the sink holes but lets not drive the point home with a sledge hammer.
The film was interesting and entertaining but they got a little over dramatic.
Fred

 

[Curt Bowen]

Was through the whole thing he keep telling how bad the water was and all the cemicals in the water and then he bends down and drinks directly from one of the steams and wipes water on his head.
I agree with the fact people should care more and not throw stuff in the sink holes but lets not drive the point home with a sledge hammer.
The film was interesting and entertaining but they got a little over dramatic.
Fred

It would be hard not to be a little over dramatic, if not its a boring cave dive show.

 

[Maya]

I think the film was beautifully shot and serves its purpose of educating the general public and making them aware of the beauty and fragility of our cave systems and the source of their drinking water. We are the exception as far as realizing the importance of these systems to the state of Florida. I have watched this film with several different groups of people, a diverse population of non-divers, and every single time the reaction to the film was overwhelmingly positive. I think Wes, Jill and the rest did a fantastic job and produced an important film.

 

[Michael Schlink]

Can we go back to the cat fight between Lori and Wendy?