In the end do they both die?
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muteme — 16 years ago(June 28, 2009 11:13 AM)
I took it as she knew if the sharks that were circling didn't eat her there and then, one would at least bite and cause her to die from blood loss, as was the fate of Daniel. So, she abandoned her gear and, I guess, drowned herself before any of that happened.
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lulupalooza — 12 years ago(August 17, 2013 01:00 PM)
As a scuba diver, I would have likely done the same thing if I knew death-by-shark was imminent. More peaceful way to go on your own terms, instead of being eaten alive. She was already exhausted, dehydrated, weak, and possibly hallucinating a bit too. She simply let go.
After diving the Caribbean for many years, I felt it was portrayed realistically. I know about the mistakes that can be made and the fatigue that can set in. I've nearly panicked in risky situations without sharks. You learn to regulate your breathing (and pulse) to avoid it.
To be fair: if I wasn't a diver, I'm not sure how much I'd like it. Probably somewhat due to the suspense and imagination of the terror. However, as a diver I could feel the swells, my wetsuit and fins, legs getting tired, the jellyfish stinks, the saltwater in my mouth and cuts, smell the water, and the difficulty of viewing what's around due to limited movement with the BCD and tank.
Worst of all, the panic of being left behind is all too imaginable if you've ever lost sight of your dive buddy and group. I had to stay-put underwater in a dark, cold ocean (3 foot visibility) for what felt like an eternity. As trained, I knew to stay until they backtracked via compass. Thank goodness there was no drift, but my heart felt like it was beating in my throat even though I regulated my breathing. I could see nothing but dark water and shadows beyond myself. Worse case, I would have safely ascended when my air got low and performed the distressed diver signal. But they found me via an expert diver. I was a beginner with handful of divesand a phobia of dark water. Lesson learned about strict buddy system in poor viz.
Anyway, the point is that I could basically relate enough to the mistake and fear. Also, the characters experience of denial, anger, bargaining, and depression was felt on my end and those of my diver friends who saw it with me. Those are the first four stages of grief. In the end, she succumbed to the 5th and final stage: acceptance. -
doubl3 — 10 years ago(November 20, 2015 11:39 PM)
I felt like they left it up for interpretation whether she got eaten or dove under own her own to die, due to grief or something. I kind of figure with all of the sharks there she got attacked one way or another.
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MdmBadenov — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 09:48 PM)
That's incorrect. She wasn't pulled under by a shark.. She mad a conscience decision to dive down and go so deep that she wouldn't be able to make it back up without taking in water. She chose to die. She saw the Sharks around her and the bevy of sharks feasting on poor Daniel's corpse. She saw how he died. She knew the end was near for her and she didn't want to go the way Daniel did, so she chose suicide by drowning.
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dares-2 — 16 years ago(August 20, 2009 08:47 AM)
Two people go diving, they get left behind, and they get eaten by sharks or drown.
No one really knows which, since no one survived, but it doesn't really matter.
That the extent of this craptacular story.
I'm gonna make a movie about a pedestrian that steps into traffic, get's run over and he dies.
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milmafia — 16 years ago(August 30, 2009 01:52 AM)
Ok people, here's my theory
The cover indeed says it's all based on a true story, but shouldn't at least one of them have survived the drama? How can anybody now know what actually happened out there?
So besides the fact that nobody knows the real story since the boat left them, also the whole part at the beginning is unknown. For example the fact they planned their holiday in a hurry, they never talked about it with anyone.
So what I want to say is: you can like the movie or not, but please don't say it's based on a true story.
Ah, and to answer your question: yep: she died! She gave up because of the loss of her husband and once he was eaten by the sharks, she took off her gear (no more oxigen and now more "floating capacity" and let herself sunk to the bottom.
Greets,
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bsteward-2 — 16 years ago(September 20, 2009 08:37 AM)
Very very loosely based on a true story. Nobody knows how they died since there were no survivors. In real life they could have both been murdered at sea, died in some freak scuba accident or even ripped apart by sharks immediately and not have floated around for hours. I think the words "Based on a true story" is sometimes used in movies when it shouldn't be, and this is one of those times.
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biskvito — 16 years ago(September 26, 2009 05:47 AM)
I see what you both are talking about, but this still is based on what is known about the story, it doesn't say it IS the true story it's based on the written board found by the fisherman, and on the loose equipments without marks of bites, suggesting they got rid of the equipments, maybe hallucinating on dehydration
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kitsune4 — 16 years ago(October 25, 2009 02:50 PM)
Its based a true story about two people left behind on a scuba diving trip. It is BASED on a true story, its not THE true story. When someone says its based on a true story, it can mean just the concept. So yes this is based on a true story, even if what happens in the movie isn`t what actually happened to the two people from real life
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IMDBmurphy — 15 years ago(May 19, 2010 09:45 PM)
and let herself sunk to the bottom.
You won't
sink
in salt water.
Daniel didn't just sink either although he still had his weights on, he was obviously pulled down by the sharks.
Susan was not, and she even detached her weights earlier and took off her gear at last (as you wrote yourself), so
there wasn't any comprehensible reason for her not to continue floating up.
Drowning yourself by just dipping below the surface is utterly arguable.
Therefore the end was as unrealistic as confusing as annoying. That nonsense ruined the whole thing
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steven-oneil-1 — 15 years ago(July 09, 2010 02:40 AM)
Like all movies based on real events there's a degree of licence allowed and this movie appears to follow reasonably closely what occurred. The real life couple were called Tom and Eileen Lonigan (I saw a documentary about it last month) and they were indeed left stranded due to a counting error on the diving boat. It's believed that they may have died of dehydration or, suffering from delirium, shed their wetsuits and drowned later due to exhaustion. It's not believed that they died of shark attacks because parts of their wetsuits were found and showed no sign of tears caused by shark bites but it wouldn't make a very good movie to watch two people dehydrate and die would it?
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pt100 — 13 years ago(October 17, 2012 03:05 PM)
The true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan was covered in an episode of The Investigators (a series on TruTV) titled Deep Secrets:
http://www.imdb.com/board/11166368/
Here's the Wikipedia entry for them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Eileen_Lonergan
Here are a few relevant snippets from that article:
"Several theories were suggested surrounding their disappearance. At the time, it was suggested that the Lonergans might have staged their disappearance. However, the Lonergans' bank accounts were never touched and their insurance policies were not claimed."
"Fishermen found a diver's slate (a device used for communicating underwater) and wrote down what it reportedly read: "[Mo]nday Jan 26; 1998 08am. To anyone [who] can help us: We have been abandoned on A[gin]court Reef by MV Outer Edge 25 Jan 98 3pm. Please help us [come] to rescue us before we die. Help!!!"
"The coroner dismissed suggestions that the Lonergans had either committed suicide or faked their own disappearance, and formally charged Jack Nairn, skipper of the dive boat, with their unlawful killing. He was later found to be not guilty, but his company was fined after pleading guilty to negligence." -
IMDBmurphy — 15 years ago(May 19, 2010 09:49 PM)
Did you miss the very end?
Their camera was found.
So at least it was assured that they both died in open water.
Since the place was known to be populated by sharks, all the rest is simple reasoning and of course, partially fiction.