Anyone agree? Also, what made the cable wire loose? Was it an accident or someone done it on purpose? I don't understand
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highpriestess32 — 11 years ago(May 20, 2014 12:01 AM)
Hello again,
Yes, I can't disagree in that perhaps the film could have been improved upon had there been a little more character development - by which I essentially mean the more featured members of the passengers and crew of the liner prior to it's sabotage. That said I still think there was justification and room for the blood bath although perhaps that could have been handled a little more "intelligently" for want of a better descriptive.
The trouble with going slightly overboard (if you'll pardon the pun), when it comes to massacre or death
en masse
is that it devalues the overall credibility of what would otherwise be quite an intriguing film. I am a lot more forgiving than most but have known others to abort a movie early on if they encounter anything they deem to be too far-fetched.
Point of interest is that what
probably
made "Jaws" a success was the fact that the mechanical shark kept malfuncioning and so a lot of scenes were merely filmed from a first person perspective to create the suspense of the unseen danger. I am not opposed to allowing my imagination to take over and thought that, for similar reasons of abstinance, The Blair Witch Project was also gripping. That said, I was in Germany when that was released and hadn't known of it's authenticity (or lack of it), so was not influenced by any media about it.
"Has anyone seen my wife?" - Columbo -
guardian2415 — 12 years ago(March 01, 2014 09:14 PM)
I understand what you mean Outshyned.
The movie could have appealed to more viewers if it had been less gratuitous. It probably would have been more successful as well (something to think about if it is ever redone some day).
Your best bet would be to find a "toned down" version of the film. You really won't be missing anything except some of the worst gore, and language etc. In actuality, the story is better off without the unnecessary gruesomeness.
Another option is just to skip the cable slicing incident since the same scene is shown later on in the story though flashback, but without nearly as much blood and gore. If your DVD or TV has parental controls, you can also set them so that it skips over the wost scenes.
I recommend trying to find an edited television version of the movie or looking for one of international versions of the film which were also toned down. Just beware that some foreign versions will not play on American DVD players.
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jesusjesusson — 11 years ago(April 24, 2014 02:43 PM)
That part was the best part of the movie! It would've been better if it was all that gory and didn't have such misplaced comedy. For example, after Santos dies and they're all suddenly cracking up over food and having a good laugh.
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The_ApprenticeUK — 11 years ago(April 29, 2014 11:33 AM)
Anyone agree? Also, what made the cable wire loose? Was it an accident or someone done it on purpose? I don't understand.
On purpose they were killing everyone on board to claim souls, poisoning people, shooting etc and then finally he killed the woman making him the only living person if you call it that. -
susan_mj — 11 years ago(May 06, 2014 03:57 PM)
Wow, when I first saw this when it first came out I was like "AWESOME!!!" I watched that scene over like 5 times, lol. I was honestly surprised it didnt win some sort of gore or spec effects awards. I knew it wasnt real and I was really into horror effects so I loved it, lol
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Intothenightalone — 11 years ago(March 25, 2015 04:42 AM)
It's so memorable. It's a totally unique scene. I never would have thought of a kill scene like this so I give props to whoever's brain this came out of.
If it were not for this scene, this movie wouldn't be remembered all these years later.