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Deep Blue Sea

Deep Blue Sea

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This movie proves there is no GOD....
Review: Go see the first Jaws movie if you like sharks. But if you want to buy this movie, let us list the pros and cons of this film...
Pro: Some humor (from L.L. Cool J and his bird)and a almost believable reason to carry out research on the sharks' minds.
There was also a very shocking scene (with Jackson) that totally surprised me. It was the only one to surprise me.

Cons: Bad FX. I saw this on the big-screen and the sharks looked totally fake. And you saw them too many times, which just proved again and again how fake they looked. Also the sharks' were able to do things no shark could do no matter how smart, like swim BACKWARDS. And why Marko sharks? We're talking about one of the fastest and MOST aggressive sharks in nature! Great Whites would of been safer AND have large brains to begin with because of their size (for research purposes).
Also the computer generated FX was used way too much even when not showing the sharks. Like a ripple in the water to suggest sharks moving under the water, WHICH ALSO LOOKED FAKE.

JAWS, in where our own fear was used to see the damn shark everywhere, plus great music, was ten times better.

Don't watch Deep Blue Sea unless you plan to use it for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 party night OR want to cheer on the sharks!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Most horrific things are the cheesy effects
Review: The effects killed this movie. It was a great idea for an escapist B-movie, and the build-up to each attack was serviceable - but the absolutely laughably ludicrous CGI effects made the sharks as non-scary as humanly imaginable. They killed the "mood" each time. Director Harlin erred when he decided to show full-length shark acrobatics and attacks. They came off as cheapo 3D cartoons with cheapo cartoon legs flailing in their mouths. Learn from the horror masters, Renny - Less is more! A few scale shark models, foaming red water, split-second closeups, and ominous music would have been better.

Spotting the 'Jaws' and 'Alien' series homages ... was the only entertaining factor after a while. Well, that and Saffron Burrows' flawless face...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ouch
Review: Park your brain at the door and just enjoy this amazing thrill ride of a movie.Then pick your jaw up from the floor.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: The partial redemption of Renny Harlin
Review: Of all the movies that Renny Harlin has directed, this one [stinks] the least. I hope Harlin realizes that that is a compliment.

If Spielberg had 1999's digital technology at his fingertips when making JAWS in 1974-75, then JAWS probably would not have been anywhere near as good as it is. Speilberg would have shown way too much of the shark, and way too soon in the film, as was his original plan anyway before it went awry thanks to the constantly malfunctioning mechanical albatross of a shark (three of them, actually) he had to work with.
With DEEP BLUE SEA, Harlin is so gung-ho on letting us see what mechanical marvels his fake sharks are and what digital tricks he can pull, he forgot the less-is-more rule. And as with every other Harlin film, the directing is clunky, forced, and obvious. There is very little style or grace to it. The genetically enhanced mako sharks in his movie could have been made to be more terrifying than anything seen in JAWS, but instead he endows them with a cartoonish physicality.
A better director (and one who might not come off as being so high on himself in the accompanying audio commentary) could have made DEEP BLUE SEA a decent balance of thrill-ride and haunted house scare, all rooted in a sufficient amount of plausibility. Harlin, however, directs his movies like a kid wielding a very expensive Hollywood magic wand. His films are like a series of expensive set-pieces strung together with nary a thought for the intelligence of the audience or for even the thinnest sense of reality his audience must buy into to be completely sold on the film's concept.

But DEEP BLUE SEA is about as good a movie as Renny Harlin will ever make. But the raw materials of this film most certainly would have been assembled much more effectively by a more accomplished and talented director.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Unreal
Review: Ill admit this movie isnt the worst I've seen. But this was so unreal its not even funny. Everyone I know told me to see this movie, they said it was so cool. So I did, I ended up laughing at most it. Most of deaths were pretty cheesey looking (pixelated). And no matter how smart a shark may be, they will never be able to swim backwards. however LL cool J is entertaining. A rental at most or buy it used.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best movie I've seen!
Review: This movie is tied with The Matrix in my movie list. This and The Matrix are the best movies I've seen. The plot is geneous and the cast is great. It was a huge surprise when Samuel L. Jackson dies, but makes the movie scarier. One moment he's rattling on about the avalance and the next he's being ripped in half by the generation 2 Mako shark and a generation 1 Mako. If you have'nt seen the movie yet and are reading this sorry about spoiling that part. I won't spoil it anymore. This movie is a must see if you like intense horror movies about sharks. If you liked Jaws chances are you'll love this.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very good movie
Review: I just saw this movie on TV and i just had to come and add it to my wish list.
The basic plot of the movie is great:
Scientists make sharks smarter, they eat people, action and death ensues, loads of fun for the whole family.
Plus, Carter is kinda hot, which makes it even better. :)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Luminous!
Review: The sharks are smarter than the people! Mind-boggling! Scientists have come up with the cure to Alzheimer's Disease with the sharks' fluids? Genius. Thomas Jane is a shark hunter and LL Cool J is a cook! YES! Samuel L. Jackson makes fun of the midget from "Fantasy Island" (a moment of uproarious laughter). A pretty English lady who started the whole experiment made inferior decisions by letting the sharks stay alive. The sharks bit off a guy's arm, flooded the research center, made a helicopter crash into a tower and explode which started the fiasco. Superb! It was marvelous when Jackson tried to lead the group of scientists and the shark popped out of the water and ate [him]. Too bad the sharks didn't live happily ever after eating fresh meat from coast-to-coast. Electrocution, explosions and excitement! LL Cool J delivers, Thomas Jane kicks butt and Saffron Burrows was too hot. YES, YES and more YES!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Call it Jaws 5.
Review: CGI effects, and pretty second rate ones at that are the story (what very little there is of it) in this more Music video rather then a movie feel of scientists using sharks to become intelligent then they break free and eat most of the cast in a bloody fish feed.Why Samual L. Jackson ever did this movie, I will never know.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Deep Blue Sea
Review: No way this tape has no words to describe it. I ran befind hubby to watch this tape. Would rather be in dark woods then watch this again It was made to watch during the day not at night


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