LoginThe Abyss (1989)
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I need you to believe.
A civilian diving team are enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
Ed Harris: Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
The Abyss is the most thought-provoking, imaginative, and beautiful science fiction film out there among the visionary stars of cinema. Master fil... read more
Save me from the ending!
The movie is at its most successful when it plays on your fears of the deep to create a tense atmosphere. What is more remarkable is that the special effect... read more
Solid sci-fi adventure!
James Cameron was indisputably one of the most influential directors throughout the 20th Century; with each new film brought new groundbreaking special effects as well as mind-blowing, innovative concepts.
The Abyss is undoubtedly a top notch, extraordinarily well made film that can be regarded as more of an underwat... read more
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Movies inspired by Nietzsche (21 movies items)""when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you" cited at the beginning"
Movies the giraffe watched in 2021: September (46 movies items)"First viewing - Sept. 25th Back when The Abyss came out I didn't care much about it. The trailers failed to inspire me to see it, and my dad never bothered to take me to see it and thus it went unseen. I generally like James Cameron's films, however, so I figured now maybe I'd finally give it a shot. And it's a decent enough film. It's entertaining on the surface, but not very deep in my opinion. I liked the characters well enough but didn't love any of them, and thus never got deeply attached "
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The whole reason James Cameron made the movie. Was due to dreams of tsunamis. So it’s weird that scene is only in the director’s cut. With aliens threatening to crush humans with a giant wave. It adds more to the movie.
Either way the Abyss was the strongest of the submarine underwater creature movies of 1989. Due to Cameron as director, fine effects and a great cast.
As well as more of an original story than just Alien underwater. Which the other underwater movies from 1989 were like. The Abyss is more about peaceful aliens that don’t like the violence humans cause.” read more
Favorite Drama Films: 1988-1989 (108 movies items)" Directed by: James Cameron Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd and Van Ling Written by: James Cameron Cinematography: Mikael Salomon Edited by: Conrad Buff, Joel Goodman, Steven Quale, and Howard E. Smith Music by: Alan Silvestri Distributed by: 20th Century Fox"
Hated or Divisive Movies That I LOVED (47 movies items)"Often Hated For: Being the "lesser" James Cameron movie, it's glacial pacing, and its ending. Reason I Love It: A great cast, escalating sense of tension and the awe of discovery, and, yes, its ending. "
Favorite Action Films: 1988-1989 (44 movies items)" Directed by: James Cameron Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd and Van Ling Written by: James Cameron Cinematography: Mikael Salomon Edited by: Conrad Buff, Joel Goodman, Steven Quale, and Howard E. Smith Music by: Alan Silvestri Distributed by: 20th Century Fox"
