I can't believe the mess I just watched! I only watched it to the end to see everyone get killed off because I was that disappointing. Usually, I root for characters to get themselves out of situations, but I literally wanted them all to die. Surprisingly, it was not the acting; they're no A list actors, but they worked with what they had. I think if there was better scripting, the good side of their acting skills would have shone a bit more, for the better. The music sucked, and like one reviewer said, the cinematography killed me. I think an eighth grader in AV class could have managed doing a better job than this armature. The basis of the movie had such potential, but it was destroyed, due to everything from the script, the plot of the movie, and everything in-between!
It reminded me of Prison Break: 1st season started out good, then it went down hill from there. Same as this movie, the beginning was okay, and everything began going downhill after they took the boat out to the lake. I know it wouldn't have been a movie if they asked, but if it were me in that situation, and my overly nervous friend said, "Don't go in the water!",then you would think the plausible question from one out of the other five people there would be, "Why?". Moments when they were sitting there, was when they should have been paddling. What really upset me, was when they used all of the fireworks at one time! Like seriously?! You have got to be kidding me! Use ONE to scare it away, and then when he starts getting closer, use another! What a bunch of dummies. Then, the part where the nerd kept filming instead of helping; I would have thrown that stupid camera in the water a long time ago. The part where they killed off their only way out was a dumb move as well. And then they stupidly left the only undamaged boat! If they wanted to "Vote" people off, they should have voted for someone to go into the water and to flip it over so they could be on a non-sinking boat! There are too many other things to type about, so I'll just leave it at these situations.
They seriously should have taken notes from Open Water. The writers to that movie really knew how to build up anticipation, when to make the serious stuff happen, and when to break in-between incidences.
Hopefully in another 20 years, there's a remake of this movie that I can give a great review for. Until then, I wish I had 2 more hands so I could give Beneath four thumbs down! That is all...
It reminded me of Prison Break: 1st season started out good, then it went down hill from there. Same as this movie, the beginning was okay, and everything began going downhill after they took the boat out to the lake. I know it wouldn't have been a movie if they asked, but if it were me in that situation, and my overly nervous friend said, "Don't go in the water!",then you would think the plausible question from one out of the other five people there would be, "Why?". Moments when they were sitting there, was when they should have been paddling. What really upset me, was when they used all of the fireworks at one time! Like seriously?! You have got to be kidding me! Use ONE to scare it away, and then when he starts getting closer, use another! What a bunch of dummies. Then, the part where the nerd kept filming instead of helping; I would have thrown that stupid camera in the water a long time ago. The part where they killed off their only way out was a dumb move as well. And then they stupidly left the only undamaged boat! If they wanted to "Vote" people off, they should have voted for someone to go into the water and to flip it over so they could be on a non-sinking boat! There are too many other things to type about, so I'll just leave it at these situations.
They seriously should have taken notes from Open Water. The writers to that movie really knew how to build up anticipation, when to make the serious stuff happen, and when to break in-between incidences.
Hopefully in another 20 years, there's a remake of this movie that I can give a great review for. Until then, I wish I had 2 more hands so I could give Beneath four thumbs down! That is all...