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A Grand Idea
Overall Recommendation:
3 stars
Premise:
4 stars
Story structure:
3 stars
Character:
3 stars
Dialogue:
2 stars
Emotion:
2 stars
April 02, 2011
I enjoyed the premise of this treatment --- I'm an archaeology buff with special interest in marine archaeology, and a history buff, etc., etc.. The dialogue is cheesy at times, but nothing too damaging or outrageous...
There were also a couple of small things, like the opening-scene divers surfacing with seeming rapidity from a site so deep only a handful of divers could hope to make the dive (as the site is described later), yet there is no pause or slowing mentioned in their ascent to account for pressure changes. The poor fellow with his hand cut off would likely have fallen unconscious/gone into shock from blood loss alone long before he surfaced, if it was a truly deep dive, and the fellow carrying him might suffer from decompression sickness, but it is described as if they surfaced instantly, and apparently only the handless fellow needs any medical attention. I'm certain any such details can be tightened up with the help of technical consultants who are experts in the particular fields referenced (if the movie went to production).
One aside, and this is a personal pet peeve of my own which may or may not bother others, I hate the fact that every action/adventure flick nowadays has to add some random love interest, often to the point of sidelining the actual action plot. Just something of which to be aware... (I realize that this is not a finished product and that the relationship between the two leads may be somewhat in flux, so this might not be an issue that detracts from a finished film.)
Overall, it's an interesting idea which handled well should make for a smashing action/adventure flick.
NOTE (on the video download itself): The playback volume isn't normalized and thus the soundtrack bounced from very loud music and narration to an at times indistinct voice track.
There were also a couple of small things, like the opening-scene divers surfacing with seeming rapidity from a site so deep only a handful of divers could hope to make the dive (as the site is described later), yet there is no pause or slowing mentioned in their ascent to account for pressure changes. The poor fellow with his hand cut off would likely have fallen unconscious/gone into shock from blood loss alone long before he surfaced, if it was a truly deep dive, and the fellow carrying him might suffer from decompression sickness, but it is described as if they surfaced instantly, and apparently only the handless fellow needs any medical attention. I'm certain any such details can be tightened up with the help of technical consultants who are experts in the particular fields referenced (if the movie went to production).
One aside, and this is a personal pet peeve of my own which may or may not bother others, I hate the fact that every action/adventure flick nowadays has to add some random love interest, often to the point of sidelining the actual action plot. Just something of which to be aware... (I realize that this is not a finished product and that the relationship between the two leads may be somewhat in flux, so this might not be an issue that detracts from a finished film.)
Overall, it's an interesting idea which handled well should make for a smashing action/adventure flick.
NOTE (on the video download itself): The playback volume isn't normalized and thus the soundtrack bounced from very loud music and narration to an at times indistinct voice track.