A lot of people are trotting out the old "So the dialogue and characters are lame, what do you expect in an action movie?" excuse for Deep Blue Sea. Do these people have no minimum standard for writing? Would they be happy if the characters just came on and grunted like caveman?
Action films with good scripts do better at the box office than ones with bad scripts. It's actually a good investment to have a good script. So why do films like this still spend more on make-up?
Just a few of the things which didn't make sense: SPOILERS AHEAD!
The "shark researchers" spend millions of dollars on an underwater titanium cage for the sharks, and above water they have an eight-foot fence. For a forty-foot shark. Have any of them ever been to Marine World? Or seen Free Willy?
Because the sharks have bigger brains, they develop the ability to swim backwards. The reason sharks can't swim backwards is because their gills only work one way, and they would drown. It's not because they simply haven't figured it out yet. A Harvard education doesn't mean you can breathe water.
In his "stirring" speech, Samuel L. Jackson says "if you think water moves fast, try ice", and recounts his mountaineering story. This is ludicrous. A, ice doesn't flow, it just kinda sits there, so obviously water is faster. B, the avalanche was snow, rather than ice. And C, ice IS water.
And on, and on...
But of course you could put up with any number of errors like this if you were interested in the characters or the situation, or entertained by the dialogue. Sadly, this film has one of the worst scripts I have ever heard. Example: Saffron Burrows: "Have you ever known someone who suffered from Alzheimer's?" Samuel Jackson (after a lot of thought) "Well...no." Samuel Jackson (on entering the amazing underwater laboratory): "Wow."
To all those people who say that this is an action movie, what does it matter what the script is like, I would ask: Can you give me an example of an action movie that was ruined by a good script?
Action films with good scripts do better at the box office than ones with bad scripts. It's actually a good investment to have a good script. So why do films like this still spend more on make-up?
Just a few of the things which didn't make sense: SPOILERS AHEAD!
The "shark researchers" spend millions of dollars on an underwater titanium cage for the sharks, and above water they have an eight-foot fence. For a forty-foot shark. Have any of them ever been to Marine World? Or seen Free Willy?
Because the sharks have bigger brains, they develop the ability to swim backwards. The reason sharks can't swim backwards is because their gills only work one way, and they would drown. It's not because they simply haven't figured it out yet. A Harvard education doesn't mean you can breathe water.
In his "stirring" speech, Samuel L. Jackson says "if you think water moves fast, try ice", and recounts his mountaineering story. This is ludicrous. A, ice doesn't flow, it just kinda sits there, so obviously water is faster. B, the avalanche was snow, rather than ice. And C, ice IS water.
And on, and on...
But of course you could put up with any number of errors like this if you were interested in the characters or the situation, or entertained by the dialogue. Sadly, this film has one of the worst scripts I have ever heard. Example: Saffron Burrows: "Have you ever known someone who suffered from Alzheimer's?" Samuel Jackson (after a lot of thought) "Well...no." Samuel Jackson (on entering the amazing underwater laboratory): "Wow."
To all those people who say that this is an action movie, what does it matter what the script is like, I would ask: Can you give me an example of an action movie that was ruined by a good script?
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