Sunday, October 22, 2006

The Abyss

Thoughts prompted by watching this film:

1. If there isn't already, there ought to be such a word as 'abysm' - you know, halfway between 'abyss' and 'chasm', and linked to 'abysmal'.
2. Ed Harris = surprisingly effective leading man, but still kinda too dorky to be really compelling.
3. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (or however you spell that surname) = only moderately effective leading woman, much better in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
4. Weird twitchy SEAL villain = would've been much more convincing without the distractingly naff moustache.
5. Armageddon = total Abyss ripoff, but Armageddon was better.
6. That column of water snaking through the corridors is pretty cool.
7. But the film as a whole is kinda boring.