Horrible DVD transfer
Added 1/12/2010
Its in a 4:3 letterbox format, and is just a horrible transfer.
Please update this wonderful movie with a better DVD/BluRay disk.
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GREAT MOVIE! 5 Stars! DVD 0 Stars!
Added 1/6/2010
Great Story! 5 Stars
Great Actors! 5 Stars
Great Director! 5 Stars
Great Sci-Fi Movie! 5 Stars
Great on DVD? NO, NO, NO!!! Zero Stars!!! Non-Anamorphic, Non-16x9 Widescreen, Very Poor Video Transfer onto DVD, and Not on Blu-Ray yet? What the #$%*! We are living in an age of HD 16x9 TV's and this, one of the great emotionally moving Sci-Fi movies of our time is placed on DVD that is formatted for a 4x3 Standard Definition TV's? You have got to be kidding me.
Hey James Cameron and Paramount or whoever is involved in the process of bringing this great movie to DVD, WE WANT THIS MOVIE IN 16x9 HD Format OR if you won't do that, how about a regular DVD in 16x9 Format/Anamorphic and why don't you throw in a remastered video transfer while you're at it so WE CAN ALL enjoy this movie on our 16x9 Widescreen Plasma, LCD, and LED TV's and Projectors!!!
What a shame.
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The Abyss is Cameron's Water-themed Masterpiece
Added 12/12/2009
With all due respect to The Titanic, which is also a masterpiece, James Cameron's "The Abyss" remains, more than twenty-years after its release, the pre-eminent water-based film.
To the professional reviewer who complained about the plodding pace of this film I would ask "just exactly what film were you WATCHING?" The Abyss is fleshed out with intriguing character development and scenes that make you identify with and care about what happens, but these scenes hang on a skeleton of many of the most scintillating and hair-raising set-pieces ever filmed.
When the original theatrical release of this movie occurred in 1989, I was a submariner on the U.S.S. Tennessee, an Ohio-class submarine like the U.S.S. Montana, the fictional submarine that encounters some unknown deep-sea disturbance before sinking in a scene that was horrifyingly realistic to myself and my shipmates who went from the darkened theatre back to the Tennessee. Except for a water-tight door outside of the ship's control center, the submarine depicted in the film was eerily realistic. The scene where submariners know they are losing the ship, as well as their own lives, was harrowing in the extreme.
Ed Harris plays Bud Brigman, the leader of an underwater oil-drilling rig that is closest to the sunken Montana. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio plays Lindsey, Bud's estranged wife and the designer of the deep sea rig. Michael Biehn plays LT Coffey, the leader of the Seal Team the Navy sends down to Bud's rig to lead a search and rescue mission of the submarine.
A masterful supporting cast rounds out the all-too-human drama taking place far under the water. Absolutely amazing underwater scenes keep you on the edge of your seat as you learn that the Seal team has secret orders to secure a nuclear warhead from the submarine to destroy anything the Soviets may try to salvage from the wreckage and the undersea team learns a little at a time that they are not alone.
A word must be provided contrasting the Special Edition to the original theatrical version. Some "special edition" movies simply pad the running time with scenes that were wisely cut from the version that is released. The Abyss special edition adds almost 30 minutes that completely change the tone of the original. The ending, previously weak to the point of near ridicule as a Deux-ex-machina is introduced, now resonates in a way that makes you think "every single human being on the planet should watch this."
I have deliberately tried to avoid spoilers, but if you're a human being... you should watch The Abyss Special Edition.
Peace
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This is a great timeless movie to have in your library. I have never tired of it. When one wears out -- I get another just to keep on hand for the week it rains "all week."
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Poor definition and grainy not suitable for 60" tv
Added 11/1/2009
I was disapointed in how poor the definition was on this "special edition". the scan lines were often clearly visible and distracting when people were talking or when displaying graphics like the text sent on the deep dive.
If you have a large TV even with a good DVD player that upscales well, it will make for poor viewing. Too bad because this was a spectacular special effects movie.
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Horrible DVD transfer
Added 1/12/2010
Its in a 4:3 letterbox format, and is just a horrible transfer.
Please update this wonderful movie with a better DVD/BluRay disk.
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GREAT MOVIE! 5 Stars! DVD 0 Stars!
Added 1/6/2010
Great Story! 5 Stars
Great Actors! 5 Stars
Great Director! 5 Stars
Great Sci-Fi Movie! 5 Stars
Great on DVD? NO, NO, NO!!! Zero Stars!!! Non-Anamorphic, Non-16x9 Widescreen, Very Poor Video Transfer onto DVD, and Not on Blu-Ray yet? What the #$%*! We are living in an age of HD 16x9 TV's and this, one of the great emotionally moving Sci-Fi movies of our time is placed on DVD that is formatted for a 4x3 Standard Definition TV's? You have got to be kidding me.
Hey James Cameron and Paramount or whoever is involved in the process of bringing this great movie to DVD, WE WANT THIS MOVIE IN 16x9 HD Format OR if you won't do that, how about a regular DVD in 16x9 Format/Anamorphic and why don't you throw in a remastered video transfer while you're at it so WE CAN ALL enjoy this movie on our 16x9 Widescreen Plasma, LCD, and LED TV's and Projectors!!!
What a shame.
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The Abyss is Cameron's Water-themed Masterpiece
Added 12/12/2009
With all due respect to The Titanic, which is also a masterpiece, James Cameron's "The Abyss" remains, more than twenty-years after its release, the pre-eminent water-based film.
To the professional reviewer who complained about the plodding pace of this film I would ask "just exactly what film were you WATCHING?" The Abyss is fleshed out with intriguing character development and scenes that make you identify with and care about what happens, but these scenes hang on a skeleton of many of the most scintillating and hair-raising set-pieces ever filmed.
When the original theatrical release of this movie occurred in 1989, I was a submariner on the U.S.S. Tennessee, an Ohio-class submarine like the U.S.S. Montana, the fictional submarine that encounters some unknown deep-sea disturbance before sinking in a scene that was horrifyingly realistic to myself and my shipmates who went from the darkened theatre back to the Tennessee. Except for a water-tight door outside of the ship's control center, the submarine depicted in the film was eerily realistic. The scene where submariners know they are losing the ship, as well as their own lives, was harrowing in the extreme.
Ed Harris plays Bud Brigman, the leader of an underwater oil-drilling rig that is closest to the sunken Montana. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio plays Lindsey, Bud's estranged wife and the designer of the deep sea rig. Michael Biehn plays LT Coffey, the leader of the Seal Team the Navy sends down to Bud's rig to lead a search and rescue mission of the submarine.
A masterful supporting cast rounds out the all-too-human drama taking place far under the water. Absolutely amazing underwater scenes keep you on the edge of your seat as you learn that the Seal team has secret orders to secure a nuclear warhead from the submarine to destroy anything the Soviets may try to salvage from the wreckage and the undersea team learns a little at a time that they are not alone.
A word must be provided contrasting the Special Edition to the original theatrical version. Some "special edition" movies simply pad the running time with scenes that were wisely cut from the version that is released. The Abyss special edition adds almost 30 minutes that completely change the tone of the original. The ending, previously weak to the point of near ridicule as a Deux-ex-machina is introduced, now resonates in a way that makes you think "every single human being on the planet should watch this."
I have deliberately tried to avoid spoilers, but if you're a human being... you should watch The Abyss Special Edition.
Peace
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