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Screenwriting
"Open Water" stank like dead fish
Did anyone see this movie?
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What was the deal with the opening slate stating that the film was "based on a true story"? How do they know what happened to the couple while they were out in the water, since they both died!
I mean, nobody survived to tell the story! So how could they claim the film was based on a true story! Everything that happened after the couple left the boat was pure conjecture!
I know the camera was found in the shark's stomach, but IIRC, the couple didn't take any pix while waiting to be rescued. As far as we know, they could have strangled each other in a lovers' quarrel, as opposed to being eaten by sharks.
Lois
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What was the deal with the opening slate stating that the film was "based on a true story"? How do they know what happened to the couple while they were out in the water, since they both died!
I mean, nobody survived to tell the story! So how could they claim the film was based on a true story! Everything that happened after the couple left the boat was pure conjecture!
I know the camera was found in the shark's stomach, but IIRC, the couple didn't take any pix while waiting to be rescued. As far as we know, they could have strangled each other in a lovers' quarrel, as opposed to being eaten by sharks.
Lois
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[/nq] I couldn't bear to go see it. The trailer alone terrified me. Why would anyone even want to make a movie about such an event?
- [/nq] I couldn't bear to go see it.
- The trailer alone terrified me.
- Why would anyone even want to make a movie about such an event?
- -- Dena Jo Email goes to denajo2 at the dot com variation of the Yahoo domain.
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On 06 Feb 2005, (Email Removed) posted thus:
[nq:1]Did anyone see this movie?[/nq]
I couldn't bear to go see it. The trailer alone terrified me. Why would anyone even want to make a movie about such an event?
-- Dena Jo
Email goes to denajo2 at the dot com variation of the Yahoo domain.
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:1]Did anyone see this movie? Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space What ... How do they know what happened to the couple while they were out in the water, since they both died![/nq]
Because they found their gear. They presume that they removed their gear because they became confused due to exposure,
[nq:1]Did anyone see this movie? Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space Spoiler space What ... How do they know what happened to the couple while they were out in the water, since they both died![/nq]
Because they found their gear. They presume that they removed their gear because they became confused due to exposure,
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[nq:1]I couldn't bear to go see it. The trailer alone terrified me. Why would anyone even want to make a movie about such an event?[/nq]
Guess what movie my wife brought home tonight?
It wasn't that scary, it wasn't that creepy -- it was just really, really long.
Sure, it might have been more realistic than "Jaws" -- but who gives a rat's behind? If I've got to have sharks -
Guess what movie my wife brought home tonight?
It wasn't that scary, it wasn't that creepy -- it was just really, really long.
Sure, it might have been more realistic than "Jaws" -- but who gives a rat's behind? If I've got to have sharks -
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My 18-year old niece paraphrased it for me, saving me the time:
"oh, help! I'm in a swimming pool full of sharks!"
she's a pistol. She's going to get published produced before me
"oh, help! I'm in a swimming pool full of sharks!"
she's a pistol. She's going to get published produced before me
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Lois, I have one word for you: FARGO.
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Oh dear ***, I'm sure I drowned in another life.
I was also a world-winnin' scientist and *** symbol.
I'll never go out on a boat EXCEPT on a tourist shrimping boat. That just seems safe to me for some reason.
My fist job was working at a theater and JAWS showed for over three months. Those screams that girl makes actually are burned into my brain.
I was also a world-winnin' scientist and *** symbol.
I'll never go out on a boat EXCEPT on a tourist shrimping boat. That just seems safe to me for some reason.
My fist job was working at a theater and JAWS showed for over three months. Those screams that girl makes actually are burned into my brain.
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[nq:1]What was the deal with the opening slate stating that the film was "based on a true story"?[/nq]
Sorry to revive this thread, 'cause after 90 posts, you guys may be tired of it, but I'm still catching up on the old stuff my newsreader served up...
But after the conversation drifted to previous lives and etc., I realized that the "based on a true story" thing had kinda been dropped wi
Sorry to revive this thread, 'cause after 90 posts, you guys may be tired of it, but I'm still catching up on the old stuff my newsreader served up...
But after the conversation drifted to previous lives and etc., I realized that the "based on a true story" thing had kinda been dropped wi
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