Open Water on ITV

My daughter saw this in the cinema and found it quite tense obviously because she did not know how the film would end.
Once the conclusion becomes common knowledge, it is tedious to watch which is why, after half an hour, I gave it a miss last night.

Not a patch on 'Jaws'
 
The write up of this yesterday sparked no interest in me whatsoever, so I made sure I steered clear of ITV all night.

Well, anyway, I fell asleep, woke up, channel-surfed; only to stray onto ITV and be gripped by the last 30 minutes...I couldn't tear myself away.:eek: I was horrified by the ending.:eek::eek: Left me thinking 'what sicko wrote this?'. Of course I had no idea it was based on a true story...

And just before I woke up this morning, I dreamt I almost died - through drowning.:mad:

I now need to get hold of the entire film in order to judge it fairly. I too had no prior expectations.
 
i dont think anyone is saying the events are exact - its an approximation of what they must have gone through
 
Like you I only caught the last 30 minutes of it. I did see this when it was in the cinema and thought very little of it then however last night (and only 30 minutes to sit through) I kept thinking what if that was me and my boyfriend and how I'd probably go out of my mind. Also wondered, why, when they knew they were going to be eaten (that was pretty obvious early on) that they hadn't even contemplated ending their own lives. I'm not saying this would have been the best solution to their situation but he was clutching a pretty big knife.............
 
completely seperate film but the studio called it open water 2 in some countries (not in the uk, here it was just 'adrift') to get people into the cinema.

adrift is actually not that bad a film - not great acting etc but the central idea is great i think
 
I liked the film. I think I must be the only one lol.
Apart from the fact that a boat managed to forget passengers, I got the thoughts into my head of whet the couple were going through.
Just the thought of being stranded in the middle of nowhere let alone the ocean, the raging heat of the sun burning down on you all day, with no fresh water to stop you dehydrating then the chill of the night sea. Stuck out there with Christ knows how many predators just waiting for you to pop your clogs.
At the end I assumed the woman drowned when she removed her tank.
I didn't bother watching 'Adrift' though. That did look crap.
 
I watched the film last night after recording it on Sky+. I must admit it was so slow I was tempted to fast forward, but didn't. I knew it was based on real events, but hadn't read up about the ending, so I was waiting for the couple to be found, especially when the helicopter set off. I was quite shocked and sad that neither of them survived.

Like others have said, it lacked dramatic incident, perhaps the makers stuck too closely to the true story. I hope their relatives sued the boat company for their incompetence. But the film was very careful to show how the couple wanted to keep themselves to themselves, nobody else spoke to them, and the person counting the divers back wasn't around to notice that after two people came back up early, the man without the mask was then able to borrow one and dive, along with the guy who came back up. It all looked very casual, though. Can you imagine if this happened in England, we'd never hear the end of it?
 
Obviously in real life they may well have done, given that there is no way we will ever find out what actully happened!
 
Interesting thought but why deliberately mislead us then?

I'd be amazed if she survived. Her 'death' provides lots of scope for artistic & poetic licence on the part of the script writers, director, etc...
 
No, Virgin IslanRAB and Bahamas.

Watched the film when it was on Sky Movies a while ago, it seemed very slow, it's a film I've seen once but won't switch on to watch again! :D
 
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