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Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

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Reviews Counted:86

Fresh:71

Rotten:15

Average Rating:7.1/10

Consensus: The underwater footage is both beautiful and awe-inspiring.

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

US Box Office: $16,302,332

Synopsis: James Cameron, director of the hugely successful TITANIC, returns to a subject with which he appears infatuated. GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS sees Cameron assemble a team of scientists, documentarians, and... James Cameron, director of the hugely successful TITANIC, returns to a subject with which he appears infatuated. GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS sees Cameron assemble a team of scientists, documentarians, and actor-narrator Bill Paxton to descend 12,000 feet to the wreckage of the Titanic. The results are rendered in the stunning IMAX 3-D format, following two submersible vehicles that carry the crew members to the depths of the ocean floor. A visibly nervous Paxton takes his first trip to the wreckage, and muses on the historical and scientific importance of their journey. The Titanic appears from the murky gloom of the ocean depths, an eerie and startling occurrence that leaves Paxton and crew awestruck. Two mini robotic cameras are unleashed to explore the nooks and crannies of the ship, with director Cameron superimposing shots of actors playing out scenes that may have occurred in the final hours of the dying ship. Cameron has created an important historical document by filming a wreckage that is slowly decaying, and Paxton provides a sympathetic narration that is both in awe of what he is witnessing, and sympathetic to the tragedy that lies before him. The IMAX process is utilized to awesome effect, providing an edge-of-your-seat journey that you can almost reach out and touch. [More]

Starring: James Cameron, Bill Paxton, Lewis Abernathy, Lori Johnston

Starring: James Cameron, Bill Paxton, Lewis Abernathy, Lori Johnston, Don Lynch, Ken Marschall, Vince Pace

Director: James Cameron

Director: James Cameron
Producer: James Cameron, Chuck Comisky, Andrew Wight
Studio: Walden Media

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12/06/05
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Cameron has gone from shaping the zeitgeist to spoonfeeding it

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04/22/04
Bill Chambers
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Film Freak Central

The picture's beauty and Cameron's amazing photographic work provide much pleasure. It's just that...there is the feeling we've been there and seen it all before.

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04/17/04
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

As seqüências rodadas nos destroços do Titanic são estupendas, mas o filme constantemente perde o foco e gasta muito tempo com a narração pouco inspirada de Paxton.

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03/16/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
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Cameron is forever associated with the fateful ship, and I think it's time he moved on.

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07/16/03
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
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Not as record setting a motion picture as, say, Titanic, but more haunting and ethereal.

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07/03/03
David N. Butterworth
David N. Butterworth
Movie Boeuf

Ghosts Of the Abyss is an interesting experiment which fails to take full advantage of the real opportunity granted in its inception - to utilize emerging technology to explore terrain that has never been witnessed by humans. . .

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05/30/03
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
FilmStew.com

The Titanic has a haunting beauty that is served well by the movie's 3-dimensional process.

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04/30/03
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
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Ghosts of the Abyss is a beautifully rendered middle-of-the-road documentary that strikes a perfect balance between entertainment and education.

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04/30/03
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04/29/03
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04/26/03
Jennifer D. Wesley
Jennifer D. Wesley
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Whenever Cameron leaves the technical tricks, awkward recreations and computer graphics behind and focuses solely on the magnificent remains of the Titanic, the movie is awe-inspiring.

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04/25/03
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Ghosts of the Abyss is all about the spectacle of a six-story screen and the sensory bombardment of a rope flying at you or bubbles heading for the surface right in front of your nose.

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04/24/03
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

For all its shortcomings, Ghosts of the Abyss is an often powerful trek, that showcases the experiential qualities of the IMAX format.

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04/24/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Cameron, who produced and directed it, does a visually splendid job, though what he has fashioned comes down to a logistical footnote to his great, primal, heart-of- the-ocean blockbuster.

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04/23/03
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

One of the rare Imax movies in which the 3-D effects are completely melded into the picture, rather than simply used as a gimmick.

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04/22/03
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
 
 
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