Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
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Reviews Counted:94
Fresh:76
Rotten:18
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... [More]
Starring: James Cameron, Bill Paxton, Lewis Abernathy, Lori Johnston
Director: James Cameron
Reviews for Ghosts of the Abyss
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This is a brilliant showcase for IMAX and Cameron who offer an entertaining and fascinating glimpse of history to us all. Full Review |
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This hour-long feature, edited down from 900 hours of footage, is both a technical marvel and a heartfelt memorial to those who died when the ship sank in 1912. Full Review |
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 1.5/4 |
What's the point of this documentary? Full Review |
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2/5 |
Despite Paxton's whooping every time a new artefact comes on screen, it's hard to be constantly excited about watching a bunch of rusty, decayed junk -- historic and three-dimensional though it may be. Full Review |
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It may not have the organisation of 'art', but it's quite some postcard. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Cameron has gone from shaping the zeitgeist to spoonfeeding it Full Review |
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6/10 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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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2.5/4 |
Cameron is forever associated with the fateful ship, and I think it's time he moved on. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Not as record setting a motion picture as, say, Titanic, but more haunting and ethereal. Full Review |
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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. . . Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The Titanic has a haunting beauty that is served well by the movie's 3-dimensional process. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Ghosts of the Abyss is a beautifully rendered middle-of-the-road documentary that strikes a perfect balance between entertainment and education. Full Review |
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3/4 |
In the end, it’s the visuals of this film that you want to see, and Cameron doesn’t disappoint. Full Review |
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Ghosts of the Abyss isn't emotionally engaging or even all that interesting. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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For all its shortcomings, Ghosts of the Abyss is an often powerful trek, that showcases the experiential qualities of the IMAX format. Full Review |
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B+ |
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. Full Review |
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