All Movies Are Not Created Equal....

Have you ever noticed that most movies that are get alot of press and hype are rarely ever more than..well....crap? I just watched what has to be the biggest waste of 76 minutes I have ever experienced. I rented the movie Open Water. I was still sick and not wanting to go out so I rented what was promised to be scarier than Jaws, I was promised that I wouldn't want to go back into the water again. I was excited.

I take inventory......Bowl of popcorn....Check.
-Ice cold glass of Pepsi....Check.
-Stereo remote, DVD remote and TV remote.....Check.
-Blanket.....Check.
Everything is all there...I settle into my spot on the couch and turn on the stereo, TV and DVD and prepare to be terrified. For those of you who don't know what this movie is about, I'll give you a brief overview. Its basically about this couple who goes on some island holiday and go scuba diving. They swim away from the rest of the group and don't come back up to the surface on time and the boat they came out on takes off and leaves them in the middle of the ocean stranded. Its apparently based on a true story.

First, I have to say this movie looks like it was shot by Uncle Billy on his Sony Handycam. I think my mother sumed it up when at the beginning of the movie she asked "Is this Canadian made or something?" and that comment pretty much said it all. That was like watching an episode of Danger Bay gone horribly horribly wrong. Then, just when you think there is hope and they might be rescued, the crapiest of crappy endings happenes. It just left me angry and upset. I just thought "That's It????!!!!! This sucks!!" and suck it did. I was so pissed off I wasted 76 minutes of my time on that stinker. It was like the Blair Witch Project....boring, hard to watch and then in the last 2 minutes of the movie, it gets good and ends stupidly. Gah!!!! I can do better.