Right, well I found this movie by random luck, and seeing the movie's cover, I thought that it might be a horror movie of some sort, especially with the line "Is anything worth the terror of The Deep?".
So I sat down to watch this 1977 movie, and was surprised to see that the movie actually had quite some good names on the cast list, with the likes of Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset and Louis Gossett Jr..
However, this was not a horror movie, much to my disappointment. Now, with that being said, I am not saying that "The Deep" is not a good movie, because it was enjoyable enough for what it turned out to be. I had just hoped for something quite else honestly.
The storyline in "The Deep" is pretty straight forward, perhaps so much so to the point where writers Peter Benchley and Tracy Keenan Wynn were just playing it safe and followed a sure-win formula. It was a shame, because the movie was a bit too linear and predictable.
The acting performances in the movie were good. I just feel, however, that Robert Shaw wasn't given enough room to fully unfold his talent and show off. He could have brought so much more to "The Deep".
I had not even heard about "The Deep" before now in 2020, when I had the chance to sit down and watch it. Better late than never, eh?
My rating of this 1977 movie is a six out of ten stars. It is a movie that proves fairly entertaining and enjoyable, even now in 2020. The movie have withstood the test of time quite remarkably.
So I sat down to watch this 1977 movie, and was surprised to see that the movie actually had quite some good names on the cast list, with the likes of Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset and Louis Gossett Jr..
However, this was not a horror movie, much to my disappointment. Now, with that being said, I am not saying that "The Deep" is not a good movie, because it was enjoyable enough for what it turned out to be. I had just hoped for something quite else honestly.
The storyline in "The Deep" is pretty straight forward, perhaps so much so to the point where writers Peter Benchley and Tracy Keenan Wynn were just playing it safe and followed a sure-win formula. It was a shame, because the movie was a bit too linear and predictable.
The acting performances in the movie were good. I just feel, however, that Robert Shaw wasn't given enough room to fully unfold his talent and show off. He could have brought so much more to "The Deep".
I had not even heard about "The Deep" before now in 2020, when I had the chance to sit down and watch it. Better late than never, eh?
My rating of this 1977 movie is a six out of ten stars. It is a movie that proves fairly entertaining and enjoyable, even now in 2020. The movie have withstood the test of time quite remarkably.