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Nebs
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Deep Rising
Deep RisingQuote: Deep Rising is a 1998 action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. It was distributed by Hollywood Pictures and Cinergi Pictures, and was released in the United States on January 30, 1998.
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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
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Re: Deep Rising
This film rates indecently high on my shlocky thrill scale. Full of cheesy characters and dialogue but avoiding any sense of a soulless slick edge its always a blast to watch.
They need to make more monster movies like this.
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:55 am |
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:48 pm Posts: 11019
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Re: Deep Rising
I wouldn't call it an "A" picture, but Gulli's right. Deep Rising is a goofy, funny, deeply enjoyable monster flick.
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:24 pm |
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MovieDude
Where will you be?
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:50 am Posts: 11675
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Re: Deep Rising
This is actually probably my favorite horror movie of the 90s thanks to it's great pace, great cast of colorful characters, and some truly awesome creatures. More than anything, watching this makes me wish that Stephen Sommers hadn't had each film afterwards sink in quality. Imagine if every movie the guy made was as much of a blast as this and even The Mummy.
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:45 pm |
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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Re: Deep Rising
Fucking awesome creature flick.
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:23 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21632 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Deep Rising
Blah of a film, I started watching it once and lost interest once the first person died by the monster.
Since its getting priase here maybe I'll rent it.
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:14 pm |
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asalem182
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:44 am Posts: 2375 Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Re: Deep Rising
Thegun wrote: Blah of a film, I started watching it once and lost interest once the first person died by the monster.
Since its getting priase here maybe I'll rent it. Don't bother. It's an awful, awful, film. D
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:14 pm |
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MovieDude
Where will you be?
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:50 am Posts: 11675
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Re: Deep Rising
asalem182 wrote: Thegun wrote: Blah of a film, I started watching it once and lost interest once the first person died by the monster.
Since its getting priase here maybe I'll rent it. Don't bother. It's an awful, awful, film. DWhy do you think so? Do you feel it's too cheesy, stupidly over-the-top, or has a really awful sense of humor? Because that pretty much sums up Shoot 'em Up.
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:44 pm |
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asalem182
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:44 am Posts: 2375 Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Re: Deep Rising
^^^
You forgot to add that it was boring, tedious, with laughable performances. It made Ebert's "most hated films" list for a reason, you know.
And I haven't seen Shoot'Em Up yet, but if the trailer is any indication, it will be light years better.
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:27 pm |
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MovieDude
Where will you be?
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:50 am Posts: 11675
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Re: Deep Rising
asalem182 wrote: ^^^
You forgot to add that it was boring, tedious, with laughable performances. It made Ebert's "most hated films" list for a reason, you know.
And I haven't seen Shoot'Em Up yet, but if the trailer is any indication, it will be light years better. I'm not going to be able to convince you that you weren't disinterested in the movie, but I think it's silly to call the performances "laughable", primarily because many of them were played for laughs. And I'm not trying to burst your bubble, but I couldn't wait to see Shoot 'em Up. I think that it's the best trailer for a shitty movie this year. --- Just trying to keep your expectations from being too high.
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:05 pm |
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: Deep Rising
So I decided to watch this last night after the discussion in the Hannibal Rising thread (I'd never seen it before).
I liked it, and while I won't share in the unmitigated ravings of Gulli, I think it knows exactly what it is and does what it does remarkably well. It's a great mix of a survivalist-type disaster flick, like The Poseidon Adventure, and a fun horror-comedy, like Tremors, and it's a blast to watch. Great ending, too.
I think I prefer The Mummy, though.
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