 Next we're checking out this movie review video. This is for the 2020 release underwater So this is a very new one for that reason. This is a no spoilers review So you can kind of get my opinions on it and decide do you want to watch it or do you not want to watch it? But if you've already watched it, you can get some Information from this I kind of talk in a way that it's not spoilers But if you've already seen it, you'll understand some of the stuff I'm kind of codedly talking about in a sense. So anyway, this is 2020 film Everyone knows it starts Kristen Stewart in it now. I know Kristen Stewart's a very Polarizing actress there people were totally good with her there are people who just hate everything she does I have some problems With her and I'll talk about it a little bit as I get into the review more So this was directed by William Eubank who directed the films love and the signal now Not the signal like the quasi zombie film the signal which I really like I think that's a good one and eventually we'll do a review on that one, but Another movie called the signal which I have not seen so it was written by Brian Duffield who did who wrote the films Insurgent Jane got a gun and the babysitter and also Adam Cozad who wrote Jack Ryan shadow recruit and the legend of Tarzan the film had a Somewhere between 50 and 80 million dollar budget and it only made forty point nine million dollars in the box office. So it's lost money and After seeing this film, I understand why it's I mean I don't recommend this film I just don't because this is one of those movies where yeah, there are some good things about it But there's not enough good stuff in it To justify spending your time watching this film when there are a lot of films kind of like it that are much better much more Fun much more interesting This film kind of seems like Hey, we made a film Congratulations, you made a film, but what is it? What it does that matter like? How does that matter can't figure it out in this film? How does that matter? It doesn't that's the point So the creature designed for this actually It said that it was it was inspired by HP Lovecraft Which is why it's actually kind of funny that I randomly grabbed this shirt to wear today And then realized as I was about to do this review Oh, this is an HP Lovecraft inspired shirt Miskotonic University Historical Society, and there's you can see look a little Cthulhu Lording over the town So it's very random It seems like there have been a lot more films recently showing up that our HP Lovecraft inspired now If you're familiar with this stuff, you will see where that inspiration works its way into this film I mean, this isn't really spoiler, but there are creatures in the film you know, it's deep it's deep see there are creatures in the film and Those are inspired by HP Lovecraft You can definitely see how that is and the creatures the design they look pretty good to be honest But I would argue that you don't see them enough You don't see them clearly enough and especially for having tens of millions of dollars for your budget We got to see that stuff. We really have to see it a lot more But they showed it they showed them a decent amount We just need more lighting and that's just another kind of issue in general with this film is very very dark You can't see a whole lot. It's disorienting which Like I kind of understand because in the situation if you as an audience member were in that situation It would be disorienting so you're kind of seeing it from the perspective of the characters But for the standpoint of making it a film It's tough to do it that way because it's hard to follow You know when it's dark and you can't see a whole lot plus. There's a lot of quick camera emotions and quick cuts You're disoriented. You can't like fix your eyes on anything Like you just don't know what's going on a lot of the time and it's like could someone provide me with some More light here like you can set up a situation within the film That creates more light so that we can really see what's going on and I really think they should have done that with this film This is one of the biggest issues with it There's a this is set up immediately to be very much like alien and aliens Now it seems more inspired by aliens than it does the original alien But there is that original alien aspect in there especially because you don't get the aliens without having aliens So if you watch this film, you'll see what I mean, especially the way they set it up. It seems The the kind of Long hallway shots and the way the the like underwater station looks Reminds you a bit of the the stations from alien and aliens also the the really Kind of clear tie-in where it's in alien and aliens these were Like mineral resource Mining companies that were going out into space and then they happen to run afoul of some creatures in this film It's the same thing. It's drilling for resources in the deep sea. So space deep sea. It's very very similar. So For that reason very inspired by alien and aliens and you see it throughout pretty much Things start in a very mundane way, but they actually don't take long to get crazy I did like the fact that it's very slow for the first just few minutes to be honest And then boom things are happening and I felt like oh, okay, this is cool But then I realized no this isn't cool because We don't know who these characters are and that's the thing like you have no nothing established about the characters You don't know who any of these people are you're just thrown into the situation with all these people And then you have to try and figure out. Why do I care about these people? Who are they? What's their backstory and that really never happens. So you just have really flat characters. They do try to make a little bit of Development happen and give it a little bit of extra dimension to the characters much later in the film But it really becomes a it's too late now type situation It's like I've come so far not caring about any of these characters Why are you gonna try and make me care now and you're not even doing that good of a job at trying to make me care To be honest you have to establish the characters early on otherwise people don't feel invested There was no establishment of the characters at all. They're not introduced really. It's just like here's some people They're going off the assumption that because you're a human being and they're human beings that you'll care That's not how film works. You can't be that lazy with the script You can't just do that you have to make people get invested You have to pull people into the film and this doesn't do that at least with the characters now Some people may really like it because it's you know, it's kind of adventurous You know, there are crazy things happening in this underwater like this deep-sea space station and that might drive people's interests There are people who really like that stuff and I do think some of the cool camera stuff is that it It does feel adventurous because you don't know where they're going within this deep-sea space station type thing So it's exploratory in that sense. So if you like that aspect of things you could enjoy this It's just there's not there's not really story here. Like there's not really a story There aren't really characters all the characters. I was just like please just kill them all because I don't care I'm not invested at all. Just don't care So they messed up the script was just you know There was a concept here and then it just wasn't fleshed out basically is what it is or at least not thoughtfully fleshed out They're just like hey, we got this rough idea for a film. Let's just make it and I need to worry about the story all that much Let's just make it. Let's go So there's a pretty tough pressured decision that's made very early on in this Which helps to set the tone for how urgent things actually are they did do a good job with that like as soon as things get Crazy, there's this tough pressured decision that's made Which I thought they would build off that and they just dropped it so It was a great opportunity It was a great scene and then they just kind of dropped it they they could have made that kind of stick with characters and Develop things that way, but they just they didn't they missed a good opportunity there The dire situation happens suddenly and it has no explanation Which is actually a good idea because it's more from the characters perspective They would need to kind of figure out what happens and for that reason you as an audience member are kind of like a character in A sense that you're experiencing everything along with them But because of that you should also give us the backstory on all these characters first so if you're gonna treat the audience like they're a part of this and Crazy stuff happens and nobody knows why and we're trying to figure it out Then also treat us like the characters and let us know who you're in this movie with you know Like you have to flesh out these characters. You can't just pick and choose these things You have to engage whole in a whole way the audience so choose it Are they all is the audience gonna be from the outside the whole time and outside looking in or is the audience gonna be from the inside? experiencing everything and you have to build the world in a Cohesive manner that way so make that decision and make the script cohesive for that perspective They did not do that. It was kind of like I feel like doing it from out here, but then in from here What do we do? Just the script Not good Like alien there is an adventurous nature to the film because of the movement through the underwater station like I was saying I feel like that's done really well in alien and especially in aliens especially because that's a Station they weren't familiar with but these people are familiar with it But you as an audience member are seeing it for the first time So I did like that aspect of it getting to see the scenery the set design and all that stuff But like I said, it's very dark and it's kind of disorienting shots and quick cameras camera movements So it it cuts down on that like I would have liked to be able to see things better Because like in alien and aliens like the sets designs were amazing like it looked great So even when there wasn't a whole lot going on with the characters You have so much to look at that just looks so cool with this if it was there you you don't get to spend that time looking and It felt like once again another missed opportunity there They established Kristen Stewart's character as the leader pretty much immediately which you know kind of further Increased that that feeling of this is like alien and aliens. It was Seemed like a indirect reference to Ellen Ripley basically It has a very claustrophobic feel to it at times Which kind of made me think a little bit about the movie the descent But the descent is a much much much much much better movie than this So if you want that just watch the descent, but for the little claustrophobic moments They actually pulled it off well since cinematically so It appears TJ Miller is in this film for some comedy But that feels really forced it does not work and he doesn't really do a great job either Comedy has a place in every film potentially But you have to build it that way With his character the way they wrote them the way they inserted him into the story It felt so forced Miller didn't do the greatest job delivering his lines to be honest and You were really just like what why like why are we doing this right now? Let's focus on what's actually going on not try to distract us with oh Maybe we can make you laugh just a little bit. This isn't a situation to laugh Like I understand that there are people who actually will just like make jokes in dire situations because that's how they deal with things I understand that but within the context of this film It doesn't work. It doesn't work at all and even like the jokes that they try to make. It's not funny So like if you're gonna inject comedy into it, it needs to feel right. It needs to actually be funny That's not it's just it feels super lame and you're just like oh, okay. Thank you Creature design is good like I was talking about you know Lovecraft inspired But just didn't get enough of it Bunch of the time you can't tell what's going on because it's so dark and moving fast. It's super disorienting. Are you talked about that? There are a lot of long corridor shots in it Which I feel like is something that was done in alien and aliens as well So that's just another tie-in that makes you think about alien and aliens They try to put some emotional stuff in this film toward the end of it But honestly at that point it just feels like it's way too late You need to establish that the audience cares about someone much earlier on in the film And then you can hook them in emotionally with what you're trying to do at the end And they just didn't do it like I wrote down like they never laid the tracks to get to that emotional stuff They're putting in there to actually pay off So they're just throwing it in being like wait. Do you care? No, no, we don't because we didn't care before so You know when you just give us random people who we have no idea who they are what their motivations are Or what they care about in life or you know, even if they have families like You can't just give us here's nameless random person Which that's the thing like it doesn't even matter what the names of the characters were in this They're so throw away like they're all throw away and that's part of the reason why you start feeling like Just kill them all just like but then that's that's another problem is that it's a PG-13 film So the deaths aren't even good They're terrible because you can't even see gore and blood and there's like you can't even see How they could have pulled off good effects for gore and blood Because they can't do it because it's to PG-13 now wouldn't our rating on this film have saved the film No, it wouldn't save the film because like I said the story is not really there But and the characters aren't there, but it would have helped It would have created an A level of interest in this in my opinion. So I don't know You have to have a really strong Script and a really good story idea and really good characters in order to do PG-13 for horror in my opinion Otherwise you have to realize that what you have is kind of weak and you got to put good kills in there and good gore Just to redeem it. Let's be honest There's actually a good quote at the very end of this film There's a voiceover Kristen Stewart's character with a a quote and it's a really good quote and you'll know what I mean if you watch it Pretty cool. It's kind of about like Feelings and how feelings get tied into things and about taking action and it's it's a good quote I did enjoy that. That was this one dialogue moment of inspiration It plays so this film actually plays a bit off the idea of the deep ocean being a relative unknown To humanity because I mean it is and this kind of idea of like we don't really know what's down there So if we venture down there, are we prepared for what we might find of what we might have to deal with now? It's not just from that perspective It's also from the perspective of when a company sends people down there. Are they ready now? This is something obviously that's been seen with alien and aliens before So it's it's well-trodden material One of the big issues is you know, yeah already talked about that not feeling connected to the characters Kristen Stewart is actually her usual self in this in my opinion She never emotes with her face and she always delivers lines with no emotion. That's her acting That's how she is now for that reason I can't judge is she better in this role than other roles or is you know, I can't judge that type of thing I just don't like the way Kristen Stewart acts now. She's not the only one there are other actors out there who I can't stand Because they have the same type of acting Richard gear Olivia Munn Kristen Stewart are all the same to me they barely ever emote with their faces and When they deliver lines, it's always flat like there's there's never Emotion shown in their delivery of lines and for that reason I can't connect with the characters I can't care about the characters. It seems lazy, but that's just you know, how it is I will say though Kristen Stewart's physical acting in this film was good like she physically Which it seemed like a relatively physically demanding role. She rose to that and she did it. So, you know, I Will I will give her credit for that portion of it? Because of the flat characters frantic camera movement darkness and the fact that it's PG 13 so there are no good kills this movie is boring It's a boring movie That's all I can say like even when stuff is going on it's boring, so I You know, if you if you're looking for a film that feels kind of like this Just watch Alien or Aliens if you're looking for a film that's underwater because you like that aspect of it Which I do I dig that type of thing Instead I would watch something like the Meg because at least is the mecca good film No, but is it fun? Yeah, it's a lot of fun. So this film. It's not good and it's not fun So watch the Meg instead because it's fun I'm sure there are some other ones that I'm just not remembering at the moment for underwater films, but yeah Jaws although it's not really underwater. It's about the water, but yeah, but anyway, that's my review of this I don't like it. It's not good. I mean The shots like cinematography looked good except for all the you know, quick camera movement and everything directing seemed okay I guess so out of five stars with half stars in play One and a half. It's a one and a half star film. I'm sure there will be people out there who like it and thank goodness because People should like every film there should be people who like every film that's ever made So I do I would particularly like to hear from people in the comments who have seen this and actually either were like Yeah, it was good or loved it because I like getting different perspectives and maybe there's some stuff I didn't think about that I was You know being a little harsh about or just didn't occur to me and you know There's a possibility that if you bring it up, I can be like, oh, yeah I think you may have been right on that So I'm not you know, these are just my opinions after I watched the film to not a hundred percent married to them So anyway, thanks for checking that out. 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