Ghosts of the Abyss

Name: Ghosts of the Abyss
Released: 2003-4-11
Cast: Bill Paxton

Ghosts of the Abyss

G
1h 1m
2003

80%

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James Cameron, the Academy Award®-winning director, presents the groundbreaking cinematic achievement GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS. Joined by his personal friend Bill Paxton and a team of the world's foremost historical and marine experts, Cameron journeys back to the site of his greatest inspiration -- the legendary wreck of the TITANIC. During the voyage, you will explore inside the entire ship, deck by deck, room by room, encountering mysteries that have remained hidden for almost a century. Revolutionary underwater robots were designed and built solely for the purpose of allowing the explorers to peer deep into the remains of the once-great ship and bring those surreal and haunting images back to the surface world.

Director:

James Cameron

Producer:

James Cameron, Chuck Comisky, Gig Rackauskas, Janace Tashjian

Cast:

Bill Paxton

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

80%

Critics Consensus: The underwater footage is both beautiful and awe-inspiring.

Reviews

London Evening Standard

Alexander Walker

Cameron reconstructs life aboard in the shape of living tableaux of passengers and crew, seen in spectral mode, eating, drinking, dancing or promenading among the watery remnants of their vessel. It is done with finesse and, oddly, is deeply touching.

If you see only one James Cameron-directed movie about theTitanic -and you should - see the one that doesn't star Kate and Leo.

A bit slow-going and strangely emotionless at times. But Bill Paxton's nervous expressions add humor, and the film's jaw-dropping glimpse at the Titanic are powerful, to say the least.

James Cameron's latest memorial to the spirit that exists mournfully and sadly in utter silence as the effects of time and salinity slowly and inexorably take their toll.

I wouldn't call "Ghosts of the Abyss" a compelling documentary or even an artistic one. It's more like a visit to a museum-in this case, one that's 12,500 feet below the surface.

June 22, 2017

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