Ghosts of the Abyss
Ghosts Of The Abyss review
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mdridley from Catterick, United Kingdom
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Ghosts Of The Abyss
10th December 2007
Bill Paxton says the word 'ethereal' over four hundred times in this film. Ghosts of the Abyss is indisputably fascinating and at times pleasant and amusing viewing, however, Paxton's unnecessarily pretentious, faux-poetic commentary cheapens the film. James Cameron is a director I respect a great deal, but from what little we see of him in this particular documentary, he comes across as conceited and ostentatious. I remember a Channel 4 programme, which went out not long ago with Tony 'Baldrick' Robinson travelling alongside Cameron on the same underwater expedition to view and photograph the wreck of the Titanic and it was far superior to this. Maybe not photographically, but it seemed more enjoyable and engrossing as a documentary. Maybe you need to see Ghosts of the Abyss in 3D on the big screen to get the full effect of the piece.
