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How did YOU rank the Abyss?

posted 16 years ago by terminatorguide
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We see the general rating, but from 1-10, what did YOU give?

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[–] Crawlaway606 15 years ago

Would rank film 7/10 - saw the film for first time last night and enjoyed the first half greatly. Many people criticize the second half as sentimental and indulgent, easy to see why but wasn't as bad as thought it would be. Overall, positive!

[–] Yawsbass 15 years ago

A 9/10. By far my favorite of Cameron's movies. I used to watch it all the time when I was younger.

[–] rickyhatton 15 years ago

the drowning and recovery scene is the most powerful scene of its sort that i have ever encountered, the acting is right up there for every single one of the cast and the imaginative story mixed with such intelligent directing makes this film a 10/10 in my book.(i dont have many) I know it has some flaws, i've never seen a film without one, but i don't care about them in this. blew me away in 89, even more so with the extended cut and has never let up since.

fan of cameron but not a huge one, this film will last in my collection for as long as i can play it.

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[–] elidirkx 15 years ago

A 7. While I felt it dragged on a whole damn lot, it still had a pretty good back story to build on and the nuke revelation kinda got me into the 'insane badass' mood.
The music wasn't too bad, I guess.

But overall, I felt the insane length did drag the tension down somewhat. Though that's nothing to blame on the actors or anything, it's just......
It just felt like a great part of the film was just some kind of an experiment rather than a story being told. That kind of turned me off about it.

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[–] LaserPoint 15 years ago

9.5/10

A near flawless under water masterpiece with excellent character development, a brilliant plot and special effects which still hold up well 21 years on.

In fact, I now rate The Abyss as Cameron's third best film, along side T2 and Aliens.

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[–] Cinemaholic14 15 years ago

I gave it an 8, it was a good movie, but not the greatest movie.

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[–] ichabod81 15 years ago

A nice round 10. I love this film.. grew up with it.

[–] thommystrmdahl 15 years ago

I give it a solid 8. Loved it back then and love it still now.

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[–] marioncrane 14 years ago

8/10. I really like it, but feel it's a touch overlong at times. Also, the ending is really cheesy.

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[–] Necatoriasis 14 years ago

5/10.