Is there anybody who isn't constantly annoyed at how dumb these people a - Open Water 2: Adrift (2006) Discussion

[–] lkillen 15 years ago

It is dumb and probalbly the dumbest is that they give up every attempt after the first try. I.e. throwing the bathingsuit rope and climbing.

But thinking they are dumb is an act of denial. We like to think people dumb in such scenarios to distance ourselves from them. "It cuold never happen to me!"

I am a seasoned skydiver, scuba diver and pilot. It seems in every case, when we loose a fellow from one of these activities, unless he was a personal friend, the first inclination is to say how stupid they were. It is whistling in the dark.

*beep* do happens and it happens to all of us. Make use of this movie and use it to be prepared.

Who reading this has prepared for a major economic collapse? Food stores? Cash? Escape route? Ammo?

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[–] oscarbuzzlover 14 years ago

I totally agree with the original question and for me this is a major flaw in the film. These people were so dumb that I didn't even care if they survived or not, I couldn't muster any sympathy for them after such dumb behaviour

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[–] Moriarty88 14 years ago

thats what i dont get about idiotic movies like these, they just do dumb *beep* after dumb *beep* my god. if you are writing a movie like this PLEASE for the love of god make them do something half intelligent. even if it fails at least they attempted it, i cant stand when movies go on and on making the characters idiots for the sake of the story that no one gets back on. u can still make it that no one gets back on the boat just make all the attempts at intelligent ideas fail. like show them trying to stand on shoulders and it doesnt work, show them trying to dig holes in the boat. anything!!!!

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[–] nikkiwhite40 14 years ago

I know- from the very beginning i said- put someone on someones shoulders!!
then they let the heaviest dude try to grab- & subsequently tear- the flag- and then the last chance shorts again the heaviest man- with a 60lb 16 year old brat nearby??

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[–] Celestina_24 14 years ago

Thank God I'm not the only one who saw the constant stupidity.

The most OBVIOUS, EASIEST, idea would be to try the shoulder ladder thing. That surely would have worked. Big fat duh.

I thought of the rope thing along time before they did and they should of had a female climb up, while everybody else pushed her from the bottom. Technically The man who was SO close to reaching the boat didn't do it fast enough and took his sweet time hence letting the clothes rip.

Also why not let a chick grab the flag. If anything put the chick on a guys shoulders and grab it. I know the USA flags are sturdy.

The list is endless..

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[–] Mccadoo 14 years ago

Just watched this last night and you are all right, galactically stupid movie, I don't even know why I watched it to the end.

But one thing you do have to admit; when the woman finally did get onto the boat, she looked damned good in her underwear!

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[–] odoel 14 years ago

They had i knife lol, they could have cut out abit ofo the side of the boat for something to climb up,i know they finally figured that out, but no way would anyone fight about it, not even his stupid story how its his bosses boat, that would be the last thing he would be thinking about

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[–] candyshapedratpoison 14 years ago

Are you people all in denial? If they did something "clever" that would save them quickly, the movie would be about 20 minutes long.
Also, people don't act rationally in such a situation, they likely panic and don't make reasonable choices. And last but not least, I don't think there was any kind of clever super-solution that would've saved them right away. They were pretty much screwed from the beginning. I think the rope was the best idea, and when it failed it was "simply" bad luck.

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[–] MontanaJones 14 years ago

this film over after 20 minutes would have been the best thing for it. They jump in the water, jaws shows up, eats them... the end... like the old Bambi vs. Godzilla.

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[–] dabidder34 13 years ago

I am just watching this and it is so so so so so so *beep* bad. The only reason I'm still watching is to see how the others will die their much deserved deaths.

And laughing hard when they do.

PS: From the credits it's a german production; so Schadefreude comes to mind.

I like Armageddon. A lot.

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[–] CpOhUeRnToNiExY-1 13 years ago

These people were *beep* idiots and I would be hard pressed to find a dumber group of "people that tried to survive" in cinema. I loved at the end of a movie during a raging thunderstorm does our friend Dan decide "*beep* it, I guess I can stab the boat" and the girl climbs up! The poor guy that he stabbed tried that earlier and Dan had a freaking heart attack! what was the difference, besides there were fewer people? I kept waiting for the sharks, but they never came :(

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[–] Mccadoo 13 years ago

I kept watching for the reality, that never came either...

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[–] waltond2 13 years ago

Just when I thought it couldnt get any worse, the mother leaves her baby all alone on the yacht at the end to dive back into the sea to save the dude who threw her in in the first place and led directly to the death of her husband and the father of her child. No mother would do that, full stop. Stupid, stupid film

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[–] Professor_Zoom 13 years ago

Are you retarded or something?

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[–] spycorfu 13 years ago

I created an imdb account just to say that

(except the tons of other ways the could have gotten on the boat)

FOR GOD'S SHAKE, just open the back of the phone and hold it in your hands
while its drying (the weather was sunny), cell phones don't just die like that.

And what he did? He threw the mobile on the water. -_-

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[–] yoyodamoose3 13 years ago

The only really stupid thing was using heavy people instead of the girls to climb the flag and makeshift rope, they actually did a good job of making it pretty much impossible to get back onto the boat I still have no idea how they would have gotten on besides when they finally did

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[–] freerolling 13 years ago

They were all complete morons. Never did it seem to dawn on them when they couldn't get back on the boat what a dangerous situation they were in. First they try to jump up and grab the edge of the boat, then try it again with the float. Didn't work? Nothing left to do now but bitch and moan.

Then after a bunch of bickering one guy is like, hey I got an idea. Let's try and get back on the boat. Who is this genius? They come up with the rope idea. On the first try the man almost makes it, but then he slips right at the top. Damn! The only thing to do now is to piss and moan at each other some more. No use trying again.

One guy finds the cell phone. He tries for 5 seconds to get a signal and then throws the phone away. What the *beep*?

Never during this time did the realization occur to them that they were in a life or death situation. They somehow end up with knives. Why not try to carve out a finger hold or toe hold? This idea never occurs to them. One guy finally says screw it and starts climbing up the boat using the knives as hooks. His plan looks like it might work, but then the boat's owner stops him. Hey, don't want to put an easily repairable hole into the side of the boat when lives are at stake. The guy ends up accidentally stabbing himself in the confrontation.

At some point there turns out to be a panel board on the side of the boat. How did they miss that? Why not try to use it to get a finger hold? Why not try to pry it open with a knife making a larger hand or foot hold? However doing that would have consumed much-needed energy that would be better used by bitching at each other.

One girl decides to swim for the shore even though the shore couldn't be seen. At least stay with the boat if you are able, because it is more easily seen. But no, she decides to swim to certain death. I do concede the possibility that maybe she knew she was going to die and wanted to get away from those whiny *beep* and death was the preferable choice.

Finally the last guy left after seeing several people die comes to the conclusion that if he doesn't get back on the boat he is going to die. How did he not realize that *beep* 12 hours ago? So he grabs a hold of the gap in the panel board which is exactly something they should have tried from the beginning and manages to get the girl on the boat.

The group's stupidity is what sucked me in to watching this move. What could they possibly do next that would be so dumb? At the end I kind of hoped they would all die a miserable death, but there was a baby on board so there was that. One of the worst moves ever. It is so dumb that I have to give it a star for it's unintended comedy and the hope that if I'm ever in a life threatening situation I'm not surrounded by people as useless as them.

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[–] Sultanen 13 years ago

what do you expect ? they are americans. constantly we see dumb americans in they'r own movies ! no selfrespect?....

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[–] Fletch06 9 years ago

I know this post is really old, but self respect is two words. Also, the movie is German. LOL!

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[–] JiS87 11 years ago

SAME HERE! I'm watching this "film" for a only half hour, it is by far the film with the DUMBEST PEOPLE IN IT EVER. E.V.E.R.!!! WTFFFFFFf!! The film was already half way, and only THEN one dumb *beep* "came up" with the idea I already would had in 1 sec, to make a rope from the clothes!! I don't even WANNA KNOW what the outcome will be or I'll be traumatized for life. For those who actually LIKED the film; YOU S.U.C.K., YOU HAVE NO TASTE, NO LIFE and you are the reason why CR*PPP films like this are being made!!!

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