What a complete yawn fest.
I've seen people comparing this to Open Water and some actually saying it was better. Really?!? In what universe? They must have seen a completely different movie to what I saw because this doesn't compare or come close to Open Water. Open Water I found tense, interesting, thought provoking and altogether a good film.
Reef was the opposite.
At no time did I feel any tension nor thrills while watching this (apart from maybe a couple of minutes towards the end). In fact, it was more frustration I felt due to the characters decisions to stop moving and watch for sharks all the time. I know that fear can make you freeze up and being in a situation like that is completely different to sitting in your living room watching it on screen, but if you're THAT close to an island, would you just stop, watch and wait for a shark to get closer to you or would you swim? Exactly, and this happened all through the film.
The characters weren't unlikable, though. Just frustrating. The film was just too repetitive as well. Drift: stop and look: wait: repeat. Just too many times and then just waiting for the inevitable.
Reef wasn't without its odd decent moment here and there, the main one being that the sharks were not CGI and everything was done practically. This wasn't enough to give the movie pass marks, however, so it will be filed under W for Watch and forget.
I've seen people comparing this to Open Water and some actually saying it was better. Really?!? In what universe? They must have seen a completely different movie to what I saw because this doesn't compare or come close to Open Water. Open Water I found tense, interesting, thought provoking and altogether a good film.
Reef was the opposite.
At no time did I feel any tension nor thrills while watching this (apart from maybe a couple of minutes towards the end). In fact, it was more frustration I felt due to the characters decisions to stop moving and watch for sharks all the time. I know that fear can make you freeze up and being in a situation like that is completely different to sitting in your living room watching it on screen, but if you're THAT close to an island, would you just stop, watch and wait for a shark to get closer to you or would you swim? Exactly, and this happened all through the film.
The characters weren't unlikable, though. Just frustrating. The film was just too repetitive as well. Drift: stop and look: wait: repeat. Just too many times and then just waiting for the inevitable.
Reef wasn't without its odd decent moment here and there, the main one being that the sharks were not CGI and everything was done practically. This wasn't enough to give the movie pass marks, however, so it will be filed under W for Watch and forget.