What went wrong?
>>219807963somebody said this the last time it was mentioned here, they forgot to set up the movie, it just starts with all hell breaking loose without establishing characters, location, really anything at all. but still a good movie.
>>219807963My favourite Kristen flick
it was supposed to be cthulhukino but i don't even remember the movie
>>219808024>they forgot to set up the movieIf you thought the movie didn’t set things up, wait until you read the script lmao:https://assets.scriptslug.com/live/pdf/scripts/underwater-2020.pdf?v=1729115055
>>219807963male gaze being forbidden so kirsten tight body couldn't be highlighted
>>219807963T.J. Miller being in it. Also, Meg 2: The Trench really blatantly copying a bunch of it and getting away with it because of how few people saw Underwater
>>219807963>What went wrong?A lot. The original script was put into production based on the supposed appeal of the general premise, with another writer and then also the director rewriting the screenplay multiple times. However, they never really figured out how to fix the movie. They figured they would work it out during the production, but they didn't manage to do so. The director pivoted towards a Lovecraft/Cthulhu angle last minute and told production designers and craftspeople to make stuff related to that, only to discover that he didn't know how to insert it in the film (pic related, unused wall sculptures related to lore that never made it into the movie). Directing a movie in this setting with these setpieces requires an incredible amount of directorial technical skill and vision, William Eubank did not have that skill (admittedly, very very very few directors do, even directors who've made great films don't).The movie was shot years before it came out and was shelved due to the Disney-Fox merger. In the meantime, one of the main actors, whom the movie was completely rewritten for, became an uncastable Hollywood pariah and box office poison. Finally, the movie got stealth dumped in January of 2020, with Covid lockdowns a few months/weeks later preventing a proper global roll out.Now somebody please post a webm of Kristen's tummy while she's breathing. If you've seen the movie you know the moment I'm talking about.
>>219807963nothing, i liked it
>>219807963>They just fucking HAD TO clarify that her dead boyfriend was blackDisgusting shit
>>219809252>Now somebody please post a webm of Kristen's tummy while she's breathing. If you've seen the movie you know the moment I'm talking about.OK I had to find it myself.
oh my god, she’s literally me
>>219808121Wow, this is fucking awful.
>>219808121This is exceptionally bad. On every level. This is worse than what gets posted by schizophrenic amateurs on internet forums. Remember this when screenwriters complain that their work got changed.
>>219807963nothing, i liked it. thats all that matters. fuck critics, fuck budget, fuck box office gross.:)
>>219810095I would do this.
>>219808121>>219810254>>219810355What's wrong with it?
Too reliant on set pieces. It was essentially a disney park ride.
>>219807963Casting that plank of wood, for a start.
I liked it.
I didn't really mind that it didn't set up the characters, it made it feel streamlined and focused. If anything the little breadcrumbs of backstory they did put in shouldn't have been there. Nobody in The Thing has a backstory. I think backstories SUCK.
>>219810095this is wrong why? normies get mad at the stupidest things
Nothing. It's the best Alien sequel that actually got made.
>>219808121>clicking a pdf link on 4chinz
>>219807963It was fine
>>219809252>>219809456>not having this in your quickselectionngmi
>>219811124that's because you're an idiot and don't even know what a backstory is. mcready getting fed up with the computer beating him at chess and trashing it is 10x more backstory by itself than any character in underwater has. they couldn't even establish the location with anything other than news clipping bullshit during the credit sequence.
>>219811124The difference is that in The Thing the characters have personalities and aren’t extremely annoying.
>>219811425>mcready getting fed up with the computer beating him at chess and trashing it is 10x more backstory by itselfI don't think YOU know what a backstory is. For one thing, it's a STORY, it's a told, communicated thing.>they couldn't even establish the location with anything other than news clipping bullshit during the credit sequence.What do you mean by this?
>>219811438>aren’t extremely annoying.Youd probably get into a fistfight with gary or palmer on day 1.
>>219811534I meant annoying to the viewer.
>>219811586Fair enough.
>>219807963Underwater was the most ambitious and "bespoke" Hollywood production of the last 15 years at least. Unfortunately, the movie itself doesn't reflect the amount of effort that was put into it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6yTh4vz3y0
>>219810095What's the issue?
>>219807963It was just halfassed. Nothing to it, just alot of untalented people trying to make a movie above their grade.
>>219811139Hollywood people want to belive that they're all artists and that every project they work on is a grand opus into which everyone has poured their blood, sweat and tears, a magnificent edifice culminating out of a synergy of emotion and vision. They don't like it when someone reminds them that it's literally just a job.
>>219807963The movie was peak wokeShe had a black boyfriend in the movie even though he's not in the movie
>>219807963Nothing.
>>219807963The first half of The Meg 2 was literally just this movie but replace the elder god and its spawn with le evil drilling company and prehistoric fishies. And it did it much better
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>>219810095based. it's just a job and she's pretty busy. do they seriously believe she has time to hang out in a dozen group chats at any given time?
>>219816372For what show? Maybe its mote important to shake hands than be worried about a little bit of germs.
>>219807963I liked it
>>219812381yeah at least it was a fairly original idea not based on something else or a remake
>>219811269>Alien sequelhuh?
