Charles,
Please send this out to DFW Grotto members:
Hello, fellow DFW Grotto members,
Would you like to go see the 3D caving thriller Santum together? We could
go Sunday afternoon during the Super Bowl (do they have that every year?),
sort of as an Anti-Super Bowl statement. Sanctum starts
Friday night and is playing at the Cinemark Megaplex 17 theatre across the
street from the Taco Cabana
where we go after grotto meetings.
I will get back to you with a proposed time once I can find the times on
Sunday. It'll be the earliest showing in the afternoon, during their matinee
time. I propose that we wear caving gear, like we did when we saw Journey to
the Center of the Earth in 3D a few years ago.
Bill Steele
In a message dated 2/2/2011 8:40:05 AM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Several local cavers went to an advanced screening of Sanctum last night.
It was much more like a real caving movie than the other caving related
movies in the last 10 years. At least they didn’t have monsters chasing them
around in the dark. It was of course over sensationalizing everything they
did. Every decision was life or death because everyone knows “this cave can
kill you in a heartbeat” and it was his/her choice to do whatever stupid
thing that wound up killing them.
It is not technically accurate in every detail. If it was it would be
sufficiently boring such that no regular person would watch it. But for the
most
part they did use common caving lights, helmets, wetsuits, packs, etc. No
ice axes, flare guns, machine guns, etc.
It was entertaining and exciting. The cave passages above and below the
water line were very nice. The 3D effects didn’t add all that much to the
movie, I would have preferred just a good HD version. They didn’t have many 3D
effects just for the oohs and aahs. The 3D did add a sense of really being
there with the actors at times.
I enjoyed it, will probably see it again, and will certainly buy the DVD
when it comes out.
Kurt
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Several local cavers went to an advanced screening of Sanctum last night.
It was much more like a real caving movie than the other caving related movies
in the last 10 years. At least they didn't have monsters chasing them around
in the dark. It was of course over sensationalizing everything they did.
Every decision was life or death because everyone knows "this cave can kill you
in a heartbeat" and it was his/her choice to do whatever stupid thing that
wound up killing them.
It is not technically accurate in every detail. If it was it would be
sufficiently boring such that no regular person would watch it. But for the
most part they did use common caving lights, helmets, wetsuits, packs, etc. No
ice axes, flare guns, machine guns, etc.
It was entertaining and exciting. The cave passages above and below the water
line were very nice. The 3D effects didn't add all that much to the movie, I
would have preferred just a good HD version. They didn't have many 3D effects
just for the oohs and aahs. The 3D did add a sense of really being there with
the actors at times.
I enjoyed it, will probably see it again, and will certainly buy the DVD when
it comes out.
Kurt
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