Hi Bill and Cavetex, With much excitement Travis and I headed to the theater on Saturday night to see Sanctum. But I left feeling the same way you did, and have already told other friends and family to avoid seeing this movie.
I was hoping for a really great flick, but couldn't stomach the mercy killings and other gruesome scenes. Maybe one day there will be a main stream caving movie worth watching, but this wasn't it. Just my two cents, Amanda On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:04 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Producer James Cameron should be embarrassed to have his name attached to > this movie. I'm embarrassed that I recommended people see it before I had > seen it. Once I finally got out of > theatre it didn't take me long to call my brother and tell him that I'd > changed my mind and to please > not take our elderly mother or his kids to see it > > Can I say anything good about it? There are some nice looking visuals. They > recreated real caves > nicely. But my overriding feeling is one of offended sensibilities. Mercy > killing of fellow cavers? > Who does that, even in war or anywhere? Now cavers are seen to be doing > that because they're > in a remote spot? I believe that such acts are called second degree murder. > And I don't know about > you, but profanity is rarely heard underground where I go, but then again, > I haven't gone caving with Australians in many years. Maybe they're like > that these days. > > I will be asked by both cavers and non-cavers if I recommend this film > and I will say no to both. They > show highly dangerous stunts such as standing backwards at the edge of a > deep pit with rack engaged > and just jumping backwards into it. And what about the guy struggling to > free climb up a waterfall right next to a traverse line into which he does > not clip his cowstail? Was their technical cave advisor not listened to, or > did they not even have one? > > I give it one star out of a possible five. I'd rather have make-believe > monsters than for my fellow cavers > to be shown as monsters. > > Bill Steele > -- Amanda Scott 979-229-9430
