But did it have a scene where a choice had to be made to cut the rope because a single cam was holding three people from their deaths? Then later, another rope had to be cut because, well, another anchor (in snow this time) was slowly failing and this time two people had to be sacrificed to save the rest?
What was the nature of the mercy killings anyway? Did they joke about "flatrocking" above ground and then later actually have to do it? Did anyone say "FYBYOYO." Now that would have been funny. Instead of a caving technical advisor telling them to do it correctly, someone should have suggested the most outrageously stupid things that we could have enjoyed as in-jokes on another level. I mean, if you are making a farce, do it right. -Tim On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:04 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 >
