Agreed! I posted a long defense of Sanctum on the GHG listserv, but I can sum it up by saying that once you get past the intial reckless premise of the movie, it's entertaining. I even cried a little at the end. I watched it with half a dozen non-cavers (mostly family) and while they were cringing and gasping throughout the movie, nearly all of them enjoyed it on some level. Minus, of course, my 16 year old cousin who sat out in the car crying afterwards--apparently she has a severe issue with claustrophobia and caves totally freak her out.
The bottom line is, Hollywood is never going to make a happy "let's go exploring"-type cave movie. Caves are considered scary places for 95% of the population--we're just the lucky few who get to appreciate them. In caving movies, people are going to die, monsters may make an appearance, things will go horribly wrong...that's the nature of caving movies. I'd watch this one again, and buy the DVD, too. Final note--they had some decent gear! The main character wore a red ecrin roc helmet--too cool! there's something really fun about seeing your helmet on the big screen. :) -Mal On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Sandi Calhoun <[email protected]>wrote: > So was the exterior cave shot actually Golondrinas? I thought it was while > watching the movie, but then second guessed it later. Like David, I also > enjoyed the movie, despite the incredibly over-dramatized view of cave > divers as reckless and willing to make mercy kills. It's just entertainment > folks. > > Gatita > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Karen Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The only thing I found in common with Nullabor was both take place in a >> cave. Nullabor wasn't a diving trip & was 13 people & no one died or was >> seriously injured. >> Karen >> >> --- On *Mon, 2/7/11, David Ochel <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: David Ochel <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sanctum >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 10:57 PM >> >> >> So, Bill, >> >> Is there anything on: >> >> > Based on the true story of co-writer Andrew Wight. He once went cave >> > diving and became trapped with fourteen other people in a cave for >> > two days. Their entrance collapsed and they had to look for another >> > way out. >> > >> > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881320/trivia >> >> in your library? >> >> Here is what Google found: >> >> >> http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/sanctum-the-real-story-6322/blog >> >> >> http://www.cavediving.com.au/cave-diving-articles/1988/12/4/13-hauled-to-safety-from-cave/ >> >> By the way, as opposed to others, I was reasonably entertained by the >> movie... ;-) >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >> >> On 1/27/11 6:48 PM, Mixon Bill wrote: >> > They certainly do play fast and loose with geography. The original event >> > on which the story was based was in Australia. The cave in the movie is >> > said to be in Papua New Guinea, which is a great area for caves, but >> > with its high relief, I wouldn't expect the very long, easy (except for >> > length) sumps like in the original cave in Australia. And then of course >> > some of the stuff appears to have been shot at Golondrinas in Mexico. >> > Poetic license. -- Mixon >> > ---------------------------------------- >> > A fearless man cannot be brave. >> > ---------------------------------------- >> > You may "reply" to the address this message >> > came from, but for long-term use, save: >> > Personal: >> > [email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > AMCS: >> > [email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>or >> [email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> > [email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > For additional commands, e-mail: >> > [email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > >> >> -- >> David Ochel, >> mailto:[email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> >> >> >
