Friday, April 10, 2009

The Abyss (1989) / Michael Biehn extravaganza

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I'm not going to expend too much energy here (I don't usually anyway, haha).

- Film was good for the first three quarters.
- Good action, thrills, special effects, settings, but...
- Ending sucked.
- Lots of cliches.
- Rather weak substance and delivery of theme.
- Good directing (for the first three quarters).
- I didn't feel the chemistry between Bud and Lindsey. Many cheesy moments.

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In other news, Michael Biehn is cool.

Despite being a fan of both Grease and Biehn, I never knew that Biehn was in the iconic movie.

Biehn in the opening school scenes.

Biehn copping it in the stomach.

Biehn staring into the future. Wrong way dude.

Another piece of trivia I just picked up, was that a still of Michael Biehn (from The Terminator) was used as the base image of Solid Snake on the cover of the first Metal Gear game.

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Cool.

In conclusion, The Abyss' ending screwed up its good start (and middle), and Michael Biehn was fully sick in this movie, The Terminator, Aliens, and Grease.

P.S. I've also failed to notice Biehn's appearance in The Rock (1996).



1 comment:

  1. ha! awesome. i just learned he he was in grease, but now that he is the also snake, i love him even more!!!

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