CaveTex: The Cave Movie Review
We just saw the new movie "The Cave". http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thecave/ This has got to be the one of the worst movies that pertains to caves I have ever seen. I do not recommend it, unless your in the mood to see a movie that is by all means definitely Hollywood at it's best. No wonder we had trouble getting our grotto to see it as a group. What amazes me is how in these movies made about caves is: The actors did not wear helmets except in a few scenes and then one was wearing a bike riding helmet... No lights on the helmets that they did have. They did have arm lights which amazedly enough manages to light up huge rooms and passages. Oh and in any cave movie the use of man made lights are not needed as the cave mysteriously lights itself about half way into the movie... Amazingly enough people could rappel and climb ropes at lightening speeds, fend off monsters and jump from wall to wall, without breaking a sweat or even breathing hard. There were only about 10 other people in the theater including my wife which should have been a warning to the greatness of the film. Half way through I lost my voice from telling my wife all of the technical mistakes I was seeing...She was asleep anyways... My advice is stay home and save your money... I give this move 1 bar out of 5 on a rappel rack... Bill
CaveTex: "The Cave" movie
The review in Friday's New York Times of "The Cave" is the worst movie review I have ever read. (But then I don't usually read reviews of movies that are sure to be stinkers.) ...cheap creature rejects from the Alien films... characters so colorless that their deaths won't be mourned... travesty dreadfully dull muddled and chaotic... performances as though the cast were seeing the lines for the first time... let's hope there won't be a sequel -- Bill Mixon To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
Re: CaveTex: "The Cave" movie
Yeah, the creatures must have been seconds from "Alien" since the viewer never really gets a clear glimpse of any of them (except a "bat" climbing upside down on the ceiling). Despite the fact that they are s cave-adapted, all of the critters have plenty of pignment, high metabolisms (they gnosh down cave explorers like hyenas at KFC), compact bodies without attenuated limbs or antennae. The cave ecosystem, as identified by the the team biologists, consists of white algae, giant cave moles, scary eels, scorpions, and bat-men. There is mention of a salamander but they must have edited that scene since they never show it. Pity, since salamanders, i.e. Proteus, are the only members of the critter cast that actually occur in the area and are true monsters, once thought to be dragon larvae Andy --- Bill Mixon wrote: > The review in Friday's New York Times of "The Cave" > is the worst movie > review I have ever read. (But then I don't usually > read reviews of movies > that are sure to be stinkers.) ...cheap creature > rejects from the Alien > films... characters so colorless that their deaths > won't be mourned... > travesty dreadfully dull muddled and > chaotic... performances as > though the cast were seeing the lines for the first > time... let's hope there > won't be a sequel > -- Bill Mixon > > > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to > mailto:majord...@cavetex.net > with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. > For help and > information go to www.cavetex.net. > List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
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O.K., "They gnosh down cave explorers like hyenas at KFC" is going to have to be my favorite quote for the day. - Forwarded Message - Cc: CaveTex Subject: Re: CaveTex: "The Cave" movie List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:38:20 -0700 (PDT) Yeah, the creatures must have been seconds from "Alien" since the viewer never really gets a clear glimpse of any of them (except a "bat" climbing upside down on the ceiling). Despite the fact that they are s cave-adapted, all of the critters have plenty of pignment, high metabolisms (they gnosh down cave explorers like hyenas at KFC), compact bodies without attenuated limbs or antennae. The cave ecosystem, as identified by the the team biologists, consists of white algae, giant cave moles, scary eels, scorpions, and bat-men. There is mention of a salamander but they must have edited that scene since they never show it. Pity, since salamanders, i.e. Proteus, are the only members of the critter cast that actually occur in the area and are true monsters, once thought to be dragon larvae Andy --- Bill Mixon wrote: > The review in Friday's New York Times of "The Cave" > is the worst movie > review I have ever read. (But then I don't usually > read reviews of movies > that are sure to be stinkers.) ...cheap creature > rejects from the Alien > films... characters so colorless that their deaths > won't be mourned... > travesty dreadfully dull muddled and > chaotic... performances as > though the cast were seeing the lines for the first > time... let's hope there > won't be a sequel > -- Bill Mixon > > > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to > mailto:majord...@cavetex.net > with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. > For help and > information go to www.cavetex.net. > List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
Re: CaveTex: "The Cave" movie
Haven't seen the movie but perhaps this movie is good for cave conservation. Maybe scare away enough young flashlight cavers that haven't a clue about what's really in a cave . Mike To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:majord...@cavetex.net with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:jswh...@cavetex.net
