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There's a short story in which a nearsighted character survives looking at Cthulhu, without his glasses, because it just looks like a huge green blur to him.
He then rams a boat into Cthulhu to re-do the scene from Call of Cthulhu
Poor Cthulhu can't catch a break
Advantages of being myopic!
Regarding the bunny; I think that the thing about Mythos stories is that, in a cruel and uncaring universe, where our actions and desires have no cosmic meaning, the only things that can have meaning to us are the values we assign ourselves. The bunny is a symbol of that. It’s a toy. It has no great value, but it gains value and meaning because it’s treated as if it’s important. It’s a lovely human moment of defiance in the face of cosmic indifference.
Kinda makes you wonder if the director actually intended to CGI a real rabbit in after the fact, doesn't it?
@@jasonscarborough94 exactly, it could have been one of those tactics to get the truly desired performance out of the actors.
There are many references to Alice in Wonderland in this film, the white rabbit was one of them.
The character who owns the rabbit has a Cheshire cat tattoo and makes numerous Alice and wonderland references, most obviously, "if you don't know where you're going any road will get you there."
It IS actually a subtle lovecraftian reference, as Alice in Wonderland's main theme is madness and how to tell if you're mad.
An excellent take, and good thoughts in the replies too!
I thought the bunny was gonna have like proof inside it like a USB so in case anyone survived I mean obviously there would be a cover up and Abel seemed like the kind of guy to not trust them to tell the truth..sucks it wasn’t but would have been a cool idea
The "don't tell them it's Lovecraftian" worked very well in Bloodborne game xd
Well it won't work very well with me when I get to play it since pretty much everyone in YT says it is XD
Probably the best game to come from FromSoft. I'm still playing it to this day.
funny thing about that, on my first playthrough I desiced to be nice and write one of those helpful "[enemy/trap/item/etc.] [direction]" type messages, and while scrolling through the list of words to find the best one for the enemies I'd just seen, I see "Kin of Cosmos" in the enemy list... so that kinda ruined the surprise... though, it was still quite the mindfuck because; what? what! HOW!?
I wish I didn't suck at Bloodborne... but I do 😢
This film really did surprise me. I watched it with my parents one day on a whim and the whole twist with it being an eldritch horror really blew my mind. It was pretty comical actually because when Cthulhu was revealed I was flipping my shit and my parents had no idea what I was talking about.
It's also pretty sad that the studio clearly had ZERO faith in this film considering how little it was advertised and the month it was released in. Films like this should be made more frequently.
Agreed, not an amazing film, but an enjoyable and fun one that doesn't outstay its welcome
Yeah, this movie was so damn good. It’s a crime that it didn’t do better
@@majpeaches It was a decent movie but I was pretty disappointed with the execution, considering how cool the premise was.
- I didn't much like the casting (except for, ironically, the characters who played Smith and Emily). I don't really think Kristen Stewart is a great actress. Also, the dialogue was hard to hear a lot of the time because the sound mixing seemed a bit off (this could be just me but I've watched this movie three times on different sources and it's always hard to hear).
- The visual design of the sets and the world was a bit lacking. I know they wanted the darkness to be scary but I feel like I could have used more of an idea what the terrain around the bases was like and also something to distinguish the bases from each other a little more. It got very samey looking at dark-blue environments after a while and it didn't really feel like the characters were actually going anywhere because there were no landmarks to gauge progress by.
- The overall pace and flow of the movie didn't quite hit the target for me. It felt like there were too many moments that slowed the movie down so people could explain plot details or drop lore or things like that. There were a lot of scenes that were designed to be spooky but just ended up just feeling dragged out, especially in conjunction with all the jump scares that would happen in the intervening scenes.
- The characters were a bit flat in terms of writing. TJ Miller was mildly funny but not enough to justify his screen time. Lucien almost gets a bit of depth with some hints that he could be a bit more sinister than he appears but that gets left undeveloped. Most of the people in this movie just feel like they're kind of existing alongside each other rather than actually interacting and surviving with each other because the dialogue is a little sterile.
- I don't think they really took advantage of the Lovecraft mythos like they could have. They should have just gone full 'Shadow over Innsmouth' and made Tian Corporation a 21st century incarnation of the Marsh family, complete with human sacrifices to Dagon and employees being forced to copulate with fishmen.
36:43 "To hell with the Dungeons & Dragons films! _This_ is how you do an RPG-based film right."
Well said, man. Well said.
If only we knew the future
Bloodborne is a good example of a Lovecraftian story that doesn’t tell you it’s Lovecraftian. I know I lost my shit the first time I realized it was Lovecraftian.
It didnt take long for me to see the the references. Hell the the idle intro is pure necronomican. That game seeps lovecraft at every seam.
How could you not tell? Like..🤷♂️
Gotta admit, Kirsten Stewart seems to be showcasing her genuine acting chops in this one - I'll definitely have to watch it!
Edit (6/2/21) - Finally got around to watching it (and coming back to finally watch the review), and it's a *damn* good movie.
And this was very reminiscent of "The Descent", in that the setting alone is horrifying enough, and then you add monsters on top of it.
Super fox in this one.
Correction: Nora and the captain were rising not falling, Its a simple mistake that doesn’t really change anything in the scheme of things so you don’t need to point it out to me now.
I was just about to point that out. No matter, as I am a big fan of this movie and of yours. I always look forward to your videos
Have you seen that they’re doing a new Constantine movie I wonder if Julian will be in it’ll
who’s Julian ? also the Constantine movie stuff is just people saying they want to do it and the rest is rumour and speculation theres zero confirmation of an in production movie yet
@@deusdeaconReviews I personally wouldn't mind seeing Matt Ryan have a shot at the big screen reboot. If it ever comes to pass.
@@Havoc800 fuck yeah! I dig Matt as Constantine.
I find it funny that people complain about the comparisons to Alien, given how much that movie was inspired by Lovecraft. Also that comparison to the suits, since the space suits in Alien were inspired by deep diving suits originally.
Life was also a blatant alien rip off.. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the crap out of it.. A good movie doesn't have to be original as long as it brings something unique to the table
it's like poetry.
Didn’t Del Toro plan an adaption of Mountain of Madness but got cancelled because of Prometheus. Since the Studio didn’t want to be accused of ripping it off.
Shows the irony there.
@@JohnWilliams-wl9px Yes. Also they told Del Toro that it had to have a happy ending with a romantic sub plot and it couldn't be rated R. That pretty much killed it right there. He did say that he would like to try and get it made one more time so we'll see.
@@mnomadvfx Well to be fair Alien had a great writer like Dan O'Bannon and a great director in Ridley Scott. Not to mention Giger and Shusset doing designs. Very few films are blessed with such talent.
Wow, I never thought of it like that until you mentioned it but you're right. To other creatures, particularly small basic ones like spiders, we humans are Lovecraftian monsters. Huge, old, mind working in unknowably different ways, largely unconcerned about them except occasionally as an annoyance or curiosity.
Can't remember where it was, might have been Deus reading it from somewhere on stream, but the best description of Lovecraftian horror and the insanity it causes was along the lines of imagining humans as ants, completely unaware of what humanity is doing, what technology we have, the idea of "language", all of what we see as just what we are is beyond even their comprehension. And the insanity that people in Lovecraftian horror suffer is from understanding that for an instant, if just a moment coming to comprehend something so far outside and beyond their own experience, that their mind can't cope with it.
I saw this in theaters, on the last day it was playing here. There were 2 others in the theater with me and I remember I enjoyed it. I got home and looked at reviews and 90% of them were 'its not Alien but it tries to be, 0/10'. The only positive review I saw was someone who simply said "the technology in the suits make better sci-fi battle movies more possible!". I expected another such review and was nicely surprised.
Reminds of the underwater scenes they had to do for The Abyss in that one part... Except done with better direction.
Not to mention 30 years of experience.
Really wasn't even meant to be harsh... I dig The Abyss. But I really liked that shot in Underwater and it made me think of it.
Always a bonus when you don't traumatize or accidentally drown your cast
I feel like a big part of the reason this movie didn't do so well in theaters was because - at least on a surface/advertising level - it reads as "ALIEN, but in the ocean." Which is maybe not the best pitch.
That said, I do like how it shifts from "disaster movie" to "creature feature" pretty seamlessly. I'll certainly be checking this out.
Also, the movies that made me come around on Kristen Stewart were "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "American Ultra." The Twilight movies may have been her big break-out role, but they did her *no* favors.
I agree, way too many people got hang up on the "Alien" comparisons.
It also doesn't help that it got released in January, which is usually one of the slowest months for new releases, especially this year.
For some reason it also got released as a R-rated (or at least the local equivalent for R -rated) in the cinemas around here, which doesn't really make sense.
@@Deckaio - Unfortunately, I was one of those people, because that's how the commercials / trailers seemed to present the story to me. So, it gave me a false sense of what the story would feel like.
@@Rikrobat This is the reason why I try to stay away from trailers/commercial for movies. They ruined way too many movies for me.
@@Deckaio. Agreed. The same marketing tactic ruined Annihilation for me and my brother as well.
So happy that you loved this flick as much as I did.
I'm always excited for lovecraft month.. still always blown away you're not at like a million subs yet because the quality of your reviews is far superior to some film review channels that have that many. Keep up the great videos man.
I'm going to be sad when the month is over and we go back to much less frequent uploads. But these videos this month have been fantastic, thank you
I was pleasantly surprised when I watched this. It was good. What I liked about it was that the filmmakers explained just enough for the viewers to piece together what’s happening but there’s still a lot of unanswered questions which adds to the mystery
Thank you so much for the content warning about the frogs. I saw those things once and get sick just thinking about them, so it was really appreciated that I could click away to a different tab for a few moments, and then return once the images were gone. Thank you!!
FUN FACT: Lots of things that can withstand 15,000 psi break at a blow really easily. They make pressure hulls of some deep sea ROVs out of glass and other ceramics as they get stronger under compression but are useless when it comes to impact resistance (hence the reason you see them guarded by metal bars. My main grip was actually with the flooded tunnel scenes as the water pressure would've compressed the air into nothing.
Normally, I don't like the "I'm a hero now so I gotta kill myself" plot moments, but Norah's sacrifice at the end really hammered home the whole theme of Glass Half ____, If she followed the other two survivors (or they get eaten and she shoots up after, threading the needle) it does get the optimism vs pessimism, but that is a projection for a certain future outcome, not a way of viewing a current reality. It really IS a Glass-half-full scenario at the end that she sees the projection that if she detonates the core, she and the creatures will be destroyed but the two survivors will be outside the blast, and thus her choosing to do it, and her closing lines to 'light up the dark'. This is her taking that Half-Full rather than Half-empty, and I really find the use of it in this case very satisfying.
Also, I totally thought the captain determined the earlier escape pods so no one could escape and it was some conspiracy or he was just nuts. Could still be a thing, but Idk anymore.
Can we also take a moment to respect how good an actress Kristen Stewart has turned out to be? She has shocked me with some of her movies considering her rough start
I completely agree. I'm glad she's starting to get better roles. I've liked her since I saw her as Joan Jett in The Runaways. She didn't have much to work with in Twilight. Unfortunately, that's what most people think of when they see her. Same with Robert Pattinson.
I watched the beginning of this review to the initial collapse. I then stopped it and watched the movie. I am so glad to have. I really liked this movie.
I did something similar. Lol
I love the "Is that a baby?" line because TJ Miller also starred in the monster movie 'Cloverfield'. In the BTS of Cloverfield it was explained that the monster was actually an infant looking for it's mother. So that line could, theoretically, be an Easter Egg for that movie.
I saw a few moments of this video, then watched the movie, came back and finished the video.
Nora is both a badass and an adorable one at that. She reminds me of a certain mouse from a cartoon long ago that was also really good with tech.
I was blown away by this movie. The slow burn is amazing.
Oh hey, I took "tian" as a reference to Tian Shan, the "heavenly mountains" in china, kind of an analog for Mt. Olympus with the Greeks.
They were/are a sacred place, sharing a "divine right of kings" role in chinese history. Anyways, I figured maybe it was an ironic dark-sacred type thing, like a dark god is coming from down low instead of up high.
@@mnomadvfx Exactly!
This movie was a surprise to say the least. Stewart's acting works, kinda, in this type of movie. I did think it was gonna just be "danger in the depths" movie but it was actually quite sad, thoughtful and happy all at once. Much better than I expected
the triangle shaped hole in the rubble they had to crawl through at the beginning was a nice touch
I love this movie. I was genuinely happy to see Kristen Stewart doing some solid acting. Plus, much like another user, I was super excited to see Cthulhu while my parents were like “Who?”.
I knew that was Cthulhu, thank you for the confirmation. I must agree about Kristin, she really shines in this role, her form of wooden acting is to the bennefit of the film. I do believe that casting those two Cloverfield actors was deliberate, it calls back to both.
I'm so happy someone is actually giving this movie the credit it deserves. I feel like a lot of people hated on it just because of Kristen Stewart.
I fucking loved this movie. I’m so sad that it didn’t do as well as it should have
Kirsten was actually pretty good in that one, movie was good I liked it too;)
I think Abel and the bunny reminded me of how people commonly personify objects. They live in a socially isolated and dangerous space, and that kind of affection may not be welcome by you coworkers, and it would be hard to have a pet down there. It made sense to me wether it was a real bunny or not.
I watched your reviews for amny years now, and lovecraft month is always a highlight for me, keep it up, and let the beard grow
Something I also like about the movie: when the ladies are in their underwear in the movie, it’s not portrayed as “sexy” or just to give the audience something to look at, it’s just because they happened to be in the movie at that time, also showing how they were unprepared for what happened and/or needed to remove clothing due so they wouldn’t get uncomfortable/cold by them being wet (if my memory is correct).
I also like that Nora is shown to be a technician in a way that doesn’t come off as just convenient to the plot or something that the other characters react with surprise or amazement. It comes off as “I’m a technician, that’s why I’m employed here” and the other characters are already aware of that. Again, they didn’t put too much effort in introducing the characters beforehand so it feels very natural.
I also like that the women aren’t treated as “damsels in distress” or given special treatment for their gender, nor that Nora is especially portrayed as a “female lead character”. They’re just people, like the male characters and Nora is just the lead character. There’s no emphasis on them being female, and it’s so refreshing to see. Also like that Nora just went for a straight punch to the face when getting Emily into the escape pod, not being “gentle” but still not going further and apologises without doing so excessively. She’s just being practical and doesn’t have the time to argue. I’d love to see more movies like this and it really reminds me off (as also mentioned in the video) Alien and how the female characters act there, they’re just people, just part of the crew without emphasis on them being women or being portrayed as “sexy eye candy that needs to be rescued”.
Excited, I enjoyed this movie wasn't anything ground breaking but was paced very well and had some great moments. Cheers
There's a pentagram in Captain Lucian's locker, drawn on a map or something, he probably knew what was going on
Yeah and a drawing of Cthulhu in the locker
Abel’s Stuft rabbit is a callback to The Abyss, which one of the characters has a pet rat.
Have any evidence of that ?
This film was such an unexpected success in my eyes! Great pacing, good characters, intrigue and mystery, scary monsters, claustrophobic atmosphere, high stakes, fun jump scares, and of course a surprise Lovecraftian monster ending. I was very pleasantly surprised with this film to say the least! I'm really hoping this one will get a sequel - there's a lot more they can do with the shady corporation and all of that.
I'll give the director credit on the Chuthulu reveal, it was ballsy
Not quite as ballsy as Norah NUKING CTHULHU!!💥
A piece of writing advice I read is that starting the story as close to the inciting incident as possible gets the audience hooked right away. This movie does that well.
Yes indeed, I mean it doesnt always work and the film needs to be built around it, but yes i agree there
Im rewatching this review and wanted to thank you bringing this movie to my attention i really dig it!
Lots of people hating on this movie on ImDb, because it lacks originality - But honestly, I don't think all movies necessarily needs to bring that much orginality - As long as it's a solid movie in itself, I don't see any reason to dislike it.
Except K-Stew. There's a reason and a half
@Thy Nuts Consumed Well I generally tend to agree with the ratings on ImDb, so it's usually a good way for me to know if I should watch a movie or not. It's not a 100% in sync everytime though. This one was way off, hence the original comment.
Just stumbled upon your channel tonight. I freaking loved Underwater and I think you really did the film justice. Now excuse me while i go down a rabbit hill and watch a bunch of your old reviews
The term is actually, " rabbit hole " but what the hell, close enough for government work.
I am so happy you did this film. You appreciation for Lovecraft gives a unique take on things. I watched a review of Deep Rising from Ryan Hollinger before this so this was was great. Literally made me stop to see if I could watch Underwater first so we watching the gis righter after completing the film.
24:54 - 25:28 This series of scenes feels eerily similar to that Sandra Bullock movie Gravity, where she tries to save the Captain, played by George Clooney, he sacrifices himself to save her, and she later has a small breakdown in an abandoned station. True, that film isn't horror, being a disaster movie in space, but it's still tense, has a pulsing rush, and hovering in the vast vaccuum of space is just as scary as being stuck miles "underwater."
Great review! I was really surprised you didn't mention the captains locker, which had a map of the drilling site, with literally pentagrams and a picture of Cthulhu!
Soooo.guilty pleasure...My wife and I liked this movie so much, we bought it .
I don’t see anything to be “guilty” of
Thanks for reviewing this film! I was unaware of it. i loved it and even bought it! I think, though, Abel was actually Paul.
Good to see you have a new video coming up, Daecon. You have been missed.
After you pointed out the Alien references, I was expecting The male survivor to be harboring a Cthulhu creature a la the chestburster. Also, the suits appear surprisingly similar to advanced one-atmo suits used in reality today, like an update from Leviathan. I’ll have to check this one out. Stewart generally turns me off as she’s a block of wood in everything I’ve seen her in, but based on your recommendation, I’ll give her another chance.
Ive never heard of this movie, thank you. I was on the edge of my seat watching you narrate. Also Kristen looks like shes doing a good job here, and also looks really good in short blonde hair.
I know I’m kind of late to the party on comments, but I recently rewatched this movie after knowing it was Lovecraftian for any other details. Anyone else notice the captain’s locker had some Cthulhu references on the map? There’s what looks to be like an upside down pentacle with some other designs in it, as well as the sketch of the Cthulhu icon signed by Lovecraft. Two hypotheses, either Cap was an investigator and tried to stop things from inside the facility (“I got 22 people out,” and trying to save everyone else), or he was a cultist trying to help Cthulhu awaken (“On a scale of one to ten, how bad is MY rig?”)
Great review! I've been a subscriber since your Prophecy reviews and you just get better and better, mate! Well done!
Thank you. I had lost faith in you doing a review that was appropriate and meaningful. This was very good!
I take the element of learning about the relationships only after the fact being more believable in a different direction. I think I found that to be more believable because it shows what was important about their relationship. If it happened before it would just be two friends having fun but hearing about it after shows just how much that friendship meant even in its little stupid joke moments.
I think the beginning could have been more effective if we had gotten to know the crew members before the inciting incident but overall actually really like this movie
I kept hoping the pace would back pedal and show the crew together. Flash back or something. I wanted to care about these people and I feel it was lacking in the department. Still enjoyed it though.
If you were to tell H. P. Lovecraft about a toad like that, chances are he would have incorporated that into one of his stories for sure
There is a giant toad Great Old One, Tsuthaggua, but doesn't spawn offspring out of its back (though i could totally see this for interpretation, as its always associated formless spawn)
I'd love it if there was a movie where it had subtle stings of rolling dice every time our MCs were close to losing it.
16:10 - 16:38 😅😂I wonder if Alien: Romulus took your advice, given what they do with the xenomorph and their acid blood in that movie.
Great review as always Deus - something I always found interesting is that the Captain seemingly was aware of the creatures. When Norah is looking through his locker after his death, she finds drawings that reveal a bit of the film’s unexplored mythology. One of those drawings, quite clearly, is Cthulhu. (This is taken from a Bloody Disgusting article but you can find the actual image online)
When i saw the new intro for lovectaft month and saw the clip of underwater, I was excited. I really enjoyed this film. I can understand criticism but I believe the films pulls the execution off right.
I haven't seen alot of films that have kristen stewart in and this made me like her. Now i am excited to watch her in other films. Really excited for your analyzation.Cheers
I really enjoyed this film. Hoping to see you return with more great videos. Cheers.
This film was the most wonderful surprise. Made me a lifelong Kristen Stewart fan, and the Cthulu reveal was absolute perfection in my opinion. I love the ending being bleak and heartbreaking, fits the mythos setting perfectly.
When this movie came out,it reminded me of Southpark’s “Mysterion Rises”. Story plot quite similar.
Best quote-We are sorry~
I also had no idea this was a monster movie, I was shocked! But loved it!
it is quite rare to find genuine surprises in films nowadays
Your Mandy review was hands-down the best review (in terms of production, content and analysis) I've seen. Absolutely cannot wait for your Color Out Of Space video.
I know this film didn’t do very well but I really liked it. it’s one of my new favorites
Cthulhu is literally just the diver guy from the spongebob movie, change my mind
I like to think that in the Spongebob world their Cthulhu mythos would just be exaggerated versions of stuff from our world, like how the Diver is “The Cyclops” to them. Ooof imagine if they met a spider.
🤔
Wow, I was gonna ask if you were gonna do this one! 👍 excited to hear your thoughts!
Its good to know looking directly at Cthulhu wont drive you mad as long as you look at him through a water filter. Its like smoking out of a bong, only slightly healthier than inhaling the straight smoke.
Thorough review! Really enjoyed this one and the movie itself.
But just one observation - on my first watching of this, I noticed, when KS is searching through the captains old locker and his things, there are alot of papers, maps, and cthulhu related info stuck up on display, including Lovecraft original hand drawn rendering of cthulhu himself - leading to the idea that the captain definitely knew what the company was up to down there.
I've watched quite a few reviews, breakdowns, explanations and analysis about this flick and not a single person has either picked up on these things, or, never included it in their vids, which I find hard to believe.
Now haven't watched this since that first viewing, and yeah, I could have imagined that stuff, but I'm pretty sure that I didn't.
Awesome video again. Loved I. Cheers for the upload
This is an excellent review. I think this movie is, for my purposes, flawless and excellent. I’m glad to see a positive review!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed this movie, the only thing I had an issue with is the end where she blows him up. It loses what makes Lovecraft entities unique, she either should have been helpless at the sight of him or they could have revealed that this was in her head and they actually killed each other in madness caused by being in his presence or that what she killed was just another baby thing and the real Cthulhu was so large he appeared to be the ocean floor or something, like have the floor move or a massive eye or limb move to indicate the presence of an incredibly large creature, because the end made him come off as just a mutant fish or kaiju tbh. They had loads they could have used to push the sanity angle like the rabbit, but it never really did so it felt more like an alien movie than something Lovecraft, but it was def fun.
I have to disagree with you just a little bit lol. "Killing" Cthulhu is plausible because, if memory serves me well, in the original story a sailor survived by ramming his boat into his head. After Cthulhu "died" the sailor turned back and saw Cthulhu slowly reforming...so her killing him is plausible but more than likely he'll be back very soon
Also I do wish they had gone just a lil bit mad lol
This review will never go down underwater
This movie was so terrifying and anxiety/stress inducing to me and uncovered that my fear of deep waters are greater than I’d like to think. I could feel myself tense all throughout, my heart racing and breathing fast so I even had to pause the movie twice to calm down.
This movie is amazing and really shows what a great actor Kirsten Stewart is and it’s one of the best cinematic portraits of Lovecraftian Mythos I’ve seen (not that I said “one of”, I’ve seen some others as well that are also accounted for, just want to be clear).
I’m 100% behind this design of Chuthulu and the movie is very tight in that there are few plot holes, the science “makes sense”, the characters are believable in the way they act also like that we’re just thrown into the situation, there’s no introduction to the characters beforehand and we’re not given any narration (I don’t count the opening with all the articles as narration since there’s no literal narration as it would be in many movies, which often feels like the movie tries to “dumb it down” for people and doesn’t put any trust in the viewers).
The design and biology of the creatures (the way they move, look etc) is very believable, the underwater effect is amazing, it feels like as if they filmed it on the bottom of the sea (which yes I know they didn’t), the research stations look almost like something you’d see today (even if not that deep under the water)…. All in all; this movie took something that often has failed to be portrayed as realistic/believable and made it very REAL.
I’d rate this 5 out of 5 stars and although I’m curious to watch it again after seeing this review I feel like I need to be in the right mind space and that next time I’ll have company to watch with
Glad you still make videos man, all of your videos are humorous and insightful!
Glad you like them!
I'm glad more folks are realizing Stewart isn't really a bad actress per-se.
I tend to think of her like I think of pre-Captain America Chris Evans.
Folks are so stuck on them playing this one archetype they often get cast as (Chris being the smarmy jerk type, KStew being the bland 'audience insert character) while the roles they actually get to show some talent in tend to be less seen roles.
Evans eventually got Captain America where people realized "Wait, this guy CAN play other things" and hopefully Kristen will eventually be in something that is popular enough folks can see past Twilight.
The stuffed Bunny survived !! woohoo
This film and Life (2017) are hugely underappreciated imo, sure they have a lot of elements of Alien/Aliens between them but any sci-fi-horror film with a hostile/claustrophobic environment and a creature/creatures running about is bound to at this point. There are only so many things you can do with a concept like that, so you may as well crib from the best.
“Hey look mom it’s Cthulhu.” Why can’t films show Cthulhu more respect? Remember Cthulhu? Here he is.
Since the bunny doesn't quite get an explanation in film, I always assumed it was related to some unspoken trauma related to a child or something. The bunny was all he had left, so it meant that much to him.
Yes this movie suprised me and I like it very much and also Kirsten. Stewart, very good performace, this movie, it has it!
When I first saw this, I thought Cthulhu was actually Dagon or Mother Hydra, and the creatures were the Deep Ones.
The road to hell is paved by argent energy
And all the other hologram marketing messages from doom(2016) give off the same vibe as this
Yeah I got that exact feeling, it about has to be an influence or homage
Glad I discovered your channel. You're an excellent critic and your expertise in various genres shows. Keep up the great work man 👍
Saw this movie when it first came out shortly before the 2020 lock-down... A proper Cthulhu movie it is too, with Deep One creatures, and (according to director William Eubanks) Cthulhu at the end.
10/10 from me as a Lovecraft fan of many years.
What an absolute treat this'll be man. Oatcakes an a brew at the ready!
Mcdonald's and a sprite at the ready
Nice to see new review from you. 👍👍
I already commented on another video that I enjoy your content but wanted to reiterate because I think it's important to express appreciation to people who provide interesting and entertaining media from nothing but their own passion and on their own time and dime. So again, I am really enjoying your reviews. You are striking the perfect balance between proper deep dive research of both the production of movies as well as deeper meaning behind the stories - and specific story elements - they're telling on the one hand and just talking about what you liked and didn't like and why on the other hand.
I really liked Underwater when I saw it and just like you said, since I knew next to nothing about it beforehand it really took me by surprise in the best of ways, turning out to be a Cthulhu story. Your review made me appreciate the movie even more. And I think it's worth pointing out how many great decisions were made on this movie, including not giving away the creature feature twist in the trailer, which is extremely rare. So very often, trailers give away far too much of the story, including parts of movies that you realize are set up to be surprises once you watch the movie. Not that The Island was a particularly great movie - although possibly the best movie Michael Bay has every made - but the trailer literally gave away the big end twist, the strongest, most interesting part of the whole story, to give just one example. I did see the trailer for Underwater before I saw the movie and I had absolutely no idea there was a big ass monster in it. Anyway, looking forward to future reviews from you.
12:50 Still kind of a "thanks a lot asshole" moment, but, I don't think Rodrigo really expected to blow up like a grenade so we can cut him some slack.
Great timing good sir! Just watched this a few days ago. I didn’t even know about it until someone used a clip in an unrelated video. Wasn’t easy to track down the name.
So cool that you can admit a change of heart for this wonderful actress.
10:54 - 10:57 - Holy shit this movie has the Avril Lavigne cover of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme? Now I HAVE to see it!
I keep holding out hope that we will someday get reviews of the newish Swamp Thing series and the most recent Hellraiser.
well you'll definitely get a review of the new hellraiser, I'm working on it as we speak in fact but I just can't say when, also I have zero knowledge of swamp thing never have never will, and there wouldn't be reviews of that even if I was still making regular videos thats just the reality of that one.
I watched this unaware it was a Lovecraft inspired film. I was excited and love this movie
Holy shit, best birthday ever.
Oh! I keep forgetting to mention, lovin' the beard Deus, looks good you.
I saw this on Disney+ the other day and thoroughly enjoyed it. There's something I can't quite put my finger on about it that has stayed with me (more of a feeling or emotion). Interesting that the Deacon mentions 'Cloverfield', as I think 'Underwater' could work as a 'Cloverfield' prequel, on an alternate Earth (see what I did there?).
Absolutely badass. Love it. Thanks again for your show
That toad where the babies come out of it’s back kinda looks like popping pimples
So I have to say this film interests me, on the one hand we have the setting/ending, on the other is a proof of concept that you can do a powered armour suit that both looks real and good and not break the bank, this is great for us that would like a starcraft or warhammer 40k based film.
The downside for me is the lead actor as I am really not a fan is the nice way of saying what I think of her lack of acting skill, I've heard she isn't quite as bad in this but but sadly her name on the film puts it in the I'll wait till it is free on TV list.