Movie - Open Water
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Anonymous
| Watched it last night. Very upsetting. I am not a diver, but we have snorkeled all over the world. Sometimes off of dive boats near reefs, etc. Anyone ever get left behind? |
Anonymous
| No, but that movie freaked me out! |
Freeman
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| The movie was actually loosely based on a true story, so it has happened. It is very rare though. Oh, and one word of advice, don't watch the sequel, "Open Water 2", which was terrible, IMHO. |
Anonymous
| I'm a diver. I liked the movie. It didn't make me afraid to dive. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, I didn't love it either - didn't make me want to go off a dive boat... but made me recognize the importance of making other friends on a dive boat... |
Anonymous
I don't know...the sex scene in the boat was pretty hot! 
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Anonymous
| Not a diver or snorkler but the movie made quite an impression. Very simple premise, yet so scary. |
ThatSmileyFaceGuy
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As a diver I too make sure that someone that isn't my dive buddy becomes my check in partner. It happend last year off the the GBR, tho they rescued those people. |
Anonymous
Same here, although I can't say I really liked the movie. The boat/dive crew really should have realized they were missing 2 tanks. Count, then count again. You are going back with 2 less tanks than you started with, obviously something is off. |
Anonymous
| Have you ever been or a dive or snorkeling boat? The people that work on them usually aren't Mensa members. They all smell like shit and sound like Idiots. I never trust them. |
Anonymous
Please do us all a favor and stay off the dive boat then! You are the idiot! |
Anonymous
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I found the movie deeply disturbing, and won't watch it again.
I had read a lot about the case it was based on; the couple in Australia. The company was truly grossly negligent, and deserved to go to prison for manslaughter, but I don't think they did. If I remember right it was days later when they realized at the dive shop; wait, whose things are in this locker? So very sad. FWIW, I am a scuba diver, and have been going out with dive boats all over the world. It is important to choose the people well you are going out with. The dive guide better remember you! I also saw open water 2, and for some reason, it didn't affect me the same way, it was more of an action movie, if you will. Although I think it was also loosely based on a true story, in fact, I think I saw the true story of that one on "I shouldn't be alive". |
Anonymous
| It's on again right now on cable. Such a horrible way to go. I felt anxious the whole time first time I watched it., Feel same way again but can't look away. |
Anonymous
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Yes, deeply disturbing, in the same way that Into Thin Air is.
According to this Wikipedia article, there have been other stories of divers being left behind as well. Horrifying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Water_(film) |
Anonymous
Hmm, PP here and apparently the link is not working. You can google it though, there was a Dateline episode about 2 professional divers who were left behind as well as what happened to the Lonergans |