The Shallows is a movie with a good premise and suspenseful action. As a movie, it is worth a watch. But be prepared to leave realism behind after a while.
A woman named Nancy, played by Black Lively, finds herself stranded on a rock after being bitten by a shark. The shark, like the movie's realism, is over the top. It is not a small shark. And it wants what it came for even though you would think it would be full. But whatever, I could at least understand the shark having elements to it that were over the top. The plot line is a different story.
At first Nancy devises completely realistic and intelligent ways to stay away from the shark long enough to try and survive. But then the movie thinks it needs that spectacular action finish where the split second ideas are so fantastic as to be completely unbelievable. Nancy can see things really well too.
This movie had a great opportunity to be more realistic and yet still suspenseful. But it chose shallow Hollywood action over great story and because of that, whatever story was left at the end I did not care about. The Shallows is a one time watch movie.
A woman named Nancy, played by Black Lively, finds herself stranded on a rock after being bitten by a shark. The shark, like the movie's realism, is over the top. It is not a small shark. And it wants what it came for even though you would think it would be full. But whatever, I could at least understand the shark having elements to it that were over the top. The plot line is a different story.
At first Nancy devises completely realistic and intelligent ways to stay away from the shark long enough to try and survive. But then the movie thinks it needs that spectacular action finish where the split second ideas are so fantastic as to be completely unbelievable. Nancy can see things really well too.
This movie had a great opportunity to be more realistic and yet still suspenseful. But it chose shallow Hollywood action over great story and because of that, whatever story was left at the end I did not care about. The Shallows is a one time watch movie.