The Most Frustratingly Attractive Couple in a Film Ever. (Into The Blue (DVD))

Member Name: katygriff

Product:	Into The Blue (DVD)
Date:	09/03/06 (118 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fun, Adventure, Cute Fish and an Even Cuter Male Lead.

Disadvantages: Drags a Bit.

Into the Blue came out at the cinemas and as usual I really wanted to go and see it (as I do with every new film that ever comes out) and as usual everybody around me started saying that it looked rubbish and they wouldn’t come. So as usual when it comes to films I had to wait until I could see it on video which I did finally last night. As you can see from my rating of four stars I thought it was quite good but there was definitely room for improvement which hopefully my review will get across to you.

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The Film:

The film opens up on some fantastic scenery of sea and beaches and immediately you are thinking I want to go and live there. Some of the first scenes feature scuba diving with some wonderful colourful fish and shows people having fun. The teacher of the scuba diving class is Jared and he is a very good looking guy and then it shows another good looking girl in the form of Sam who is teaching some eager looking kids about sharks.

It soon becomes apparent that these two people are dating and live in trailers near to where they work. Sam and Jared are quickly joined by their friend Bryce and a new girl he is seeing Amanda. It turns out that all four of these people are keen scuba divers and love nothing else but to get into the ocean and explore. The scenery and sets are still amazing and you really want to be friends with these people so you can live their lives, it also wouldn’t hurt to look like these people as they are all very good looking.

While the four of them are out diving one day, Jared spots a rock that he recognizes being from a ship. Soon they are all searching the ocean floor and finding bits of ships and more interestingly a large knife which looks to belong to a pirate character. Very soon they find a plane at the bottom of the ocean and inside it lurks some very interesting treasures which they investigate and believe there must be a sunken ship down there.

Day after day they go down and explore hoping to make the discovery of a ship and become rich from it. Unfortunately they are not the only people who are after their buried treasure and although it may not be for the same reasons, Sam and Jared may not have any choice but to help the others get exactly what they want. From now on, the movie is quite dark and focuses more on the dangerous parts of the sea and world in general.

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Things to know:

Price – £13.99
Certificate – 15
Runtime – 110 minutes

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Cast:

Jessica Alba – Sam
Paul Walker – Jared
Ashley Scott – Amanda
Scott Caan – Bryce
Josh Brolin – Bates
Dwayne Adway - Roy

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My Verdict:

This film is a lot better than I expected and I think my sister will agree as she sat down to watch it with me last night but she did not particularly want to and she ended up enjoying it.

Storywise I think they did well and who hasn’t thought about finding treasure before as I certainly have. I think it is good how they have made the characters want to get all of the publicity and riches for themselves as that is exactly what would happen in real life. The only annoying thing about the story is although we get to know the characters we do not particularly get to know any of their back stories so there is not much character development in there.

The actors in this movie are great and cannot be faulted because they are all well-established and play their roles with ease. The only thing I will say is did they have to make me feel so ugly by placing two of the most beautiful people in the planet together? To watch the actors though it is great but I have to say I did spend most of my time during the film saying why don’t I look like Jessica Alba and then trying to come up with a gym plan to get her body. The actors do look like they had a great time filming and to be honest I think the location is stunning and they are all quite young so they must have had a great time.

Character-wise I think this film has done very well and there is a good distinction on who are the good guys and who are the bad. Although they are good characters I would not say they are particularly memorable and although they are strong in the film I cannot see them making into the blue 2. I liked Jared the most but because he is the lead character you are supposed to as he is portrayed as being the hero of the piece.

My favourite thing about this film though is how it is filmed and the sets they have. Me and my sister were watching this and every two minutes saying I want to go there. The sea is the brightest and clearest blue and the scenes where they are scuba diving are fantastic and make’s me want to try it out. The fish look so much fun and there is one shot where Amanda is at the bottom of the ocean and a load of fishes swim right up to her, I kept thinking I would love to do that and it happen to me.

I do have one tiny complaint about the film though and that is that it does drag a bit. At the beginning you really get into it and think ok this is going to be good but then nearly an hour as passed and not much is happening. Mine and my sisters attention began to dwindle and we were even checking how long the film went on for. What I will say though is if you stick with it then the film does get good again but for a while it seems to be very samey.

In conclusion I am going to give this film four stars because although it is good and all of the characters are strong, the story does lack substance to begin with and I think that may put a lot of people off watching it. I enjoyed it though and I think if you can stand the fact that the screen is full of two of the most good looking people in the world with Alba and Walker and you like a bit of an adventure film then you probably will like it.

Thanks for reading.

xxx

Summary: I Want to Live Where They Do.