The Abyss - Considering this is probably one of James Cameron's least-talked-about movies (it isn't even available anywhere on a streaming service), I expected this to be kind of dull or slow or an acquired taste. Instead what I got was an incredible movie that should have been iconic. Has the earliest incarnation of the "T-1000 tech" with the liquid creature the crew encounters midway through the movie. Absolutely gorgeous movie and a proto version of Avatar 2 in some ways (protect the oceans, etc). Also was cool to see Michael Biehn playing a villain for once. He's a proto version of Colonel Quaritch from Avatar, a military guy with one way of doing things who is very difficult to stop. There are several versions of the movie with several different endings, and I hear the endings are varying quality and can make or break the movie. I guess I got the good version because the ending was incredible. The scene where Ed Harris struggles to revive his wife was probably the first time I FELT something while watching a movie in a long time. This was great. I think it's also the last James Cameron movie I hadn't seen (unless you count Sanctum, which he produced and was very involved in, but didn't write or direct...and was also kind of a follow-up to this movie, so I'll look for that next). 10/10. I mean I'd give this 11/10, I forgot movies could make me feel anything like this. 80's-90's James Cameron is the best moviemaker of our time.
