We have a James Cameron movie in theaters again, and that means two things: spectacle and images of water. All of his films have had a greater or lesser aquatic component, but now ‘Avatar: The Sense of Water’ take it to all possible extremes with an excellent setting in the worlds of the liquid depths.
That is why the recommendations on this list will go along that line. Put together a science fiction show with a marine setting. Three films of different styles that they immerse us in immense spectacles and make us hold our breath. All available on different streaming platforms.
‘Waterworld’ (1995)
Direction:Kevin Reynolds. Distribution: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter.
unfairly reviled Because it is one of the most resounding commercial disappointments, which led Hollywood to avoid ambitious projects of this type at all costs, ‘Waterworld’ is much more than what was said at the time. A kind of heiress to ‘Mad Max’ that changes the desert environment for another immensity, that of the ocean.
One of Kevin Costner’s best action movies, with a peculiar character introduced into a completely alien and fascinating dystopian world. A great combination of science fiction and adventure cinema that does not skimp on fantasy or environmental message. The aquatic action is also one of the strong points in a tremendously entertaining film, although ambitious too.
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‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ (‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’, 2001)
Address: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise. Distribution: Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, John Mahoney, Leonard Nimoy.
Another film with great ambition but so disappointing in its theatrical release that it closed a stage, specifically for Disney, which was already beginning to set aside traditional animation. Although this is, like its cousin-sister ‘Treasure Planet’, a case of The best of both worldsincorporating elements of computer animation that complement the classic stroke well.
A stupendous and imaginative visual waste that gives shape to a stupendous adventure worthy of the spirit of Jules Verne. He was also a Disney’s great attempt to get out of its conventions in search of reconnecting with an audience that was losing. His hallucinatory fantasy has had to settle for having a great reputation as a cult work in addition to the nostalgia of the young people who did see the film at the time.
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‘Underwater’ (2020)
Direction: William Eubank. Distribution: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, TJ Miller, Jessica Henwick, Mamoudou Athie.
A fascinating attempt to recover the ambitious medium production of horror and science fiction. Between ‘Alien’, ‘Abyss’ and part of ‘Final Horizon’, William Eubank makes a interesting approach to the abyssal depths with a solid cast where Kristen Stewart comes off well by testing her star skills that connects with a majority audience.
He did not quite connect, yes, when he found himself in the middle of a regime change at Fox and inefficient marketing, but not because he stopped doing the things he should do. It also has a grateful Lovecraftian point that makes it a truly estimable fantastic genre piecenecessary in a programming that is less and less risky and smoothed out.
Watch on Disney+ | Criticism in Espinof