It's amazing, but the movie is boring. However, I consider The Godfather to be simultaneously the most boring and most perfect movie ever made. The Abyss sort of falls into that category. The fact that it can be so slow and tedious, and so good at the same time speaks volumes about the quality of the film and Cameron as a director. Like The Godfather, I usually come across this movie on tv and leave it on for background noise while I'm doing something else. Before I know it, it's several hours later, and I've been sucked into watching it - sitting on the edge of my bed, staring with my mouth open. It just does that to me.