The Water Horse, anyone?

[Climperoonie]

It's an upcoming film about Nessie, to be released on Christmas day. Being a massive fan of the great beastie, I'll be first in line. You can see some stills and the trailer for it below:
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thewaterhorse/index.html

 

[TNC9852002]

I'm thinking about seeing it today. I haven't heard anything about it here. AT ALL.

-TNC

 

[Rez]

I love dinosaurs but, with the exception of Magic in the Water, have never liked a Nessie film. Even more out there dinosaur discovery films like Baby and Incident At Loch Ness have never done much for me. This looks.. okay, and I found myself somewhat excited for the film yet not particularly interested in seeing it.

I'll get around to it, but it's no rush. Until then I have the magical Sarah Wayne and a terrible looking rubber creature in Magic in the Water to still entertain me.

 

[The Lizard]

I saw The Water Horse last week. It was cute and better than I expected it to be.

The Weta -created CGI looked really good of course. There wasn't as much dorky family-film comedy as the trailers lead you to believe. A solid 8/10 overall.


Now, anybody who knows anything about the real history of Loch Ness and the monster is going to be able to find a few screw-ups in the story. I'll put them in spoiler bars so as not to ruin the movie for anyone, but if you're a Loch Ness monster fan you might find these interesting:

1. [blackout]The movie takes place during World War II and it involves the creation of the famous "Surgeon's Photograph" hoax photo of Nessie. However, the Surgeon's Photo was taken in 1934, not during WWII. Modern day "monster" sightings started in 1933 after a new road was built around the shore of the Loch, well before WWII.[/blackout]

2. [blackout]In several scenes young Angus is riding on the monster's back as the monster dives deep beneath the Loch and Angus looks around underwater at the beautiful scenery. Overlooking how long Angus must be able to hold his breath during this sequence, the fact is that Loch Ness is full of black peat moss from the surrounding countryside. The water is so black that once you're more than 3 feet down you can't see anything at all.[/blackout]

3. [blackout]In the movie Loch Ness is actually right up against the ocean! In real life, Loch Ness is a freshwater lake and is connected to the ocean by the 12 kilometer-long River Ness. The River Ness is pretty wide, but very shallow in places, and nothing the size of a dinosaur could swim all the way through to the ocean.[/blackout]

But of course this movie is a fantasy, so it's best to just go with it and enjoy it as such.

 

[Climperoonie]

I saw The Water Horse last week. It was cute and better than I expected it to be.

The Weta -created CGI looked really good of course. There wasn't as much dorky family-film comedy as the trailers lead you to believe. A solid 8/10 overall.


Now, anybody who knows anything about the real history of Loch Ness and the monster is going to be able to find a few screw-ups in the story. I'll put them in spoiler bars so as not to ruin the movie for anyone, but if you're a Loch Ness monster fan you might find these interesting:

1. [blackout]The movie takes place during World War II and it involves the creation of the famous "Surgeon's Photograph" hoax photo of Nessie. However, the Surgeon's Photo was taken in 1934, not during WWII. Modern day "monster" sightings started in 1933 after a new road was built around the shore of the Loch, well before WWII.[/blackout]

2. [blackout]In several scenes young Angus is riding on the monster's back as the monster dives deep beneath the Loch and Angus looks around underwater at the beautiful scenery. Overlooking how long Angus must be able to hold his breath during this sequence, the fact is that Loch Ness is full of black peat moss from the surrounding countryside. The water is so black that once you're more than 3 feet down you can't see anything at all.[/blackout]

3. [blackout]In the movie Loch Ness is actually right up against the ocean! In real life, Loch Ness is a freshwater lake and is connected to the ocean by the 12 kilometer-long River Ness. The River Ness is pretty wide, but very shallow in places, and nothing the size of a dinosaur could swim all the way through to the ocean.[/blackout]

But of course this movie is a fantasy, so it's best to just go with it and enjoy it as such.

Yeah, I noticed the screw-ups. I'm still wating for a film about Nessie filmed at Loch Ness! There's a film called "Loch Ness" about the monster, and they didn't film it at Loch Ness because they said Loch Ness didn't look enough like Loch Ness. WTF? How can the real lake not look enough like it?!

 

[TNC9852002]

I'm not gonna be able to see this movie today after all..

I just found out that I have some car trouble and now I'm not making any unnecessary trips until I get it taken care of..

-TNC

 

[tzarinna]

Good luck with the car, TNC.

I thought this looked cute too. I'm going to wait for the DVD, too many movies to see as it is.

 

[rizzo51]

This movie has free willy written all over it. I'm sure it will make its way to my blockbuster que at somepoint, I won't go paying 14 bucks to go see it lol

 

[Final Night]

I saw it on Christmas Day with my family. It was good and enjoyable. If you're a movie going and aren't sure what to see, you wouldn't be wasting your money here.

 

[TNC9852002]

Free Willy? WTF

-TNC

 

[Spider-Vader]

Free Loch Ness Monster...Who's supposed to be scary, but isn't!

 

[Bat Attack]

i'll stick with e.t. instead of some snot filled water slug/horse.

 

[Spider-Vader]

Heh.

 

[xwolverine2]

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