Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
This is a simulatude film. If you don't know what it means I'm not going to bother explaining it, but just know that Cameron is a simulatude director and so is Spielberg. They essentially are rich because they make the same movie over and over with the same formula. The only catch is that the change the character names and settings a bit so it's not too similar and most people always go to see it regardless of knowing it's going to be the same thing. I didn't want to see the film, but eventually just decided to give it shot because like everyone else I was amazed with the visuals. It was pretty -- that much is true.
Oh yeah I can see how The Abyss is just like True Lies or The Terminator or Avatar. And Spielberg has definitely made the same type of film over and over - Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Catch Me If You Can, Munich - all so similar!