Best movie of this year hands down!

As Good As It Gets

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

If I were to rate this movie based upon the set and the maritime lingo then I'd give it a 10 hands down. The set was outstanding. The movie took place on a 1940's U.S. submarine during WWII. There were plenty of close ups and good shots of the insides of the sub and the various machinations. But once we were forced to pay attention to the actual movie, that's when things went bad."Below" started off very lively and interesting, but it is a ghost story after all and not a very good one. What causes ghosts to do the harm they do? Usually an unjust or otherwise brutal death and nothing is different here.The movie became extremely predictable. It was so predictable that I was praying they were setting me up. The only woman in the film, Claire (Olivia Williams), was found with two other survivors and picked up. Right away she was a snooping, bossing pain in the arse. It was like they wrote her in the movie because there was no clever way to find out what was going on. The script was so dumbed down, not because she was in it, but because of how they went about it. She was there to spell out to the viewers why the ship was haunted and also to be a mouthpiece for the scores of mute and subordinate shipmates.The movie came to a point where I was just wishing everyone would rush to their preordained deaths and the credits would roll. There was nothing unique about this movie, nothing fresh, nothing memorable. It started nicely enough, began to drag in the middle and ended in a very weak, anti-climactic and unoriginal fashion. They should've left "Below" in the depths of the unimaginative minds in came from.

I love this movie, and in my eyes it deserves the full 10 stars. I sometimes re-watch it and it is as enjoyable as the first time. I remember that, watching it for the first time, I didn't know what genre it was going to be, so it started as a war movie, and I was thoroughly amazed by the plot twist (when strange things started happening). I think the plot is great, and it is very well done: the mystery buildup, the characters, several twists. On the technical side, I love the sound in this movie - it's a good soundtrack, and the sound effects are done well. And the actors played well too. All in all, one of my favorite movies. For people who read the reviews to check how scary a movie is - I will say, when you watch it for the first time, it gets pretty spooky. There are a few jump scares. It's not gory. It is a good mystery with a dramatic element that is as important as its thrill factor.

I watched this primarily because I was home sick and not much else was available. I didn't expect a heck of a lot since so many movies about monsters and deep sea creatures have been made, I pictured another lousy one but, eh, I wanted to kill some time.WHAT A SURPRISE! At no point does this movie get in your face with the spookiness like some movies do and it relies far more on the psychological aspects of 'spooky' than beating you over the head with special effects. It keeps you guessing. Sure there are some things that make you go, "Oh come on, REALLY?" but that's more along the lines of, "I can't see that being allowed on a submarine in WW2!" so, like with most movies, you do have to suspend your belief a bit, but the basic story, as it goes along and as it unfolds did make me think and I found it generally quite plausible on the whole.I tried to describe it at work and found myself saying over and over that I couldn't say too much for it would ruin it for anyone who watched. On that note, I'll quit with one last line...BETTER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT-GOOD MOVIE!

I am at a loss for what to rate "Below." It does what many horror/thrillers fail to do: generate suspense and general creepiness. On the other hand, it makes absolutely no sense.This is a ghost story (although the horror elements are inadequately melded onto the "U-571" ripoff story). The USS Tiger Shark has located a sunken British hospital vessel in the Atlantic Ocean. The submarine takes in 3 survivors, including a woman named Claire (Olivia Williams). The addition of a woman on board makes a lot of the men nervous because of naval superstitions of having a woman on board a navy ship being unlucky. Indeed, mysterious things start happening, and the body count begins to rise, Claire and another sailor, Odell (Matthew Davis) begin to think that the ship is cursed.The story is not that complicated, but by trying to play with our minds and making us wonder if we saw what we thought we did, director David Twohy goes into Paul McGuigan territory: presenting key elements of the story with extraordinary subtlety and filler with the impact of an atom bomb. Needless to say, this is not the way to tell any story, much less a ghost story.The acting is surprisingly effective. Matthew Davis has been previously relegated to supporting roles in dumb teen flicks, but he handles a headlining role with ease. Bruce Greenwood is terrific as always (even in the worst roles, Greenwood still manages to impress). Olivia Williams adds a dose of class to the proceedings, and she never goes over-the-top when she gets scared. "Hangover" fans will delight in seeing the star of that movie, Zach Galifianakis, in an early role here (and still acting just as weird).I'm tempted to recommend the film solely on the basis that it gave me the creeps but by the end of the film I was so frustrated and lost that it didn't work for me anymore. It's a huge mess, but it's a creepy mess.