The Movie: Open Water (2003)
What Is It?: A
couple of workaholic yuppies take a scuba-diving trip to relax and reconnect.
Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis don’t find much relaxation but are forced to
communicate in the most primal manner when they’re stranded in shark-ridden
waters miles from the shore. Like The
Blair Witch Project, Open Water
derives its terror from starkness and verisimilitude but without the “found
footage” conceit. And whereas Blair Witch
depicts nature as almost predatory, Susan and Daniel are the intruders in Open Water. While venturing in a place
humans are not meant to be, they are left to suffer the consequences of their
lighthearted trespass.
Why Today?: Today
is Shark Awareness Day.
