Watched theatrical cut, and quite enjoyed it... might be my first or second favorite Cameron film. It's a shame that no one had a good time making this because it's pretty excellent stuff. Kind of like the Apocalypse Now of underwater movies, read about some of the behind the scenes if you get a chance, fascinating but sad stuff. Definitely deserves to be seen on Blu-ray and not DVD. Going to keep that in mind for a rewatch and I'm definitely going to check out the special edition cut which contains like 25 minutes extra of character development, something that usually is hit or miss with Cameron and honestly is the main thing that keeps me from enjoying his movies more. Upon reading further, it's come to my realization that there is no Blu-ray release... yet another reason to not love James Cameron, beloved and fun movies like this and True Lies have not yet been restored for proper Blu-ray releases because he won't stop diving to the bottom of the ocean/making Avatar sequels no one wants and yes, that's irritating.
Review of The Abyss
