This movie is truly a stain on this story's name. Unlike what the title says, It is NOT The story of Ted the Caver. I read the story shortly before i watched this movie and i will be describing the ways that i think this movie made mistakes. This movie may have been accurate if the title was "Living Dark: Inspired by Ted the Caver" because it is most certainly not the story.
One of the first issues that i have with this movie is that it doesn't explicitly say that it is inspired by Ted the Caver. It poses itself as the movie retelling the story of Ted the Caver visually. B is now Ted's brother and Joe is a total nutjob.
Starting off on the other issues i have with this movie, the cave. The cave itself has a completely different make-up than in the story. The way the cave is set up in the movie is very lit up and lived in, with lights and random decorations. In the story, its a cave. The cave around the hole was too big compared to what the story was describing.
The next problem that i have with this movie is the way that the characters interact with each other and their relationships. Ted and "Brad" who is supposed to be "B" is now Ted's brother. While that is not an issue in itself, B has a totally different attitude. Ted has a totally different personality as well, being more of a baby in all honesty. Neither of them have any experience in caving and, while watching the movie, it made it incredibly hard to enjoy. "Brad" is always trying to convince Ted that it's a bad idea and to just give it up. He is the complete opposite of how B is in the story. Don't even get me started on Joe. Joe is a total weirdo and a waste of a good character. I wish they did run him over to save me the suffering of having to see him on screen ever again.
Another problem is the way they made the whole sequence incredibly short and didn't even include the loud scream from the hole while B was drilling. Actors were not accurate to how they were depicted in the story. The line "I heard a rock slide" isn't specific or concise enough. A better phrase would be "I heard a rock sliding."
Some good things they did: Got the pictures accurate, Got the visuals of the hole accurate, Got the general timeline accurate.
I am too lazy to waste my time on this anymore, frankly its quite boring even just recalling the movie and trying to find anything to even write about. All in all, this movie is not a good watch and i wouldn't recommend it.
One of the first issues that i have with this movie is that it doesn't explicitly say that it is inspired by Ted the Caver. It poses itself as the movie retelling the story of Ted the Caver visually. B is now Ted's brother and Joe is a total nutjob.
Starting off on the other issues i have with this movie, the cave. The cave itself has a completely different make-up than in the story. The way the cave is set up in the movie is very lit up and lived in, with lights and random decorations. In the story, its a cave. The cave around the hole was too big compared to what the story was describing.
The next problem that i have with this movie is the way that the characters interact with each other and their relationships. Ted and "Brad" who is supposed to be "B" is now Ted's brother. While that is not an issue in itself, B has a totally different attitude. Ted has a totally different personality as well, being more of a baby in all honesty. Neither of them have any experience in caving and, while watching the movie, it made it incredibly hard to enjoy. "Brad" is always trying to convince Ted that it's a bad idea and to just give it up. He is the complete opposite of how B is in the story. Don't even get me started on Joe. Joe is a total weirdo and a waste of a good character. I wish they did run him over to save me the suffering of having to see him on screen ever again.
Another problem is the way they made the whole sequence incredibly short and didn't even include the loud scream from the hole while B was drilling. Actors were not accurate to how they were depicted in the story. The line "I heard a rock slide" isn't specific or concise enough. A better phrase would be "I heard a rock sliding."
Some good things they did: Got the pictures accurate, Got the visuals of the hole accurate, Got the general timeline accurate.
I am too lazy to waste my time on this anymore, frankly its quite boring even just recalling the movie and trying to find anything to even write about. All in all, this movie is not a good watch and i wouldn't recommend it.