Post #10 - Ghost Ship

Please note this is a complete SPOILER and I am basically relaying how insanely stupid this movie was for your enjoyment. I suggest seeing the movie before reading this if you have any interest in it being surprise.

2002 Release
Directed by: Steve Beck
Written by: Mark Hanlon & John Pogue
Starring: Julianna Marguiles, Gabriel Byrne & Ron Eldard

I have never seen the official poster for this movie and I started laughing when I saw "Sea Evil", good god that's so bad. It should say "See Shit" because that's what you are gonna do when you watch this movie.

I really like the beginning of this movie... It's the early 60's and an Italian luxury cruise ship is hosting a lavish party for its guests. There's champagne, live music, dancing and a sexy lady singing at the mic. There is a lonely looking little girl sitting on deck, she appears to be the only child on board and is clearly bored at the adult party. The friendly captain offers her a dance and she happily accepts. They are on the dance floor when the devastation starts. Someone cuts one of the cables that is stretched across the ship and it whips across the deck like a blade and cuts the dancers in half. At first they are all standing there wondering what the fuck just happened, and then they all start to fall apart. Body parts are sliding all over the place and its so ridiculous. The little girl is spared because she was short and the wired missed her. She is still holding onto the captain when he drops to the floor in 2 pieces. He was hit in the face so the top of his head falls off as he's looking down at her. It's so awesome.

Then the movie goes to shit town. It cuts to present day on the deck of a salvage ship captained by Sean Murphy (Byrne). While celebrating the successful salvaging of a ship they are approached by a mysterious man who wants to hire them to find and bring to port the ill fated luxury liner, Antonia Graza, floating across the Bering Sea. The captain reluctantly takes the job knowing that the Antonia Graza is supposedly haunted and the crew sets off to find her. As soon as they arrive at the ship strange things start happening...surprise surprise. This movie sucks, it's really really bad and boring. The mysterious stranger who hires the crew turns out to be the ghost of the original group of bandits who killed everyone on board back in the 60's trying to steal gold from the ship. It's so stupid and unfortunately some of the characters live. And what is with Gabriel Byrne? Why the hell was he in this piece of CRAP? And why the hell was he in Stigmata? Does this guy have a hard on for really bad horror movies? And he's terrible in both of them. I don't get it. Listen don't see this movie, or rather don't watch anything past the opening scene on the boat because it just sucks from that point on.

SO having said all that, I give this movie:

I personally loved the opening of this movie and was psyched to watch it through but every scene after the opening sucks and is borderline painful to watch. The characters are stupid and typical and I don't think there are any cool death scenes after the beginning. I feel deceived when a movie has a cool opening and then goes to shit. I feel like I was duped into thinking I would be enjoying an entertaining movie. I am bitter, very very bitter.