What kind of lessons do you think the movie "The Abyss" tells us?

After seeing "The Abyss" for I don't know how many times, I thought I'd check it out on campus, not realizing that less than 50 people have seen it and just one review of the movie, so what to say. Titanic and Terminator director Cameron directs, with red-hot '80s stars Ed Harris and Michael Biehn in the lead roles. Dazzling special effects and techniques, undersea scenes that are as real as they are fake, dazzling visual effects, and most surprisingly also portraying the real emotions of a couple in the midst of a relationship crisis, with multiple lines of progression, ups and downs, and an extraordinary wealth of content. But dare to call it a classic is definitely more than that, because it almost combines the essence of the two works I mentioned above, synthesizing scientific foresight and rich philosophy with one. The liquid oxygen respirator is an eye-opener, and the contact with the unidentified object exemplifies what science fiction movies have long explored, namely the approach and attitude of "third contact", where our friendliness may be met with friendliness in return, and where we don't treat the unknown with hostility. And in this world, don't think that we are alone, just like the Nietzsche quote in the director's cut, "You watch the abyss for a long time, and the abyss is watching you." The portrayal of a couple in crisis is rare in this type of movie, and adds some warmth to a movie about loneliness at the bottom of the ocean. This is said to have been added because Cameron was experiencing such problems at the time.

The movie is also a classic in the sense that it had an extremely profound effect on later films. In particular, it played a crucial role in the development of special effects technology in the history of cinema, creating unprecedented underwater stunts and using a large number of film-generated images for the first time in a movie, which laid a solid foundation for a series of similar films in the future. The subsequent "The Hunt for Red October", "Red Tide Storm" and even "U571" were all greatly influenced by this movie, and Cameron's own "Terminator 2" and "Titanic" also utilized many of the stunts practiced in "The Abyss". So The Abyss counts as a movie with an experimental nature.

There are a lot of people who have seen this movie now will have a big question in their mind, is this a movie from 20 years ago? The special effects are even better than those of many movies nowadays. It is almost impossible to see any breakage, and you should know that the stunts at that time were still very average. How did you do the long underwater shots, the abyssal effects, the underwater city effects? It was all the result of a then-record $60 million investment, as well as Cameron's demand for excellence and the exhaustive efforts of all the actors. In order to strive for authenticity, the movie rarely used stunt doubles, and many of the actors and crew were severely tested. A few of the main actors even almost had mental breakdowns because they couldn't stand it. But the movie was still very good at the box office and in the word of mouth in that year.

In fact, if you look at Cameron's work, it's a combination of commercial and allegorical excellence. Box office and word of mouth can often be a win-win situation, but he is a famously low-production director, after the unprecedented success of "Titanic", he almost rested, making documentaries around the world. He is also known as a big-budget director, who spends a lot of money on each of his productions and has set records many times because he is very demanding and does not spare any money. He is also one of the most revolutionary directors of all time, with a lot of experimentation and innovation in all his works. That's why The Abyss has to be seen.