The Cave (2005)

[El Dingo]

I watch a lot of cheesy 'B' movies. They give me a warm and fuzzy MQ6 nostalgia feeling. I can even smell fake butter on the popcorn.
I'm not even sure how this movie found its way into my Netflix queue.

It tells the story of a group of young spelunkers charting and exploring a network of undersea caves filled with evil.

I don't really want to talk about the movie. It was a fun popcorn-muncher that required little thought or dissection.

What I want to talk about is how a movie like this gets made.

It's filled with underwater sequences featuring boats, scuba gear, those hand-held propeller things that pull you around and various other marine tech. There are explosions blowing stunt men around , stunt men diving down waterfalls, stunt men rappelling around caverns, stunt men free-climbing 90' rock walls and tons of cameramen filming underwater sequences.

How the hell do you finance a straight to DVD movie with more SFX than Cloverfield?

I actually enjoyed this one. It has a suspenseful script and scares, but is very well made.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I'm thinking this one actually made it into theaters.

I'm sure they thought they were making a hit which means spend the money. No one sets out to make a bad film.

[Drunk Monk]

It was distributed in America, UK and Czech Republic. And it made $33 mill worldwide.

I like Piper Perabo. She's in that spy show, Covert Affairs, but she first caught my eye in Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

So, you're the one who saw Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Are you waiting for the all Penis Pom Blues sequel?

[Drunk Monk]

...now before you give poor DM the ol' Scapino blackball, remember that I have a teenage daughter that continually exposes me to a slice of pop culture I would have never engaged before.