The Deep Blue Sea (2012)

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It was the worst movie i've ever seen never to be seen again

Whatever happens in this world where everything goes or has to go fast and more and more digital, Terence Davies remains the same director with his slow pacing style which I like so much.Everything in this movie works excellent: the first ten minutes with the magnificent music of the Violin Concerto of Samuel Barber brings you immediately in the right mood of the movie. Also later on in the movie the strong and beautiful voice of Jo Stafford with her most famous song You belong to Me turns you back in the fifties.But for me the strongest scene of the movie is the long tracking shot in the underground Railway: with one long movement of the camera Davies brings alive the sphere of the city during the world war. I do like the scene where everyone sings in the bar also a lot.Rachel Weisz, in my opinion one of the best and most beautiful actresses of the last 10 years (The Constant Gardener, Agora, Youth, ...), is in this movie at her very best. With one blink of her sad eyes you can feel her broken heart. Tim Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale are also superb.I can only recommend this movie to everyone. I have seen this movie already four time (even twice at the cinema...).Thank You, Terence Davies, for giving us from time to time movies of this quiet caliber.The Deep Blue sea is still the best movie that I have seen in the last 5 years (2011-2016) at the cinema. THe movie should at least have a rating of 8,3 instead of 6,3.

What romance? It's about a woman in a loveless relationship who falls hard for another man who doesn't love her as much. Through out the entire movie she becomes annoying, almost pathetic. Reminds me of all the women out there looking for the fairy tale romance/ love that doesn't exist and then becomes depress about it. Maybe if they did a better job of showing how they fell in love would give the movie some semblance of romance.It was so hard to get through the movie. And the violin music in the beginning- although it was beautiful, it was so long it became irritating.

The Deep Blue Sea is a period romance focusing on Hester (Rachel Weisz), the wife of a judge who embarks on an affair with the reckless RAF pilot Freddie (Tom Hiddleston). However, overcome with a mixture of guilt and disappointment that her new life isn't quite what she'd hoped, she makes a dramatic decision which has disastrous consequences for herself and her relationships.This film has quite a poignant story – it focuses a lot on emotion and doubt which are highly relatable even outwith the situation of the story itself. The period setting gives it a somehow more romantic edge and it really is an interesting love story. You can't help but understand the problems that Hester experiences with her troubled life, and the "grass is greener" feeling that draws her towards a seemingly more exciting life with Freddie. The story ebbs and flows in parallel with Hester's feelings, and at times takes some dark turns. Despite the story being good, I felt really let down by the direction – the scenes constantly switch between present day and very recent flashbacks with little discerning detail as to which is which. I found myself lost at many points during the film, unable to work out where it was in the story and having to rely on the odd bit of choice dialogue that would reveal the time setting. This is sadly very off-putting and took away from the punch that the script would have had otherwise.Despite the scene confusions, Weisz and Hiddleston offer a beautiful, if difficult, romance that is really set alive by the strengths of them as actors. Weisz is on top form with a powerful but vulnerable performance, and Hiddleston suits the role of the troubled romantic (his character in this reminded me a lot of his role in "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2014) in which he was incredible). There was also good performances from smaller characters, most notably Hester's husband Sir William (Simon Russell Beale) who's role was vulnerable and gentle, an opposite to the rival of his wife's affections.The Deep Blue Sea is quite a powerful and interesting love story, but sadly I felt that the possibility of this film being a great classic romance was tarnished somewhat by the lack of clarity in time shifts. Nevertheless, the story is good and it's worth a watch for the excellent characters and script.