Corrected entry: Didn't anyone think it strange that after initial shark attack that no one of the group wonders where Preach is or mentions him, yet they don't seem a bit surprised when he saves them all? (01:08:05)
Shay
27th Aug 2001
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
27th Aug 2001
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Corrected entry: How did the sharks know that they could "sink" Aquatica? It was already underwater. Were they genetically enhanced and provided with blueprints on how to do this? The whole concept is flawed. Despite having enhanced intelligence, they would still have to learn that CCTV cameras transmit images to the cast. They could never know that wounding someone would bring a helicopter they could use to sink the structure. The whole concept of the film is based on the, frankly, wrong assumption that being more intelligent makes a creature automatically 'know' more stuff. Well it doesn't. It would just make them more able to learn and understand. So who taught them?
Correction: It's entirely possible that the sharks just got lucky. They could work out from seeing the blond guy making signals into the CCTV cameras that there was someone watching at the other end, they got very lucky with the helicopter (it was pure chance that the stretcher broke and dropped into the water) so it's possible that attacking Jim was just malicious and only when the stretcher fell into the water did the rest of the plan fall into place. It doesn't take any great amount of knowledge to realise that filling things with water sinks them. The mistake presumes that the sharks had every move planned - as the female scientist says, they're still just animals. Most of the events in the film are pure bad luck.
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Correction: Actually, when they hear noises at one point earlier in the film, they call out "Preach?", so they know he might be around, but they probably assume he's dead - if the second floor was flooded they would assume the third floor was too.
Shay