I didn't love it, but it was much better than I was expecting. As someone with a little claustrophobia and definitely a fear of "what lies beneath", I could feel the sisters' terror as they plummeted into the dark depths.
The CGI sharks were VERY well done, and acted more natural than in many other movies. They didn't have super high IQs, and weren't on a mission of vengeance on humans. They acted more like what they are - not diabolical but animals, perfectly designed predators who circled, left, came back - cautiously checking to see if there might be a meal in the offing.
They were much more realistic than the evil, maniacal sharks, i.e., in "The Shallows" who, for some unknown reason, is obsessively driven to kill one woman instead of feeding on the immense whale carcass right in the vicinity. I don't demand thrillers or actions movies to be perfectly logical or true-to-life, but that was utter, eye-rolling nonsense.
47 Meters Down is filmed quite beautifully and between the dark water, the realistic panic of the women, the fear of running out of oxygen, and the glimpses of sharks kept my attention throughout.
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