The overall premise is interesting, but the way it's presented here falls short.
There are several aspects that we're left to put the pieces together ourselves such as the silver purse on the ship. We do see a shot containing the silver purse in the flashback, but there's no reference to a ship whatsoever. And it makes no sense at all for the rings to have been with any of those characters rather than staying with their true owner, Tulaja. Many of these little plot holes could have been remedied by one or two off-handed comments. Giving the future characters a bit more knowledge about the past individuals wouldn't have diminished the effect.
The biggest mistake are the lovers themselves. James and Kulaja made for a wonderful story. What is the point of watching him fall in love with a kind, intelligent beautiful woman only to lose her and be throw together with another woman? When he and Kulaja went through so much together, that's who we want to see overcome the obstacles and find the reward of happiness.
Kulaja was told that she would betray James, but there was no betrayal. She was brave and loyal and did everything she could to try to save him. She was used. And even her lie about not loving him wasn't a betrayal. It was an effort to save him. The only betrayal in the story was, Laura, the woman who followed her own ambition and nearly got him killed. He made the smart decision to go after the ring safely. She did something she knew he would never want, something ANY diver knows you never do, and she used him as an excuse to do what she wanted anyway. She didn't endanger herself to save his life or any other noble reason. She was being an impatient child only thinking about what she wanted. While Kulaja had risked everything for him and only thought of others.
Basically, while this is supposed to be an epic story about how love transcends time, I found it to be a tragedy.
There are several aspects that we're left to put the pieces together ourselves such as the silver purse on the ship. We do see a shot containing the silver purse in the flashback, but there's no reference to a ship whatsoever. And it makes no sense at all for the rings to have been with any of those characters rather than staying with their true owner, Tulaja. Many of these little plot holes could have been remedied by one or two off-handed comments. Giving the future characters a bit more knowledge about the past individuals wouldn't have diminished the effect.
The biggest mistake are the lovers themselves. James and Kulaja made for a wonderful story. What is the point of watching him fall in love with a kind, intelligent beautiful woman only to lose her and be throw together with another woman? When he and Kulaja went through so much together, that's who we want to see overcome the obstacles and find the reward of happiness.
Kulaja was told that she would betray James, but there was no betrayal. She was brave and loyal and did everything she could to try to save him. She was used. And even her lie about not loving him wasn't a betrayal. It was an effort to save him. The only betrayal in the story was, Laura, the woman who followed her own ambition and nearly got him killed. He made the smart decision to go after the ring safely. She did something she knew he would never want, something ANY diver knows you never do, and she used him as an excuse to do what she wanted anyway. She didn't endanger herself to save his life or any other noble reason. She was being an impatient child only thinking about what she wanted. While Kulaja had risked everything for him and only thought of others.
Basically, while this is supposed to be an epic story about how love transcends time, I found it to be a tragedy.