The presence of the seaweed suggested the proximity of land and encouraged Columbus to continue, but many early navigators had the fear (actually unfounded) of becoming entangled within the mass of floating vegetation.
But, on the back of a previous film, 2000's Saving Grace – which starred Brenda Blethyn as a middle-aged, well-to-do widow who gets entangled in marijuana dealing – it actually had the effect of making Cole seem "desperately uncool", and smothering his career.
"War Horse" also earned a nod for "best perception versus reality," according to The Associated Press, "for a scene that shows the title horse becoming entangled in barbed wire that was actually made from soft rubber".
In my case, it's the first four games, when the Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger will be suspended and I can cheer for a quarterback I actually like, or at least one that hasn't been entangled in two sexual assault cases in the past two years.
Entangled with the federal government, that is.
"Our whole lives are entangled here.
But will and science often got entangled.
A few weeks ago, Mr Noda entangled himself in what could potentially be a point of tension with neighbouring South Korea when he reiterated his long-held view that Japan's war criminals are not actually criminals.
Palpably reluctant to become entangled in another war in the Middle East, and well aware that most Americans oppose military action, the president has deliberately not explained what his "red line" actually is or how it would change his calculus.
"Now, the atoms are entangled.
