The Perfect Storm
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Movie Reviews of The Perfect Storm
Movie Review: George Clooney is AWESOME...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a GREAT movie,...except for the end!! No,no,no,..I won't spoil it for anyone. It's really amazing though, and I would highly recommend it. it's a little slow at the begining, but once it gets going,..Wow. This is a must see!Movie Review: Great movie based on a great book
Summary: 5 Stars
All of these people saying that the movie is too long or too boring because of the beginning in the bar and the subplots with the schooner and the coast guard helicopter, I believe it was, have no diea what they are talking. This movie is almost a direct make from the book, they had the bar scenes, the stranded schooner ship, and the helicopter disaster. It was all exactly how it was like in the book. If you read the book, then see this movie, and if you saw this movie and thought there was a lot of drown out stuff, go read the book, because it is an exact adaption of the great book.Movie Review: A Parable -- Facing Death
Summary: 5 Stars
** Spoiler Alert! **
By the time most people got to the theater to see this film, or rented it, they already knew the ship and its crew would be dead in less than two hours.
Surprisingly, this does not diminish from the film's power. Even on second or third viewing, the film never delivers a moment that is false, maudlin, or sentimental. The plot is not what keeps people engaged during this film. It is the issue. How do people face death?
In this film, the people are the captain and crew of the boat. They know commercial fishing is a difficult and dangerous job, even when the weather is good. The weather is not good. The men need the money. They go out even though they know they will meet a storm. They are used to risking their lives every day.
The storm turns into a hurricane that traps the men, and kills them. They struggle to save their own lives. They fail. When they are neck deep in water in a compartment of the overturned boat, they face death squarely. They talk, briefly, and unsentimentally, about things they will not be able to do, people they will miss. The stark, plainness of the acting achieves a powerful effect.
At the beginning of the film, the viewer meets the crew. On repeated viewings, the film shows nothing milked -- nothing artificial. The men are solid, working people. There is no sappy foreshadowing.
The director deserves kudos for maintaining iron-fisted control of a vehicle that could have been campy.
The viewer will learn a lot about meteorology. The special effects are indistinguishable from live action.
All the actors, including George Clooney, maintain a stoic engagement with life, and they struggle to live, with no appeal to our pity, until they are dead.
The Perfect Storm is more than a film. It is a parable. One could invest in such a classic work of art.
Movie Review: Waste of Talent and Money!
Summary: 2 Stars
Don't see this film. It is a terrible waste of good directing and acting talent. I have never been a Clooney fan, but still...
The direction of this film is by the masterful Wolfgang Petersen, one of my favorite directors of all time. He has breathed life into films such as Air Force One and Troy. This film, however, was still dead and not breathing upon release. The music is beautiful. I will not deny that James Horner actually DID hit the nail right on the head, and produced a wonderfull and memorable score, that is my reason for the 2 stars.
Movie Review: The Perfect Bore!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
The only thing I have to say about this movie is... I gave it one star only because Mark Wahlberg appears in it!!!!!!!!! This has to be one of the most boring boring movies I've ever seen. You wonder if it will ever end. True, it's a sad story but....come on!!!!!!!! For anyone who wants to see a bunch of men on a fishing boat bobbing up and down in the water for what seems to be forever, then this movie is for you. Otherwise, this movie is just plain BLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!