The Perfect Storm (Deluxe "Mini" Collector Set)

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Summary: worst movie of 2000
Review: this was the worst movie i saw in 2000. This movie is boring and sappy, and even the action is uninvolving. Skip it, skip it, skip it!

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Summary: The Movie Was the worst peice of ... I have ever seen
Review: Was a waiste of my 3 bucks at Blockbuster. Just a sad, sad movie. The movie starts off REAL REAL slow and you wait for the action to happen like you see in the commercials and then when the 3 seconds of actiion comes its the end of the movie. The Special effects is just some guy throwing buckets of water into the boat. After i saw this movie i was so ... at it. I advise NO ONE to watch this Movie has no point. There is no Plot i swear to god i can summerise the whole movie right now. People get on a boat to get fish then they die. There i just saved you 3 or 20 bucks. THANK ME

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Summary: One of the best films of the year 2000
Review: I truly liked this movie, I think it was great, now I see why Roger Ebert and Rihcard Roeper, think it was one of the best films of the year 2000, the perfomances are great, except by Diane Lane, the FX are great, and the movie it's somewhat very very exciting, but not as "Twister", also the music by James Horner it's great, it's probably Horner's best music work ever, I truly liked very much this movie, but the DVD it's not as good,but still satysfasing.

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Summary: True Story ?
Review: How can this be based on a true story when it has no story ?

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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: Good cinematics, great sound track and nice blend of special effects. Although this movie states that it was based on a true story the story line as to why the crew perished may be a little on the dramatic side. Never the less I would say this was an all around good film.

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Summary: A fine book turned into overdramatic Hollywood...
Review: I'll admit from the outset that I'm biased about the movie because I enjoyed the book so much. The book dealt with not just the men on the Andrea Gail and what might have happened to them, but the effect on other boats caught in the storm, the history behind fishing in the area, the physics involved in creating such a massive storm, the frantic culture of the modern-day swordfisherman, and the logistics involved in prepared a month-long fishing expedition. Obviously the movie can't cover all of these things, and I didn't expect it to. Instead, they made the wise decision to stick mainly to the Andrea Gail and her crew. However, the movie DID add a silly manufactured rivalry between two of the fisherman, a labored romantic sobplot, and lots of melodramatic music. I guess I expected something a little more solemn from the guy who directed "Das Boot", but instead "Perfect Storm" tries to shamelessly manipulate the audience into feeling sorry for the poor shmoes on the boat, including a tear-jerker ending invoking the eternal power of love...

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Summary: Perfectly Bad
Review: I am usally one to be a big fan of true stories, Isn't She Great, Man on the Moon, Titanic, and Erin Brockovich, are some of the main bravados of the true movie industry. Then comes The Perfect Storm, which shatters everything good about true stories. The only thing that can be completely 100% percent true, about this movie is the storm and the people on the boat. If you watch through all the movie then you will understand what I am talking about. That is IF you can watch all of the movie. The perfect storm is all about special effects, and boy is there a lot. I just have one question. How long can you watch waves dip and toss a boat? The answer, not very. The Perfect Storm I feel insults those who might have had to deal with this storm in real life. It is a trudgy mess of a movie that is an utterly depressing film to watch and even more depressing to sit through. It isn't slow, for a 2 hour and 9 minute movie it gets right down to business, obviously whoever came up with the idea of the film was thinking "Okay lets make a kick A%^ special effects movie, so we don't have to screw around with people talking." There is very little dialogue, and when there is someone talking, you can't here it. Despite, its special effects extravaganza, The Perfect Storm is an absolutely useless movie, boring, and dumb. I just got completely fed up wit the storm and got tired of watching them fight the storm, which believe got old pretty dang quick. I have one thing to say about the perfect storm, it is a defiant insult, but I feel it doesn't matter because I gave it plenty of insults already. I want my 2 hours and 9 minutes back.

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Summary: 95% excictment, 5% boringment.
Review: Ths film it's very good, great FX, great perfomances, excpet by the actress who plays Bobby's wife, great story, lots of excictment, but i wish that someday a DTS sound version should berealsed.

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Summary: The book was better
Review: Even though the book was much better, I loved the special effects that this movie had. It is a great story though and it is a true story, I guess that is what makes it so interesting. It is a story of a fishing crew who is at sea fishing when three storms collide to create the "perfect storm". It is not a happy story either, all the men die. It is well worth watching though.

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Summary: Great Effects, Not So Great Movie
Review: Anyone who read and loved Sebastian Junger's book will be disappointed by this film version. The movie has some decent moments, but overall it drags along. George Clooney proved he could carry a film as the movie was a huge success at the box office, but it is not one of his finest acting jobs. He goes through the film in a sullen sort of mood and he appears to be just collecting a paycheck. Mark Wahlberg and Diane Lane are unconvincing as a couple. Ms. Lane seems far too old to be with Mr. Wahlberg and they don't generate any sparks. The film is based on the deadly noreaster that ran up the Atlantic Coastline in late '91. Mr. Clooney is Billy Tyne, the captain of a sword fishing boat, the Andrea Gail. The last few trips out have been busts for the ship and Tyne wants to go out for one last score for the season. Mr. Wahlberg and John C. Reilly are two members of his crew. They head out and at first, they come up empty again. Tyne decides to head out further to the Flemish Cap. The crew is undecided at first, but agree to the idea. They hit it big at the Cap, but due to a faulty ice machine, they must head back. They head right into the center of the storm. The depiction of the storm is what saves the movie. The rolling ocean waves, torrential rain and winds are lifelike and frightening. The giant 100-foot wave that the Andrea Gail hits is truly an incredible effect. There are a few sidebar stories involving a sailboat and military rescue team. Outside of the effects, the plot is thin and alot of situations are not explained. The characters are stock personalities and you never really care about them. The movie is all about the wave and in that instance, it delivers. Everything else about it doesn't add up to much.