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Summary: Good movie, great special effects
Review: I watched this movie and really enjoyed it. The special effects were the BEST!!!!!!! The story itself was interesting and all the characters were good. I did not like the end too much, but the movie itself was worth watching.
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Summary: Big Wave/Small Movie
Review: I knew this movie was bad when halfway through watching it my wife (who loves ANYTHING about fishing and the sea) turned to me and said "This has got to be one of the worst movies I've seen in years." It certainly should win some kind of award for worst dialoge and best over-acting.
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Summary: Great special effects! Great movie....well.....
Review: In a nutshell, the special effects were VERY good. George and Mark was VERY good. The movie was VERY boring. How's that? Well, it may have been based on a true story about a "perfect" storm, but the entire story of the Andrea Gail is fabricated. No one really knows what happened on the ship. So the author fabricates this "man vs. nature" whatchamacallit and does and OKAY job. The first hour is a snore. "We are men! We men catch fish!" Whatever.Anyhow, it's just like the Titanic, the last hour is better than the first because, and ONLY because, of the special effects. Rent this first.
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Summary: The Average Movie
Review: I wasn't one of the cynics. I wanted to see this film. I was optimistic. Heck, I even live in Rockport, the next town over from Gloucester. But this movie, except for the special effects, was awful. If you were to strip away all of the digital imagery, the alluring ocean storm, and okay acting, you would be left with a half-baked story that does not establish any basis whatsoever for respecting the protagonist(s). I, for one, was not moved by Clooney's "powerful" Act 2 climax declaration of "I always find the fish!" It was almost laughable. They were going for Scarlet's "I will never go hungry again," and they got something much, much less to put it kindly. The problem was that they were unable to mask - despite a *valiant* effort - what really happened here. A group of men made bad decision after bad decision, with money and greed as their motive, ignoring their loved one's advice, and they got themselves killed. When you strip away all the rhetoric, that's what you get. And I was literally embarrassed for Diane Lane. You know when you go to a talent show and the performer is so bad that you actually feel embarrassed for her? That's how it was with Lane. Not only the accent - I mean please - but the acting. They had her going for the Oscar in every scene, and when I was supposed to feel bad for her, I was literally chuckling and shaking my head. I have never seen such overacting in any movie, ever. Ever. And what about the "Perfect" storm? Why was it perfect? What was so amazing about it? There is almost *nothing* in the movie about the dynamics of the storm system that led to these events. Other than telling you that 3 systems are colliding, there is nothing else mentioned about the uniqueness of this situation. Had it not been for the special effects I would have given it one star. The ocean was magnificent. I'm not even going to talk about the ridiculously unrealistic events that occurred, because you expect that sort of thing in this kind of movie. But I also expected a few other things: Related storylines, believable characters, LIKEABLE characters, and decent acting. In these areas, the film is wanting.
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Summary: Amazing specal effects,a boat in peril,a terrifying storm.
Review: Academy award worthy specal effects power this Wolfgang Peterson film on a Sebastian Junger book about a yaght and it's crew trapped in a superhuman gail force storm that , powerd it way through Glouchester Mass. in the fall of 1991 .In the small rural town of Glouchester Capt. Billy Tyne was running out of luck having been in a bad fishing season with his crew and the yaght Andria Gail they set out on a fishing expidition but when three storms collide incuding a hurricane loved one wonder weither they will ever see there brave men again, but when the Capt. makes the decision to head into , the storm with the Andria Gail not even a rescue attempt to save them will even save them from there fate as the crew of the Andria Gail pay the tragic price of natures wraith. Much controversy in this movie from the family of the Capt for potraying him as a Capt Ahab like presence but still very amazing specal effects and a tragic storyline it was amazing to see in the theater.The Dvd itself has a firsthand look into the amazing and saddend account of The Perfect Storm and a , worthwhile photo gallery of the The Perfect Storm good sound and great cast George Clooney, Jhon C.Riely ,Diane Lane, Mary Elizabeth Mostrantionio , and Mark Whalberg head the cast in this emtional true story of the most awsome storm nature has ever made.
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Summary: Incredibly Disappointing
Review: Critics made this movie out to be the greatest thing in the world. What movie did they see. Some of the scenes were laughable. Mark Whalburg still hasn't convinced me as an actor and George Clooney is just awful. I couldn't relate to any of these characters, I thought the plot was flimsey and they completely wasted Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Did she have significance in this movie other than to fill a female role. This was a very wasted 2 hours.
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Summary: Has some GREAT effects, an OK movie...
Review: I first saw this movie in the theater and was blown away by the wonderful ocean effects and the sound of the ocean surrounding this boat out at sea. I had some extra cash and decided to preorder this movie online, and as happened to me with another DVD, I got this Perfect Storm DVD about a week early in the mail. Anyway, upon recieving this movie I popped it in and was created with a rather packed Intro video, and then showen a window with water droplets streaming down it along with your standard menu choices. Looking over this DVD, I found the menus to be a little confusing, but still workable. The whole point of this is to watch the great effects on DVD though, and this one is no exception. The thunder booms, the wind howels, you feel like you are right there on the ship. The movie hasn't changed from when it was in the theater, and if you want what others think about the movie read some of the below comments on the movie. The DVD itself though proves itself, and is a welcome addition to my collection.
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Summary: The Perfect Disapointment
Review: Don't be fooled by the big wave in the trailer for this movie. That's the best part, and you have to wait two hours to see it. And while you wait, you have to sit and listen to horrific dialogue, watch a bunch of sailors curse and fight each other, and see a bunch of New Englanders sit around a TV and watch hurricane coverage on the local news. This movie is boring! There's nothing new about the concept, just another cliched film about man versus nature. Trust me, it's not worth the effort to stay awake throught this movie.
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Summary: Starts Slow, but Wait Until It Gets Going!
Review: Okay, so for the first 1.5 to 2 hours you may be bored, just a lot of BS about cutting & cleaning fish. However, during that time you really bond with the characters and get to know them personally. Then, they go broke. They need to score a big load of fish. When better to fish then during "the storm of... forever"? (None, because the fish come out when it rains). But with the storm comes some violent seas. Some sato-machismal, be all that ends all, VIOLENT seas. From the first flash of lightning, until the very last second, WOW! Believe me, you've never seen anything like it! If you bave a big screen & digital surround, this is a must-have. If not, it's a must-rent.
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Summary: Completely awesome movie
Review: Great story about a group that sets out in late OCtober to go fishing and never returns great story of survival and willingness to go on. I give this movie 5 stars!!
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