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Summary: The Perfect Disaster
Review: Here is my analogy of THE PERFECT STORM; TWISTER + Water=THE PERFECT STORMWith such a good cast (Clooney, Wahlberg, Mastrantonio, and Fichtner) you would have to think this movie would have Oscarâ written all over it, but the best cast couldn't have saved a script written by pigeons. When you give a great actress like Mastrantonio lines like "your heading right to the center of the monster." When Clooney is given a pathetic speech to glorify fishing that is supposed to be dramatic and beautiful that just sounds so cornball you can't help but laugh out loud no matter how many people are in the theater. The script and the acting aren't the only problems, the special FX aren't great either. While watching this I couldn't help but notice, on occasion, that slight glitches occurred during the heaviest moments of the storm, sometimes just a little off on the alignment of the graphic it would leave a centimeter of blank space between where it was supposed to be and where the actor was. So to summarize; poor acting hindered by a poor script, and not aided by FX.
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Summary: The Perfect Storm
Review: See this film. It has an amazing introduction to help you get to know the characters, incredible special effects, and one of the most powerful endings i have ever seen. Dont miss it.
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Summary: VERY VERY SLOW
Review: This film was slower than an elderly turtle. Never before have I seen a film that threatened to keel over and die so soon. It takes a healthy 45 minutes before George and Mark get to sea. And when they eventually do it's really not so spectacular. In fact it's slushier and sickeningly sentimental than it is exciting. Plus it's full of very, very bad dialogue. The dialogue is so poor me and my friends were in total hysterics. It was SO bad. The actual storm itself was quite tame to me. The only nauseating thing about it was the idiotically high volume. If a film is not exciting enough in it's basic story the soundtrack has to bombard us deafening noises. The characters made stupid illogical decisions and some don't even do much. The only thing about this film that surprised me was how much William Fichtner has built up his body since GO or ARMAGEDDON. Don't see this film for any reason.
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Summary: Big budget Hollywood's ode to the working man
Review: To use an appropriate phrase - I was blown out of the water! If you've read nothing about this film, read no further - just see it. If you are familiar with the events that took place on the Grand Banks in October 1991 - all I'll say is that this film is a leap of the heart. We don't know exactly what happened onboard the Andrea Gail, but let this film take you along in its speculations. How easy it would have been to make a sensationalised, tacky film. But the prevailing feeling with this piece is one of respect for the crazy/brave working-class guys who risk everything for several months every year - giving up family, home, comfort, solid ground and a whole lot more - for the financial rewards that deep sea commercial fishing can once in a blue moon provide. Sebastian Junger's novel of investigative journalism has been faithfully transferred to the screen, with powerhouse performances by the entire cast - particularly that of John Hawkes as Bugsy Moran (but you would be hard pressed to go wrong with a cast that includes George Clooney, Bill Fichtner and John Reilly). It would seem that with The Perfect Storm and Three Kings, Mark Wahlberg is setting out to redeem himself for such past efforts as The Big Hit. He absolutely shines here! Obvious comparisons to Das Boot will and have been made - I won't bother, only to say that this is Wolfgang Petersen's best work since. Dialogue is rich and realistic. Structure is intriguing and well paced. Technical work is of the highest standard. I have little bad to say about this film. A note on the visual effects - they are so good and there are so many of them, that you soon forget about them - isn't that how it should be? As someone who spent time at sea on a similar sized vessel to the Andrea Gail (though in much calmer weather) - I was knocked out by the reality of this film. But don't think for a second that you have to have been in these men's shoes to appreciate who they are. You'll fall in love with all the characters in this film within the first twenty minutes.
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Summary: The best movie of the year
Review: I thought the movie was excellent. Probobly the best movie i'de seen in a long time! It started out kinda slow but it was cool. In the movie afew fisherman take there boat out fishing when their caught in a terrible storm and it's up to them to either go through it or go home. movie has a big twist in the end, i suggest you go see it now!
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Summary: The Perfect Yawn???
Review: I went into this movie with high expextations and I came out thinking that the movie was never really gripping enough to say the least. I was looking forward to this movie ever since the first time i saw the trailer for it, and knowing it was a Wolfgang Peterson picture made me all the more anxious. The cast was very good, with George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg but the movie itself seemed to me to be a bit slow to start off. It was only well into the first hour, when the storm was raging, where the movie became more exciting. And even this did not make me too excited. I mean, the special effects were fantastic and all but I can only see a boat go over 40ft waves so many times before I get tired of this repetition. The movie itself focuses on 2 main stories which later becomes 3. A family stranded on a boat and George's vessel and it's crew are the main two. All and all i thought that this movie was good but not a great picture as i expected it to be. I would say see it if you like George Clooney but if you don't, don't go and see it!!
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Summary: Perfectly Entertaining
Review: The "Perfect Storm" kept me on the edge of my seat, despite knowing the outcome of these ill-fated fisherman. A must see film in the disaster genre.
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Summary: The Perfect Storm maybe, the pertect script? Nope
Review: You know you are in trouble when there is old salty sea dog propped up at the end of the bar and, after Clooney's character had stated that they were heading for the great grimpen mire, says after he had gurgled down a thick scotch:
"Ah, yes. I there back in '62. Cold seas, they were. Thick, black and rough. They have black, lifeless eyes. Until they get up to you and bite you, then they turn over so.." Sorry, I'm degenerating into Robert Shaw's great speech from Jaws here, but you get the general idea.
My point? Oh, just if they were to invest $70 million in the SFX then surely some could have been saved back for the old writing department?
But what SFX! The boys down at ILM have sure got this water malarkey down pat, and then some! The boat in question is flipped, pitched, swung this way and that, and you don't question it. You marvel at it.
The characters are filled out no more than their one dimensional stylings deserve. We have: the divorced captain who is only at home on the ocean waves (Clooney); the young recruit, eager to please yet torn between a yo-ho-ho lifestyle and his girl back in port (Walburg); the large jolly chappy with a son he never sees (C. Reilly); the lovelorn mechanic, always dependable, of course (Hawkes); the replacement sailor, here to cause disruption until he can prove himself (Fichtner); the token ethnic, says not too much (Payne).
Peterson does a workmanlike job with what he has here. Since Das Boot what has be really done of interest? Not much really. What he does here is stitch together the actors with the special effects and get out of the way. Which is good, because we wouldn't want anything in the way of those effects now, would we? Well maybe some characterisation, some people we cared about, cut the clichés down to a handful per hour......
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Summary: The Perfect Storm is a Not Quite So Perfect Motion Picture
Review: Don't get me wrong. I really liked this movie. You care about what happens to the characters, and the special effects are first rate. And if you see this movie not knowing how it ends, you'll likely be more moved than if you do know. That said, I have only a few gripes about "The Perfect Storm". While the casting and acting were generally very good, the writers could have spent considerably more time on character development. They did a good job of fleshing out Mark Wahlberg's character and took a half-hearted attempt at developing John C. Reilly's, after which it seems the writers gave up. We knew only a few details about the others, especially Captain Billy Tyne, played by George Clooney. As far as the acting, Wahlberg turns in the best performance, followed closely by Reilly and William Fichtner. Clooney's performance is adequate, but he's done better (for example, Three Kings). Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was horribly miscast, and her character added so little to the picture it would have been better for the producer to not have included her character at all. Additionally....James Horner has written and performed much better music in past films such as "Field of Dreams" and "Titanic". Those minor criticisms aside, I still highly recommend "The Perfect Storm".
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Summary: Collosus
Review: I give this movie five stars for five reasons. First of all, and most notable, the effects. The CG waves generate the intensity in this film, and it is more intense than any other movie in which the main conflict is man vs. nature. The last half of this film is just as intense as the beginning of Saving Private Ryan. Secondly, the effects do not overshadow the storyline, due in part to very strong performances by George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and a bonus mention for John Reilly. Third, the movie portrays a strong aspect in human nature that man strives for survival, no matter how futile a situation may seem. Fourth, the storyline follows a little bit like the Deerhunter, in which we get to know the characters and their backgrounds a little bit before the action takes place. Lastly, the fifth star comes because this story was true. I needn't say any more
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