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The Perfect Storm (2000)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 4/05

4/05: In a word, The Perfect Storm is a mess.

Although it's intended to be full of suspense to keep me on my toes, I was falling asleep because of the constant back-and-forth in the communication exchange between the rescue helicopter pilot and the skipper of Andrea Gail.

At first, I thought the movie was about the boat crew in a battle against nature. But it took a long time to get there, forcing me to wade through a lot of fluff. Didn't Wolfgang Petersen learn enough from Das Boot in terms of what to do?

The acting is substandard. Hard to overcome, besides the long running time, is the dreadful dialogue. The special effects are an eek. Portraying the skipper as Captain Ahab is unoriginal. Couldn't the writer find something else interesting? Why is the director forcing me to feel sorry for Marky Mark who died at sea? Is this movie supposed to be about fishermen?

All in all, The Perfect Shitstorm is more like it.

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