[miliantnutcase]

Those guys look like actors playing fishermen. Seriously, they look too authentic.

[Husker24]

The cigar was a perfect touch.

[dainbramaged]

Seriously, they look too authentic.
You sound rather jaded - I've spent a lot of time commercial fishing and that's what working men look like, not George Clooney in that perfect storm flick.

[lee martell]

That was my thought. Everything is perfect central casting. All the ‘props’ are there, the half smoked, partially wet cigar, the plain jacket, the five day grey stubble. They all participate in the discovery, man number three pulls the scrolled message out of the bottle. The camera perspective is below eye level, and invites the viewer to share the moment with the men. A great moment of discovery if true, a well crafted vignette if it’s not. The song that comes to mind is Jim Croce’s ‘Time In A Bottle” with his acoustic guitar.

[SamAdams76]

Go to a seaside bar in Gloucester and you will see many weather-beaten men like that. Stay away from the Crow's Nest however, that place is now nothing but a tourist trap thanks to that "Perfect Storm" book/movie.

Kind of what like happened to the Bull and Finch bar in Boston after the Cheers TV show came out.

[alexander_busek]

Those guys look like actors playing fishermen. Seriously, they look too authentic.

It's the clothing. Put them in, e.g., business suits or any other professional clothing, and they wouldn't look like fisherman anymore.

Regards,

[Smokin' Joe]

Look at their hands. Actors are more manicured. Those hands have seen some hard work.