The Perfect Storm: The Twelfth Anniversary of the Disappearance of the Andrea Gail

Toogood Reports ^ | 2 November 2003 | Nicholas Stix

[mitchbert]

Saw the movie for the first time on a flight from Vancouver to Toronto. I have never seen a planeload of people so enthralled with the inflight movie. People were actually yelling at the flight attendents to get out of the way of the screen while they were working the cabin. Passengers gasping at the storm scenes. Peterson makes some great movies.

[cspackler]

Seeing the movie and not knowing that no one came home alive really threw me off until I found out it was a true story.

Yeah, I saw it too. The only thing I remember is after realizing that none of them came back, all I could think was... "If noone came back, how the hell does anyone know what really happened on the boat?" Kinda put the whole thing into the fiction category for me.

[cars for sale]

my take: Clooney being an ass aside,

The Perfect Storm's special effects
carried the movie hence the lazy acting

ole Clooney DID nail the part in "Where
Art Thou Old Brother"

and Clooney is still an ass.

[SamAdams76]

I remember that storm so well. I was living in Melrose, MA at the time, not too far from the ocean (about 5 miles inland). The howling winds and driving rains lasted over three days. Basements were flooded out everywhere. We must have gotten a foot of rain (or more).

I remember Halloween was a total washout. It was the first year my son was old enough to go trick-or-treating but we ended up keeping him home. Hardly anybody ventured outdoors that night. A couple of die-hards came by and I remember the screen door practically blowing off the hinges when I opened it for them. Rain was coming down almost horizontal.

It was quite a storm. At the time, I knew nothing of the plight of the Andrea Gail. That story came later as it was at least several days before it became known what had happened. Other than the Blizzard of '78, no other nor'easter came close to that in my lifetime.

[cars for sale]

oops Oh Brother Where Art Thou......(I meant)

[mrustow]

Saw the movie for the first time on a flight from Vancouver to Toronto. I have never seen a planeload of people so enthralled with the inflight movie. People were actually yelling at the flight attendents to get out of the way of the screen while they were working the cabin. Passengers gasping at the storm scenes. Peterson makes some great movies.

He sure does. I've seen In the Line of Fire and The Perfect Storm, and really want to see Das Boot, which came first, and is supposed to be his masterpiece.

I've never seen anything but bombs as in-flight movies; no wonder the passengers were so excited.

[CathyRyan]

Thank you! That is a lot more than I ever found. I have always want to see and remember the real crews faces and not those of a bunch of actors.

[Xenalyte]

For the past week, I’ve been watching a rented VCR of The Perfect Storm, the movie version of that disaster, based on Sebastian Junger’s 1997 novel of the same name.

And I thought Lord of the Rings was long.

[pabianice]

[PBRSTREETGANG]

To be honest, not entirely. Although I have now and would not have substantially changed my post, other than noting that the author shared a few of my observations.

As a whole, I found the movie disappointing and did not really enjoy it.

[mitchbert]

and really want to see Das Boot, which came first, and is supposed to be his masterpiece.

You won't be disappointed, it's a great movie and the character development is as good as anything I've seen. It isn't as emotionally draining as The Perfect Storm but I would argue it's a better screenplay and a stronger story line. There's a lot to be said for watching the DVD with English subtitles over the German dialog as well.

[mrustow]

Seeing the movie and not knowing that no one came home alive really threw me off until I found out it was a true story.

Yeah, I saw it too. The only thing I remember is after realizing that none of them came back, all I could think was... "If noone came back, how the hell does anyone know what really happened on the boat?" Kinda put the whole thing into the fiction category for me.

That's why the book is a novel. Since no one lived to tell, Junger and Petersen had to speculate about just what happened aboard the Andrea Gail, based on painstaking research about the men on board, the storm in question, and what goes on in fishing boats, especially during storms. You won't find out exactly what happened on the Andrea Gail, until you speak with the crew ... in the next life.

[mrustow]

We aim to please.

[CathyRyan]

Thank you so very much! I have thought of the crew often. It is nice to put a name to a real face.

[dirtboy]

[mrustow]

Hollywood stars' insistence on inflicting themselves on the public, makes it increasingly difficult for me to enjoy their work. I keep thinking about what an ass I'm seeing on the screen.

Clooney is one of the worst offenders. A few years ago, he made a big deal of publicly insulting paparazzi, and boycotting some TV show (Inside Edition?) over his precious privacy, as if he were a private citizen, rather than an egomaniacal exhibitionist. And the hypocrisy is so thick, because without paparazzi, et al., Clooney is nothing. Hell, even with all the attention, most of his movies tank! Clooney makes it even harder than most stars to separate his onscreen performances from his offscreen ones, since he doesn't work hard enough at acting to develop distinctive on-camera characters.

[isom35]

"For the past week, I’ve been watching a rented VCR" man oh man that is one long movie! do you take bathroom breaks?