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In Reply to: Very nice review, Bruce posted by Victor Khomenko on June 29, 2000 at 09:18:10:
Perfect Storm is much closer to "Das Boot" than to AF1. In fact, "Storm" is at its best with the same kinds of "crew working against adversity" scenes that made "Das Boot." Both films convey the sense of confinement that you get in a "small" boat, a sense that is clearly missing from the other two of my favorite "sub" films: Run Silent, Run Deep and The Enemy Below. (I've spent quite a bit of time inside sailboats from 30 to 42 feet.)Jurgen Prochnow ("der alte" in "Boot") would have made a better skipper for the Andrea Gail, but there is the matter of the German accent . . . Clooney's not great; but he's ok.
RBB --
"Still getting the wax out of my ears."
I am glad to hear this. As I checked his filmography I became depressed. If "In The Line of Fire" could be considered an sexcusable offense, the "Outbreak" pretty much sealed his success as another Hollywood trash maker. Splat...Let's hope this one is not a fluke, but a beginning of a trend.
Das Boot was a world class movie and even if it would not make the list of 100 best ever, then perhaps the 200, which is a tremndous achievement considering how stiff the competition is.
...Outbreak this isnt. What a wretched movie that was. The technology alone was patently ridiculous and never mind the plot, script, casting and acting - a genuine loser all the way around.The perfect storm is probably about as anti-Hollywood as we can hope to get in the here and now from a major studio. Yes, still a bit overly romantic in some character's motivations but the gritty realism of life on the boat is a reminiscent of Das Boot at its best and the storm is indeed awesome and believable. Clooney is acceptable and the rest of the cast is even better in the context of their roles. Not your usual artificial Hollywood happy ending either. It beats the pants off Patriot, which descends into typical Hollywood soppishness and sentimentality (Mel Gibson wins the war of independence - singlehanded!). Easily the best major US studio picture of the year so far...
joe
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