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 --
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- Not to worry. - Bruce from DC 09:29:33 06/29/00 (2)
- So the Stuka is pulling up... - Victor Khomenko 10:02:47 06/29/00 (1)
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