Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bruce from DC (i) on March 06, 2001 at 15:31:09:

In Reply to: RE: The Perfect Storm posted by petew on March 04, 2001 at 20:49:49:

"God invented weathermen to make Astrologers look good."

It's worth reading your post just to get to the last line, although you could substitute "investment advisers" for "weathermen" and be just as right.

A final comment about PS's verismilitude. That is, for obvious reasons, the film's depiction of visibility in storm conditions is way off. In "storm" conditions (anything above about 50 knots), the wind blows the tops off the waves. As a result, at water level, there is just continuous spray and visibility is near zero.

I did later watch the movie on my DirecTV ppv with my 11 year old 27" NEC set. The movie was watchable, but what you REALLY need for this movie is the wall-to-wall image AND the floor shaking sound.

There were some really good moments, however; although the book was better.

glub, glub.