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You have to hand it to director Petersen and Warner Bros. for even attempting to bring this true-life disaster to film. For one, as most people know, not one crew member of the Andrea Gail, a 72–foot swordfishing boat out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, lived to tell about the harrowing, once-in-a-lifetime convergence of three hurricanes in the North Atlantic. (Sebastian Junger, who wrote the bestselling book about 1991’s titular storm, imagined the last hours of the crew’s life with compelling gravity.) And no matter how talented the folks at Industrial Light and Magic and how advanced the technology, it’s virtually impossible to convey the full force of such a storm on screen. The skies are a blinding mix of driving rain, black clouds, and gusting winds that completely blur any visibility. In addition, the only way to accurately portray the size of the waves would be to shoot (or give the effect of shooting) from afar, thus rendering the boat an insignificant dot on the screen. So the result is a monotonous series of shots of the crew overwhelmed by gushes of water overpowering the boat from every direction. Sure, there are a few heart-stopping moments and a handful spectacular effects, but they don’t live up to the hype. No need to worry that audiences won’t appreciate the catastrophic effects of the storm, with James Horner’s intrusive score and an awestruck weatherman who declares, “It would be a disaster of epic proportions! It would be the perfect storm!”
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- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
