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5 hours ago, Monty said:

 

There were really two comparisons, for me.

 

First would be any film that relied solely on one actor throughout the entire film to keep it going. On that, it wasn't the best I've seen. Just in recent films, I thought "Locke" and "Buried" (as much as I dislike Ryan Reynolds) were both superior films in both acting and story. Not saying that Ryan Reynolds and "Buried" is an amazing film, but I enjoyed it more than "All Is Lost" and it has stuck with me after seeing it about 5 years ago. Also, I will get to "Cast Away", as that is always what people reference.

 

As for lost on the sea or similar(ish) sea films, it was also not the worst, but also not the best (hence my 6/10 rating). I really think that "Life of Pi" is the gold standard for no hope, acting, and storytelling for being stranded out on the ocean. Obviously the visuals are second to none; and seeing it in theatre really was a sight to behold. One of the rare times I use the term "movie magic". Completely different film, but the story, acting, and visuals were captivating; at least, to me they were.

 

As for what everyone else always brings up when it comes to acting against yourself and/or being stranded, the first film people bring up is "Cast Away". I don't want to get on to long a rant, but that "film" is emotional pandering and lazy writing cranked to 11. Just the worst.

 

Again, I gave it a passing grade, and I'm glad I watched it. This is from a guy that enjoys "Spy Game", and only because Redford is in it. Otherwise it's the hardest of passes. What did bother me about it, though, was:

 

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Not once, but TWICE a ship passed right beside him during the day and the evening. Each time he used either flares or a flare gun (at night) and neither ship, that absolteuly would be manned and captained by live people, didn't see either the flares (pretty unbelievable, but "ok") to not seeing the flare gun (100% not possible) was a huge disappointment and brought the film down for me. Then, for a guy who had as much fight and experience as he had, to "give up" after 8 days only to conveniently be saved as he resigned to drowning.

 

Both of those to me are hugely disappointing. And disappointing in that the film set up an incredibly believable story and situation.

 

 Those two gripes, to me, did not fit into the narrative or the character of the film. As such, it dropped in points for me.

 

Again, it was enjoyable. Just not nearly without its flaws or "up to snuff" against what I would say are better films that are fair to compare it to (fair for me to compare it to).

Very good and well presented points.  I suppose I have some bias towards the all is lost sailboat theme as like @Svengali I too thought it was very realistic.  I've travelled about 7500 nautical miles under sail.  Unfortunately, I felt times, I wasn't alone.:lol:

 

 

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14 hours ago, riffraff said:

Very good and well presented points.  I suppose I have some bias towards the all is lost sailboat theme as like @Svengali I too thought it was very realistic.  I've travelled about 7500 nautical miles under sail.  Unfortunately, I felt times, I wasn't alone.:lol:

 

 

 

Ah nice, did you deliver boats? Or was it one big one like Vancouver to Australia?

And like me do you also look at obnoxious hardcore atheists online and imagine putting them in a small boat in a huge storm and know that they'll soon be praying their butts off to 8 pound 3 ounce sweet baby Jesus?

 

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Throwing in a movie here as well: I watched The Wages of Fear (1953) last night, the one where they try to drive two trucks full of nitroglycerine through a remote area of South America. Really cool movie. Giving it an 8/10.

Tonight I'm going to watch the remake of it, Sorcerer (1977). It stars Roy Scheider of Jaws fame, who is no doubt Monty's Daniel-Day Lewis.

 

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28 minutes ago, Svengali said:

 

Ah nice, did you deliver boats? Or was it one big one like Vancouver to Australia?

And like me do you also look at obnoxious hardcore atheists online and imagine putting them in a small boat in a huge storm and know that they'll soon be praying their butts off to 8 pound 3 ounce sweet baby Jesus?

 

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Throwing in a movie here as well: I watched The Wages of Fear (1953) last night, the one where they try to drive two trucks full of nitroglycerine through a remote area of South America. Really cool movie. Giving it an 8/10.

Tonight I'm going to watch the remake of it, Sorcerer (1977). It stars Roy Scheider of Jaws fame, who is no doubt Monty's Daniel-Day Lewis.

 

 

Ha! Nice one.  I love my Monty though.  He's so cute.  Listening to oldies now that he has his first child

 

I delivered one sailboat - one long trip. It was beautiful.  A Swan 77'.  Built in Norway I believe and 1 of 4 similar boats owned by a Dutch family.  I am grateful to have been on such a vessel.  Most ports I met many others in the bars very jealous of sailing sowmthing like that.  

 

This was back in '04. If I recall correctly we tried to average 9knots but we easily had averages of 12 and in the Atlantic crossing we had amazing consistent direction winds where we had some days at 16-23!  Felt amazing to have that thing loaded up like that.

 

i can't say enough about that experience.  The crew (6 all in) were all strangers aside from the captain and his gf.  He was Scottish his gf argentian/Canadian, one yank girl, two English guys and me.

 

i was flown to San Diego from Van, and we set out to Falmouth, UK via:

 

Puerto vallarta

Aculpolco

panama - the canal

Havana

miami south beach ten days

fort lauderdale (here we stayed for four weeks to re/re some equipment and prep for the trans Atlantic.

St.Georges barbados

horta Azores

falmouth, england

 

i finished with money in the bank and my flight home covered so I hung out in new quay for a few months and surfed.

 

i won't say it was by best trip ever as there was a lot of hard work and at times we all didn't get along, and I took years off my liver.  But as far as experiences and appreciation for getting to places the old way, I learned a lot and was exposed to things, situations, and senses I never anticipated.  So many great moments I could go on and on about.

 

if I lotteried I'd have my own Swan and take my family around the world.

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34 minutes ago, riffraff said:

Puerto vallarta

Aculpolco

panama - the canal

Havana

miami south beach ten days

fort lauderdale (here we stayed for four weeks to re/re some equipment and prep for the trans Atlantic.

St.Georges barbados

horta Azores

falmouth, england

 

if I lotteried I'd have my own Swan and take my family around the world.

 

Wow in a 77', that is fantastic.

Fully agree with taking the family around the world by sailboat. We didn't go around the world when I was a kid but it was years worth of time living aboard, mostly exploring a couple of areas (Kattegat/ Öresund/ Baltic and also west coast BC). And really, when exploring every little island and bay and inlet, to a kid, it's like traveling the entire universe and it doesn't require a lottery win. And Riff, you can get a small 24' like we had and you can easily go to nearby places like Toba or Butte Inlet which almost rival Norway for beauty. Some real Slartibartfast-level stuff.

 

Great trip Mr. Raff. And a 77', so jealous.

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1 hour ago, Svengali said:

 

Wow in a 77', that is fantastic.

Fully agree with taking the family around the world by sailboat. We didn't go around the world when I was a kid but it was years worth of time living aboard, mostly exploring a couple of areas (Kattegat/ Öresund/ Baltic and also west coast BC). And really, when exploring every little island and bay and inlet, to a kid, it's like traveling the entire universe and it doesn't require a lottery win. And Riff, you can get a small 24' like we had and you can easily go to nearby places like Toba or Butte Inlet which almost rival Norway for beauty. Some real Slartibartfast-level stuff.

 

Great trip Mr. Raff. And a 77', so jealous.

 

The family that owned the swans favourite trips were through bcs coast and west coast passage etc.

 

interesting you mention Norway.  The North Sea really draws me for some reason.  Possibly the only sea I leave my family for an extended time if given the opportunity.  I think it has something do do with the elements and their challenges - potential risks....leisure is great but my favourite moments were tests.

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Going to be a great/probably bad as well, weekend for movie watching. In no particular order:

 

1. Don't Think Twice

2. Loving

3. Finding Dory (blerg)

4. Miss Peregines Home For Peculiar Children (blah)

5. Oasis: Supersonic

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Sicario - 7/10

 

Finally got around watching this after watching the beginning two other times.

 

It was good. Definitely fits into a film that I would have been raving about in my early 20s because "That's what you do". But at this point, I'm starting to age and movies about a judge, weasels, a rabbit, a talking baby, and a fat detective who misses his brother is all I need to get through the day.

 

So, skip this and watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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54 minutes ago, Shift-4 said:

Has it hit Netflix yet?

I did a quick search for it the other day and found nothing.

 

Not yet, no.

 

But you're in luck, there's about 15 awful Adam Sandler films for you to watch on Netflix, at the moment.

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1 hour ago, Down by the River said:

 

Don't keep Kevin James out of the conversation. 

 

I think the only film I've watched him in is Hitch, and I remember "sort of" enjoying him in it. Not Smith or whatever-her-name-is, but remember him being kind of fun.

 

That said, I've seen previews for his other stuff, and they/him look awful.

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15 minutes ago, Monty said:

 

I think the only film I've watched him in is Hitch, and I remember "sort of" enjoying him in it. Not Smith or whatever-her-name-is, but remember him being kind of fun.

 

That said, I've seen previews for his other stuff, and they/him look awful.

I really liked him in Hitch.

I think the only other thing I have seen him in was that Sandler film where all his childhood buddies get back together. Absolutely horrible. No matter how much I might have liked an actor there was no saving that movie.

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5 minutes ago, Shift-4 said:

I really liked him in Hitch.

I think the only other thing I have seen him in was that Sandler film where all his childhood buddies get back together. Absolutely horrible. No matter how much I might have liked an actor there was no saving that movie.

 

As someone with nephews and kids, I have had to endure Paul Blart, Zookeeper, and Here Comes the Boom.

 

Despite being all kinds of terrible, in the end I still find James strangely likeable. And I could still watch Hitch and enjoy it. Whereas just the sight of Sandler puts me off.

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7 minutes ago, D-Money said:

 

As someone with nephews and kids, I have had to endure Paul Blart, Zookeeper, and Here Comes the Boom.

 

Despite being all kinds of terrible, in the end I still find James strangely likeable. And I could still watch Hitch and enjoy it. Whereas just the sight of Sandler puts me off.

I never watched Paul Blart but I know my kids liked it. So I think I understand.

 

As for Sandler I only ever liked The Wedding Singer. And that was mainly because of the jokes around music and pop culture of the 80s.

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