Rain? It poured!!!
The Perfect Storm kicks off with
photogenic scenes of the harbour of the North
Atlantic fishing port of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
George Clooney, skipper of a Swordfish boat,
is having a rough time of it, having caught
sod all fish recently. Wishing to prove his
skill as a fisherman, and earn some extra dosh,
he convinces a crew of five to embark on an
extra end-of-season fishing voyage.
Clooney doesn't cut it as a salty sea dog, beard
or no beard. Whereas some celebs can transcend
their fame and cause you believe in their characters,
Clooney is not that type of talent. It difficult
to suspend one's disbelief when Clooney is the
"star". He renders an interesting,
grunting performance, but other actors would
have done better with this part. Marketing dictates
a "star" is needed to sell the movie.
This is perhaps Hollywood's greatest curse
(other than cheesy dialogues and the corporate-driven
policy of churning out rubbish films.)
Nevertheless The Perfect Storm
was rather good despite the many tedious padding
shots of gaggles of concerned women. Jaws
didn't need them and nor did this movie. Just
a token shot of a tearful wife would have sufficed.
We get the idea. We don't care about the wives
and girlfriends, bring on the action, hail the
storm!
Better were the scenes that involved the hapless,
bickering crew suffering in a sea of bad luck.
Best of all was the storm itself: a thunderous
leviathan. The hurricane-wrenched ocean with
its colossal waves was computer generated. It
is remarkable that the Special Effects crew
were able to animate and paint an ocean as fantastic
as this.
Final note: Clooney, according to the closing
credits, had two assistants. No doubt
one threw buckets of water over him during each
shoot and the other handed him a towel afterwards.
A
giant octopus attacks and wraps the ship in
its writhing tentacles.
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