It's impossible to direct, film and act in a hurricane. That's why the important scenes were computer generated.
I have yet to see a motion picture where these are more nature like and believable than in this movie.
The trailers showed some Over The Top footage about huge waves, which made me very skeptical, but since there was nothing else on that night I had to watch this one. And I don't regret it!
Normally, computer rendered moving objects, whether they be flying saucers, reptiles, space ships, helicopters (arrghh, the 6th day, with Arnold!!!), or ships at a stormy sea, all seem to only intermittently follow the laws of mechanics. Now, most people can't integrate the effect of an impulse on an object that's got a center of gravity and inertia of momentum, but we all still see that it somehow "looks artificial". This movie is an exception.
Of course, it helps that they had an excellent cast, very good acting, and a superb screenplay that in a subtle but determined way conveyed to us the atmosphere and the feelings of those who have to wait on mainland for the news -- every time these guys go out.
The documentation I've seen boasts about the crew and all spending a lot of time at the port of this true story. I can only wish that most other filmmakers did the same. The harbor and the pub scenes really had the air of authenticity that only somebody who's "been there" can appreciate.
I have yet to see a motion picture where these are more nature like and believable than in this movie.
The trailers showed some Over The Top footage about huge waves, which made me very skeptical, but since there was nothing else on that night I had to watch this one. And I don't regret it!
Normally, computer rendered moving objects, whether they be flying saucers, reptiles, space ships, helicopters (arrghh, the 6th day, with Arnold!!!), or ships at a stormy sea, all seem to only intermittently follow the laws of mechanics. Now, most people can't integrate the effect of an impulse on an object that's got a center of gravity and inertia of momentum, but we all still see that it somehow "looks artificial". This movie is an exception.
Of course, it helps that they had an excellent cast, very good acting, and a superb screenplay that in a subtle but determined way conveyed to us the atmosphere and the feelings of those who have to wait on mainland for the news -- every time these guys go out.
The documentation I've seen boasts about the crew and all spending a lot of time at the port of this true story. I can only wish that most other filmmakers did the same. The harbor and the pub scenes really had the air of authenticity that only somebody who's "been there" can appreciate.
