1/31/2024 0 Comments Huge ocean waves ship![]() ![]() It's a testament to Robert Redford that he can play an old lonely man in a raincoat, barely saying a word, and still be effortlessly cool. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Worldīefore he butchered his credibility (and our ears) in Les Miserables, Russell Crowe was a certified badass - just take a look at his pistol-toting captain in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.Ĭrowe, somewhat unsurprisingly, plays both master and commander of a British warship during the Napoleonic wars - cue blasting cannons, raging storms and the most knuckle-biting amputation scene ever committed to the silver screen.įeaturing only one cast member, All Is Lost sees Robert Redford's yacht captain faring a one-man battle against a tropical storm. Still the 2nd highest-grossing movie of all time, this seabound-romance-cum-disaster-epic is also the 2nd ever film we cried at - after Air Bud 2. It goes without saying that the, well, titanic scale of this film is something that Hollywood has been trying to top ever since. One of the classic all-star disaster movies that boast the likes of Earthquake and The Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure makes up for what it lacks in Oscar material with hammy dialogue and painfully dated special effects. After the cruise liner he is on is overturned by a rogue wave, unconvincing vicar Gene Hackman has to save the passengers from certain death. Long before 2006's lukewarm remake, The Poseidon Adventure had reigned supreme as the king of all shipwreck movies. Not a disaster movie per se, but Life of Pi's defining moment is certainly the breathtaking shipwreck that sees the titular orphan stranded at sea with nothing for company but a hungry tiger.Īt least the Germans seem to agree - the official German title of the film is Schiffbruch mit Tiger, or "Shipwreck With Tiger". Worth watching alone for that shot of the film's climactic wave. Based upon real events that saw the loss of a fishing boat and its entire crew in the so-called 'Perfect Storm' of 1991, this film doesn't pull any punches with its depiction of the crew's hopeless last hours inside the hurricane. Storm movies don't get more perfect than this. So how does it contend with the others? Let's have a look. The latest in a long list of danger-at-sea films, it tells the true story of the perilous 1952 rescue mission by the US Coastguard that saved dozens of lives.īoasting impressive oceanic effects and suitably emotional dialogue, the Chris Pine-starring drama looks set to make waves at the cinema come 2016.īut The Finest Hours is just the latest in a wave (sorry) of films about beleaguered ship captains battling the elements, especially with the advent of realistic CGI giving directors the ability to cook up the perfect storm. Since those huge white letters were first hoisted up that hill, Hollywood has had an obsession with maritime disaster - and the new trailer for Craig Gillespie's The Finest Hours looks to set to continue the damp craze. ![]()
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