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The Finest Hours (2016)
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Walt Disney Studios
In February 1952 during one of the worst sea storms to hit Cape Cod, an oil tanker off the coast broke in two, trapping 30 men aboard the sinking ship. In 70 foot high seas, four young Coast Guard men take a small rescue boat on a near suicide rescue mission.
I liked it!...Straight to the point, it was enjoyable, it held my attention, I liked the characters and their back stories...Mostly I liked the action that took place at sea during a furious sea storm. Some will compare this movie to The Perfect Storm (2000). OK fair enough, and if you liked one film then there's a good chance you will like the other.
Most all of what you see being done in the rescue was real. It might seem unbelievable but then that's why this famous rescue that took place in 1952 is the stuff of sea legends. I could fault with a couple of the CG scenes, especially where the rescue boat is submerged under a big wave. I think that scene gives a false impression of what was going on. And no the ship was not a submarine even though in those 2 seconds of CG it kind of looks like it was. What happened was the waves were so big that they broke completely over the ship and in a sense covered it in water for a few seconds.
Chris Pine, best known for playing the young Captain Kirk in the reboot Star Trek movies, is nothing like the Starship captain. He's a shy young man, who follows orders and has just meet the love of his life played aptly by Holliday Grainger. I thought Pine did a great job of being a totally different character in this film, one that was very believable and likeable. This goes for all the characters, no over the top performances here.
The Finest Hours, goes to show that the Disney Studio can produce a PG moving without smoking scenes, gratuitous violence, nudity and foul language and make a movie that is not only entertaining but believable.
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The Finest Hours (2016)
Cast: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Walt Disney Studios
In February 1952 during one of the worst sea storms to hit Cape Cod, an oil tanker off the coast broke in two, trapping 30 men aboard the sinking ship. In 70 foot high seas, four young Coast Guard men take a small rescue boat on a near suicide rescue mission.
I liked it!...Straight to the point, it was enjoyable, it held my attention, I liked the characters and their back stories...Mostly I liked the action that took place at sea during a furious sea storm. Some will compare this movie to The Perfect Storm (2000). OK fair enough, and if you liked one film then there's a good chance you will like the other.
Most all of what you see being done in the rescue was real. It might seem unbelievable but then that's why this famous rescue that took place in 1952 is the stuff of sea legends. I could fault with a couple of the CG scenes, especially where the rescue boat is submerged under a big wave. I think that scene gives a false impression of what was going on. And no the ship was not a submarine even though in those 2 seconds of CG it kind of looks like it was. What happened was the waves were so big that they broke completely over the ship and in a sense covered it in water for a few seconds.
Chris Pine, best known for playing the young Captain Kirk in the reboot Star Trek movies, is nothing like the Starship captain. He's a shy young man, who follows orders and has just meet the love of his life played aptly by Holliday Grainger. I thought Pine did a great job of being a totally different character in this film, one that was very believable and likeable. This goes for all the characters, no over the top performances here.
The Finest Hours, goes to show that the Disney Studio can produce a PG moving without smoking scenes, gratuitous violence, nudity and foul language and make a movie that is not only entertaining but believable.
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