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Craig GillespieCamera:
Javier AguirresarobeMuziek:
Carter BurwellActeurs:
Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, Josh Stewart, Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Raymond-James, Graham McTavish, Kyle Gallner (meer)Streaming (3)
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Op 18 februari 1952 wordt de Oostkust van de Verenigde Staten getroffen door een van de zwaarste stormen ooit. Met dodelijk geweld laat de storm een spoor van verwoesting achter. De SS Pendleton, een T2-olietanker die onderweg is naar Boston, wordt zwaar getroffen. Het schip breekt letterlijk doormidden en 30 bemanningsleden zitten als ratten in de val. Als hoogste in rang realiseert Ray Sybert zich al snel dat hij de leiding moet nemen over de doodsbange bemanning. Ze zullen alles op alles moeten zetten om de zwaarste storm die ooit de Oostkust teisterde, te overleven. Ondertussen komt het noodbericht binnen bij het Amerikaanse Kustwachtstation in Chatham, Massachusetts. Officier Daniel Cluff geeft het bevel tot een gewaagde operatie om de mannen te redden. (The Walt Disney Company Benelux)
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Not a big hit, but reliable entertainment. On the plus side, the story is based on true events and it's the world's largest small boat rescue, which is plenty to keep you interested. It's decently filmed, though a discerning viewer can tell that most of the film was shot in a studio, and the downside, at least for me, is the production company Disney, who deprived us of the grittiness, deaths and brutality... Well, what can you do. The film appeals to the fairer sex thanks to its light romance and the handsome Chris Pine is reliably handsome, so if you don't know what to take your girlfriend to, The Finest Hours could score. Story 6/10, Atmosphere 7/10, Gore 0/10, Visuals 7/10, Action 5/10, Suspense 7/10, Humor 0/10. Entertainment 7/10. 65%.
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I had no idea if this appealing sea adventure was a true story or the creation of the writers, so I was pleasantly surprised and, within the limits of a "family disaster movie", even found myself in a state of suspense in places. Of course, it's no Perfect Storm, but even so, the rating here seems unfairly low, because many of the scenes are truly memorable –crossing and riding huge waves, steering a half-broken tanker (that long shot of the passing of the order, backed by Burwell's music, is great), the arrival at the port... It's just a pity they didn't work more on the storyline involving Webber's fiancée, which was almost unnecessary in all this.
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After Deepwater Horizon, it’s really tough to give this Disney crap a better review than two water test valves. The reason why I’m comparing these is that what Deepwater Horizon has in common with this flick is the story, water and the link to the disaster is more than obvious as well. But what’s more important is that the real disaster was taken care of here by digital effects and the characters are laughable and they would almost make you cry rather than provide a serious emotional basis for a good quality emotional experience. The Finest Hour is simply a bad film and on top of that it might be the first serious Disney movie. In this case, it’s a very bad Disney movie, which I think should be aired on Disney Channel on Sunday after lunch. But it definitely doesn’t deserve to be shown in cinemas.
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A film that is absolutely breathless, toiling like a barge on a stormy sea. The subdued and skilled camera technically stands up, but what is the point when the actors act between the naivety of the 1950s and the misinterpretations of Shakespeare (especially nominate Hamlet from Casey Affleck's engine room for the Golden Raspberry)? Wooden dialogues, a very vague structure and de facto the only exciting scene (overcoming the surf on the way from the port) result in probably the most boring disaster film, in which the film itself is the biggest disaster. The only thing that deserves some recognition is that Gillespie is trying a more civil approach than, for example, Wolfgang Petersen in The Perfect Storm... but what's the point when nothing but stupor comes from the film?
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An action version of the romantic The Notebook (!) about a wartime rescue team on a stormy winter ocean? Dudes in winter jackets steer (and submerge) a 1952 open motorboat through giant waves on the winter ocean with temperatures just above freezing in order to rescue stranded survivors of a shipwreck. The only tense moments in this whole farce is when they climb down the ladder leaving the wrecked ship. Although we should be worried about each character at every moment, while sympathizing with the girl on the mainland, who does not want to lose her beloved, the movie doesn’t elicit any such emotions – it has troubles with the characters and their motivations, and the only thing that remains in your memory is the nice romantic retro style.
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