The perfect storm.... a needless movie?

[HalloweenGale]

was it or wasnt it?

[FWBHurricane]

Why not? It was a good movie...

[HalloweenGale]

But did they need to involve a love story, sure its great(For all the weather related stuff.) but i wasnt expecting a love story

[Skywatch_NC]

Just an added touch is all, HalloweenGale. Even though it wasn't based on a true story...Twister had a love story in it there between Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt.

Eric

[Stephanie]

I voted yes because it was a devastating storm and it provided insight to what the Northeastern fishermen have to deal with. I thought it was a very good movie, though the book was better.

[GalvestonDuck]

But did they need to involve a love story, sure its great(For all the weather related stuff.) but i wasnt expecting a love story

For inspiration and emotional appeal, yes, they needed to take dramatic license and include a love story. How many movies out there don't have subtext and secondary plots? It wasn't a documentary, it was a theatrical Hollywood production.

Expect a love story. Not all films will be chicks flicks, but the good ones will have some kind of appeal for the whole audience.

Bet ya don't expect to find an American flag in virtually every movie either, do ya? (I believe I can find one [the flag itself or a symbolization of one] in every American-made film that takes place after 1960 in the US and is not sci-fi/fantasy, indie, documentary, or cartoon.)

[NWIASpotter]

I have to agree that with any movie their is always some type of love story. It was a good movie, had great detail of what the fisherman go through. And it did have some great effects. So I vote yes.

[bkhusky2]

I really enjoyed this movie, and am glad it was made. I didn't like the love story in it, but that attracts some extra veiwers I suppose so I can't blaim them.

[verycoolnin]

The movie sucked, maybe because I was wanting more weather and less of a love story.

[pojo]

I've only saw bits and pieces of the movie... but I have the book and it is the next one on my list to read.

[Miss Mary]

I voted yes also. I'm a sucker for disaster movies though. Always have been! I wasn't surprised to see the love story in the Perfect Storm. In every disaster movie you have that, a couple in turmoil, either separated or going thru a divorce. Or divorced but realizing they made a mistake.

Mary

[azskyman]

Yes, it seems that movies need to have relationship twists in them as well. Twister certainly had that also.

Plots and subplots are all part of the real world.

Think about it. Here at Storm2k the common forum on hurricanes, for example, has all kinds of subplots going on. It's full of passion and heated debate...frustration, anger, disappointment.

So while Frances is simply meandering west or west-northwest this week, emotions will run high and relationships, even cyber ones, will be tested.

It's no surprise that The Perfect Storm was about man against nature...with a twist of relationship study on the side.

[azskyman]

Among the ideas I have for a book I might consider writing some day is a takeoff on a "common" backyard weather observer's relationship of an approaching storm. Subplots I have thought about include not only his/her relationship with the sky, but also with family, the NWS, a local TV weathercaster, and the family pet.

The idea is actually based on a documented log from a weather observer I came to know who lives in New Jersey!

[Persepone]

Among the ideas I have for a book I might consider writing some day is a takeoff on a "common" backyard weather observer's relationship of an approaching storm. Subplots I have thought about include not only his/her relationship with the sky, but also with family, the NWS, a local TV weathercaster, and the family pet.

The idea is actually based on a documented log from a weather observer I came to know who lives in New Jersey!

javascript:emoticon('8-)')Write this! I think it would be fascinating....

[simplykristi]

I have The Perfect Storm on DVD and the book. I love both even tho the ending is sad.

Kristi