The Perfect Storm

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This film shows the "real deal" when it comes to just how dangerous ocean fishing can be.  The towering seas, the life and death decisions. The tough choices.  The gamble that you'll not just return to port but that you'll return with enough catch to pay the bills and go out again.  This film touches me because, for those who may read this and not know, this blog originates from a community with close ties to fishing in one of the most dangerous places in the world to do it.  The mouth of the Columbia River where it enters the ocean is known as the graveyard of the Pacific for it's many sunken ships and lost lives.

It's a hard film to watch for that reason.  I'm not a fishermen but after seeing The Perfect Storm I do feel some appreciation for the job and a better understanding of what it takes to deliver that fish to my dinner plate.

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Total Recall

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It's fun. It really moves. It's completely different from the original.

The only failure here is the disconnection from the original plot concept. This movie would have done just fine without the memory implant scene. The writers could have used just about any plot device to trigger the protagonist's real identity and gone from there because it's not central to this version.   I suppose they wrote it this way to somehow make the movie seem less like the SciFi version of the Bourne Identity.

It's wonderful escapist fantasy nonetheless.  Rent It!