Best Boating-Related Movie?
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Now that the subject have morphed into naval movies, I should toss in The Caine Mutiny.
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Best Boating Movie
Could not agree more....."if it is going to happen - its going to happen OUT THERE!!!"
Captain Ron is a great movie!!!
Dennis
Could not agree more....."if it is going to happen - its going to happen OUT THERE!!!"
Captain Ron is a great movie!!!
Dennis
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My older sisters would run in and kick me out whenever that show was on! The only thing else I remember was the boat named Tiki. Maybe it will come back on MeTV.
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OK...here's one I haven't seen yet but really want to see. It gets high ratings on IMDB (7.9 out of 10 stars) and Rotten Tomatoes (95% critics, 86% audience)
It a movie about Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition from 1914-1916. It's dated 2000 and it's original name was "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition"...later shortened to "The Endurance."
Has anyone seen it?
It a movie about Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition from 1914-1916. It's dated 2000 and it's original name was "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition"...later shortened to "The Endurance."
Has anyone seen it?
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I saw a documentary on Shackleton's voyage in an open boat to seek rescue for his crew that stayed behind. Incredible. I don't remember if it was entitled "Endurance".
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I should have mentioned that this is a documentary that's narrated by Liam Neeson.
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OK, since I started this I guess I get to tweak the rules of engagement to include movies that haven't actually been released yet. 
One of my absolute favorite sea books is "In the Heart of the Sea." It's about the 19th century whale ship Essex, which was sunk by an enraged sperm whale and reportedly inspired Melville to write "Moby Dick."
Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard . . . and one I won't miss when it's in theaters in December. The trailer is typically over the top. Hopefully, the movie won't be.
One of my absolute favorite sea books is "In the Heart of the Sea." It's about the 19th century whale ship Essex, which was sunk by an enraged sperm whale and reportedly inspired Melville to write "Moby Dick." Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard . . . and one I won't miss when it's in theaters in December. The trailer is typically over the top. Hopefully, the movie won't be.
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I have not, but it's now on my list. If it's half as good as the book, "Endurance," it will be terrific.
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OK, since I started this I guess I get to tweak the rules of engagement to include movies that haven't actually been released yet.
I bought that book a couple weeks ago and read the whole thing in one solid stretch flying from one side of the country to another. Very good book. Brutal and fascinating in so many ways. That book will now be part of the permanent library on our boat.
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The Church at the end of the "Perfect Storm" movie is where I got married (first time!),Father Casey played himself in the movie.
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I would like to add "Gone Fishin'" to the list
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Great idea! But let's play the movie on Patty's eve!
I couldn't care less about pirate movies.
Lifeboat is a good movie despite the wartime prejudices.
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Yes, my favorite.
Yes another favorite
PUKE!
Oh, and Moby Dick was pretty cool too.
We need a new thread for fictional books!
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My then teen-age son wanted to be a submariner, until he saw the movie. Das Boot.
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Well at least he picked the most accurate one to dissuade him.
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The acting was so incredible that it was hard to believe it was a movie. Man, what suspense and action.
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African Queen!
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I love the way the quiet waterway increased the suspense in the original Cape Fear.
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OK I'll add a few, though first I must say I am a "Perfect Storm" hater.. worst use of music ever in a film and layer after layer of trite Hollywood schmaltz. Never been able to watch the whole thing.
"Mud" a great little movie, modern Tom Sawyer adventure with good acting; first thing I ever really liked either Matthey McCounaghy (sp?) or Reese Witherspoon in and great cast behind them.
Oldies but goodies:
"Mr Roberts" ... Lemmon, Fonda, Cagney at their best, great writing funny to this day.
And in the submarine category, "Operation Petticoat".
More seriously: "Sink the Bismarck"
"Mud" a great little movie, modern Tom Sawyer adventure with good acting; first thing I ever really liked either Matthey McCounaghy (sp?) or Reese Witherspoon in and great cast behind them.
Oldies but goodies:
"Mr Roberts" ... Lemmon, Fonda, Cagney at their best, great writing funny to this day.
And in the submarine category, "Operation Petticoat".
More seriously: "Sink the Bismarck"
In no particular order:
Movies:
Das Boot (in German not the dubbed version)
The Sand Pebbles
Murphy's War
They Were Expendable (very old and Hollywooded-up some but they used real PT boats)
Master and Commander
Saving Private Ryan (opening sequence)
Mr. Roberts
Books:
Captain's Courageous (better than the movie)
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
The Boys in the Boat
The Caine Mutiny (better than the movie)
Curve of Time
Shadow Divers
Huckleberry Finn
River Horse
The Fisher Queen
I started reading the Patrick O'Brien series at the recommendation of a friend and made it through one book and bailed. I found the writing uninspiring and the characters and plots too predictable and not intriguing enough for my taste. This is one case where I felt a movie was far better than the books it was based on.
Movies:
Das Boot (in German not the dubbed version)
The Sand Pebbles
Murphy's War
They Were Expendable (very old and Hollywooded-up some but they used real PT boats)
Master and Commander
Saving Private Ryan (opening sequence)
Mr. Roberts
Books:
Captain's Courageous (better than the movie)
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
The Boys in the Boat
The Caine Mutiny (better than the movie)
Curve of Time
Shadow Divers
Huckleberry Finn
River Horse
The Fisher Queen
I started reading the Patrick O'Brien series at the recommendation of a friend and made it through one book and bailed. I found the writing uninspiring and the characters and plots too predictable and not intriguing enough for my taste. This is one case where I felt a movie was far better than the books it was based on.
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Regarding Patrick O'Brian
One book is no basis on which to judge O'Brian's 20 volume series.O'Brian's writing was widely regarded as being some of the best fictional writing of the 20th century. The characters take time to develop, like in any good story.
However, what you end up with is one of the great literary friendships, equal to that of Holmes & Watson, Horatio and Hamlet, Tom and Huckleberry Finn, to mention a few.
These books are simply to good to dismiss in that way.
OK, time step down from this rather tall horse I have found myself riding.
