The Perfect Storm

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by spinncognito

I knew two of those guys personally- worked with Shatfords wife in a coffee shop and Sully was in my bowling league. The summer before this happened I boarded the boat and scored some fresh swordfish from Shatford, got a tour of the boat too. Movie did a good job of depicting what likely happened out there. I remember walking the back shore of Gloucester after the storm and seeing car-sized boulders in the front lawns of the houses across from the ocean.

That is one of the hard things for many to fathom - these were real people, somewhat fictionalized by Hollywood, not fictional people.

[spence]

Originally Posted by JohnR

That is one of the hard things for many to fathom - these were real people, somewhat fictionalized by Hollywood, not fictional people.

I can't remember if I've read the book though I have read most of Junger's others and they're all quite excellent. Some parts of the movie seem really over-acted but then reality hits and you probably couldn't over-act some of those scenes.