I've never seen a movie like this. On the one hand, it is not hard to watch and I don't feel that I wasted my time. But I was completely incapable of identifying with any of the characters or feeling sorrow or empathy for them. The film makes no secret of their dependence on alcohol. So we see six pretty much continually drunk men set out to sea on poorly maintained vessel which, it they would set the bottles down for a while, could be readily brought into shape fit for the trip.
If, you are surprised that the engine actually starts when you get ready to leave the dock, while alternatively drinking and puking into a bucket the entire time, you may want to rethink your priorities. So you cannot even get the winch to turn off when you want? Maybe it is time to set the booze bottles down and quit deferring maintenance. Picture this. You are swimming in freezing ice cold ocean water and your mate tells you there is no point in diving to your now sinking boat in an attempt to free the life raft because the chains are rusted shut? Do you think it might be past time to put the bottle aside for a while and at least stay sober long enough to get the most basic life saving gear working?
So Iceland decides he is a National Hero? Folks. he is a drunk. A drunk with the lives of his crew on his hands. He survived because of a unique physiological anomaly. Nothing heroic here. No miracles here.
If, you are surprised that the engine actually starts when you get ready to leave the dock, while alternatively drinking and puking into a bucket the entire time, you may want to rethink your priorities. So you cannot even get the winch to turn off when you want? Maybe it is time to set the booze bottles down and quit deferring maintenance. Picture this. You are swimming in freezing ice cold ocean water and your mate tells you there is no point in diving to your now sinking boat in an attempt to free the life raft because the chains are rusted shut? Do you think it might be past time to put the bottle aside for a while and at least stay sober long enough to get the most basic life saving gear working?
So Iceland decides he is a National Hero? Folks. he is a drunk. A drunk with the lives of his crew on his hands. He survived because of a unique physiological anomaly. Nothing heroic here. No miracles here.