Was looking forward to this movie Paid the full coin to see it. Trailer looked good, some fine actors here, story intriguing. Wife agreed to go. Ultimately, the price tag is not worth the pay off, folks.
Sans my explanation of the story, here are the items I felt were well done:
1. Interesting characters. Well acted.
2. Interesting setting. The boat was not over the top, but perflectly done setting the scene for what appears is a routine shipping gig.
3. The gore is kept to a minimum. It's not zero, but the blood is kept
Here are the items I felt that this movie missed:
1. The story doesn't marry up with the book. "Artistic license" taken too far.
2. The story line was boring. Sorry, about at the 1/2 way point, I caught myself nodding off. The characters make ludicrous conversation and decisions, tons of monotonous dialog. Tons of story not in the book.
3. Popular hollywood thematics: Men are befuddled, the woman stoaway saves the day (more than a few times), christians are zealots, afrian english doctor the only ethical person on board.
Give me a break.
I walked out of the movie disappointed. They could have done so much here, yet what we got is the typical movie mess cleaned up and polished in editing. If this is a product of the writers on strike, then miss this one as I can't believe this script got green lighted.
My recommendation: Avoid. Worth a view once it's a free movie, maybe.
Sans my explanation of the story, here are the items I felt were well done:
1. Interesting characters. Well acted.
2. Interesting setting. The boat was not over the top, but perflectly done setting the scene for what appears is a routine shipping gig.
3. The gore is kept to a minimum. It's not zero, but the blood is kept
Here are the items I felt that this movie missed:
1. The story doesn't marry up with the book. "Artistic license" taken too far.
2. The story line was boring. Sorry, about at the 1/2 way point, I caught myself nodding off. The characters make ludicrous conversation and decisions, tons of monotonous dialog. Tons of story not in the book.
3. Popular hollywood thematics: Men are befuddled, the woman stoaway saves the day (more than a few times), christians are zealots, afrian english doctor the only ethical person on board.
Give me a break.
I walked out of the movie disappointed. They could have done so much here, yet what we got is the typical movie mess cleaned up and polished in editing. If this is a product of the writers on strike, then miss this one as I can't believe this script got green lighted.
My recommendation: Avoid. Worth a view once it's a free movie, maybe.