I saw this movie again not long ago, quite some time after my initial experience with it. I have to admit that during that earlier viewing, I wasn't always fully engaged, partly because I’d already seen it once, but also due to the straightforward nature of the story; a close look isn't really required to follow along. The conversations feel genuine and are handled effectively, although the people in the film come ac…

The Perfect Storm is something I genuinely adore. “The fog’s just lifting, you throw off your bow line, you throw off your stern—you head out to South Chanel past Rocky Neck…Ten Pound Island, past Niles Pond where I skated as a kid—and you blow your air horn and throw a wave to the lighthouse keepers kid on Thatcher's Island—then the birds show up, black backs and herring gulls, big dump ducks—the sun hits you, he…