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The Perfect Storm (2000), (PG-13)
CAP Score: 38
CAP Influence Density: 1.38
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A service to parents and grandparents MAR20061 The Perfect Storm (2000), (PG-13) CAP Score: 38 CAP Influence Density: 1.38 |
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SUMMARY / COMMENTARY: The Perfect Storm (PG-13) -- Some great fx, but another R-13. Though based on a true story and though presenting some fabulous artistry in creating sea storms, there was enough ignominy in this PG-13 to make it numerically equivalent to R-rated movies of not just five years ago but today. George Clooney was perfectly cast for the part of Captain Billy Tyne of the Andrea Gail, a sword fisherman with a sandpaper character of brine and blood, at home with the raging sea. And there was plenty of raging sea in this two-hour immense thriller based on Sebastian Junger's best-seller. Sailing with Tyne were David Sullivan (William Fichtner), Dale "Murhp" Murphy (John Reilly), Bobby Shatford (Mark Wahlberg), Michael "Bugsy" Moran (John Hawkes), and Alfred Pierre (Allen Payne). They sailed with Tyne twice except for Sullivan who replaced one of the first trip fishermen. In supporting roles are Diane Lane as Christina, girlfriend to Shatford and a girl who "can't stand to be two feet away" from Shatford, Mary Mastrantonio as the captain of the sister ship of the Andrea Gail, the Hannah Boden, and Michael Ironside as the owner of both boats. I have been impressed with Diane Lane and Michael Ironside--until The Perfect Storm. Lane plays the part of a rather caustic young woman with new age morals and poor coping skills, poor enough to make her very abrasive when she doesn't get her way, definitely not a role model for young women but typical of modern entertainment. Ironside usually plays dark parts, but this part doesn't give him much at all other than connectivity of sub plots. In the first attempt Tyne made to make a great haul of swordfish, meager results left himself and the crew almost broke. So Tyne decided to make another go if it before the fishing season ended. A fateful decision indeed. They found their mother lode of swordfish in the Flemish Cap in the northern Atlantic to recover from the loss of the last trip but they also found the mother lode of storms--a rare combination of meteorological conditions that created a storm of Jupiterian proportions. Director Wolfgang Peterson deserves kudos for his genius in creating magnificent storms down to realistic coloration and even speed of brine sprays. But the kudos are tainted with ignominy. In addition to 39 uses of the three/four letter word vocabulary (three of them before a young child), including three uses of the most foul of the foul words, are 12 uses of God's name in vain with the four letter expletive and 12 uses of it without the four letter expletive [Prov. 8:13; Col. 3:8; Exod. 20:7]. In scenes of a bar with drinking and drunkenness, the upstairs quarters are used at least twice for "activities" which shook the lamps above the bartender's pit which drew gales of guffaws from the "customers" below [Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:4]. In addition to several examples of sexual innuendo, talk and offers there was talk of intercourse with aftermath imagery [1 Cor. 6:18]. No nudity was noted except for that which is seen when getting a rump medical injection but sexual immorality was treated with as much respect as getting some on your chin when you blow your nose [Hebr. 13:4]. Six drowning deaths, graphic injury, and long sequences of rescue perils and mortal dangers might plant undue fears. God knew what He was saying when he gave us Phil. 4:8. The rest of the issues of concern I will leave for the Findings/Scoring section. Please see the Findings/Scoring section below for a full accounting of this movie: for the best representation of the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Model applied to this movie. FINDINGS / SCORING: 
NOTE: Multiple occurrences of each item described below may be likely. Wanton Violence/Crime (W): Impudence/Hate (I)(1): Sex/Homosexuality (S): Drugs/Alcohol (D): Offense to God (O)(2): Murder/Suicide (M)(3):  |
