And I think that that is what the movie was missing. It's not like you'd be indifferent to their deaths, but it wouldn't really hit you either. But, at the same time, there's no real emotional attachment to any of them. And there's no problem with that, since the story is all about the rescue. I don't wanna say that I didn't care for the characters, but there's no real depth to any of them. The film is certainly good and Bernie and his crew's journey to save the crew of the oil tanker that ripped in two led to some pretty intense moments, but the movie never really kicks it up to a higher level. But, if i'm being honest, I felt that this movie should have been more than good, especially considering the fact that it's based on an incredible real-life story. It's obviously not a film from the 50s, as if you couldn't tell, but it's about as close as it's gonna get to, as it relates to style and performance, as you're gonna get without travelling back in time to that era. But that old-fashioned approach definitely helped add more authenticity to this. And I don't mean that in a derogatory manner, it's just the way it is. I don't have much to say about this film as it relates to actually going into much detail, but I thought this was a perfectly good, albeit old-school, little movie. I literally have no idea where that came from, but that's about enough for now.
I mean I don't have to do it, because it's not like I have a deadline, but I don't like to let movies pile up to where I have to review seven at a time or something, that would be considerably worse. Sometimes it becomes a bit of a chore in that I have to sit down and write a review when I don't really want to. I do it because I find it fun and because it gives me something to do. As if you couldn't tell, this is a hobby for me. If it sounds good, then great, if it doesn't then just as well. My stuff is more stream-of-consciousness. I've never claimed to be good at this, there's many people here that do such a better job at actually writing some pretty damn well-thought out reviews and I don't actually do that. It's like a completely jarring, like a comedy film suddenly throwing you into melodrama without actually setting up properly first.
I don't feel that you can just head straight into your thoughts about the film. It's getting harder to come up with introductions to these reviews. Overall, The Finest Hours was a fine rescue drama with great visuals and a hearty story about heroism, although the old-fashioned pacing may leave viewers wanting more. The credits was a noteworthy part of the film in the fact that they show the photos of the crew and the coastguard station from 1952, definitely brings the additional realism that the film requires.
The soundtrack was also well integrated, very traditional and reminded me of films from the 80's and 90's. I mean it is nothing new, it's just a standard rescue story yet it's handled with such care that it is hard not to appreciate. We have probably come to expect this from a Disney production but whilst I personally felt this was a good choice, some might be left wanting more. That is where the problem lies, it is very mechanical and predictable. All of this being intertwined with a love story. The beginning was standard character introductions, the middle was the rescue mission and the ending was the attempt at getting back in time. At the core, it's all about heroism and braving nature when the odds are against you, essentially human persistence and determination into saving other lives. The production design was great, the period setting of 1952 was well lifted. Pleasant effects but a few fully rendered human characters did not look great and did take away from the realism slightly. The story was very old-fashioned and I found that refreshing especially in 2016 where films try to be different for the sake of it. Thankfully this film does not thrive of great performances, it is a visual story and director Craig Gillespie (Million Dollar Arm) knew this, hence the focus on great weather visuals and the destruction of the oil tanker. Firstly the cast was good, it was varied from veterans such as Eric Bana and Casey Affleck to more mainstream actors including Chris Pine and Ben Foster. The difference this time is that Disney has taken charge of the production which meant this film turned out to be an old-fashioned rescue drama that I thought was much needed. The genre of biographical disaster movies is slowly becoming more saturated, particularly those with a serious perspective. Based on the true story in 1952, The Finest Hours is about a US Coastguard station being deployed in an attempt to save a crew of an oil tanker that has split into two.
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