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Post by toshtego on Dec 21, 2020 16:32:45 GMT -5
Nothing becomes the Holiday Season for me like a Shipwreck movie. I got to thinking of some I have seen over the years and realized this genre is immensely popular as these movies keep on getting made.
Here are some memorable ones:
"Titanic", 1943
"Titanic", 1953
"Titanic", 1958 aka "A Night to Remember",
"Titanic", 1996
"The Last Voyage", 1960
"The Poseidon Adventure", 1972
"Lifeboat", 1943
"Abandon Ship", 1957
"Juggernaut", 1974
"In the Heart of the Sea", 2012
So, what are your favorite movies with that sinking feeling? Everybody enjoys watching someone else's fate unfold. Some kind of metaphor for the human condition?
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Post by taiguy66 on Dec 21, 2020 16:36:22 GMT -5
Ok John... I’ll bite. What’s your link with shipwreck movies and Christmas? There has to be a story.....
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 21, 2020 16:39:20 GMT -5
Ghost Ship. It is not really a sinking move, but a neat horror movie. Titanic (the last one) was masterfully done. I really liked the original Posidon Adventure.
Lifeboat was a great movie, but the shipwreck just set the stage. Kind of like Robinson Crusoe.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 21, 2020 16:45:49 GMT -5
The Perfect Storm is the most realistic and frightening. I could not watch it a second time.
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 21, 2020 18:18:13 GMT -5
Having spent a good chunk of my life in coastal western Ireland and in the islands among seafaring men I have a healthy, strong, unwavering fear of the sea. I prefer not to watch such fare.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Dec 21, 2020 18:25:00 GMT -5
 I went thu a helava storm while shrimping and it was in shallow water, which means pitch polling, wife and fFathervwas with me, didn’t think we would survive, hard to turn around and run with it, took a chance and gunned the engine, made it and we ran with it for hrs, hopping fuel would last. Made it back drank a lot that night. The Sea is mighty. My 24 ft boat was pointed straight up at times. Wife was right by my side, German Girl is fearless.
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 21, 2020 18:43:53 GMT -5
I went thu a helava storm while shrimping and it was in shallow water, which means pitch polling, wife and fFathervwas with me, didn’t think we would survive, hard to turn around and run with it, took a chance and gunned the engine, made it and we ran with it for hrs, hopping fuel would last. Made it back drank a lot that night. The Sea is mighty. My 24 ft boat was pointed straight up at times. Wife was right by my side, German Girl is fearless. Laissez les bon temps roulez! ;^) |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 21, 2020 18:54:23 GMT -5
I have seen my share of blue water from the inside of a small boat. North Atlantic, Denmark Straights. There is nothing quite like slipping into a trough and all around are walls of water. That is when faith is restored.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 21, 2020 19:12:42 GMT -5
Reading the title, I couldn’t help but think of Shiprock New Mexico.
Lightning bolts hitting one of the shiprocks, really made me think of the state motto.
Pretty cool landscape.
We will now return to your regular scheduled programming.
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Post by zambini on Dec 21, 2020 19:59:05 GMT -5
Deep Blue Sea! Saffron Burrows looks like she's about to catch a cold the entire movie. It's silly fun.
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Post by lizardonarock on Dec 21, 2020 21:03:37 GMT -5
Gilligan's Island the most famous ship wreak of Universal Studio with Jaws in the same pond and the Bates motel on top of hill.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 21, 2020 21:07:20 GMT -5
Reading the title, I couldn’t help but think of Shiprock New Mexico. Lightning bolts hitting one of the shiprocks, really made me think of the state motto. Pretty cool landscape. We will now return to your regular scheduled programming. We climbed to the top of Shiprock in 79. I started singing How Great Thou Art. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Dec 21, 2020 21:32:17 GMT -5
 I have to add Cape Fear with Di Niro and Nick Nolte truly a Martin Scorsese masterpiece.
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Post by username on Dec 21, 2020 21:59:47 GMT -5
The Perfect Storm is the most realistic and frightening. I could not watch it a second time. completely agree. And based on a true story iirc. |
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Post by briarpipenyc on Dec 22, 2020 7:36:19 GMT -5
I cannot imagine the courage-for-adventure or sheer desperation for money, that drove vintage men even modern men, to go aboard a ship and sign up as part of a crew, often serving under sadistic, despotic Captains. They knew not -when setting sail- if they would ever return back home.
The sea can be beautiful, but can become murderous, within an instant. Not for me. I like having terra firma under my feet.
"White Squall"-1996/Jeff Bridges scared the crap out of me, and watching some documentaries about "rogue waves" makes me not want to go Down to the Sea in Ships.
I also get seasick. When I was 18 years old, I, along with some other dopey friends, paid for a party-boat day of fishing, way out in the Atlantic Ocean, off the southern coast of Long Island. My friends fished. I threw up for over 12 hours, and if I had mustered the strength to walk over to an emergency fire-axe that was mounted to the wall, I would have slit my throat just to end my misery.
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Post by briarbuck on Dec 22, 2020 10:03:51 GMT -5
I'm going The Deep with Jacqueline Bisset...for obvious reasons.  |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 22, 2020 13:55:09 GMT -5
Reading the title, I couldn’t help but think of Shiprock New Mexico. Lightning bolts hitting one of the shiprocks, really made me think of the state motto.Pretty cool landscape. We will now return to your regular scheduled programming. I thought the state motto was "You Can't Get There From Here". |
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Post by sperrytops on Dec 22, 2020 14:44:02 GMT -5
Abyss
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 22, 2020 21:10:43 GMT -5
The Edmond Fitzgerald. For when the party is over and you want everyone to leave.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 22, 2020 21:14:28 GMT -5
Reading the title, I couldn’t help but think of Shiprock New Mexico. Lightning bolts hitting one of the shiprocks, really made me think of the state motto.Pretty cool landscape. We will now return to your regular scheduled programming. I thought the state motto was "You Can't Get There From Here". 😝 New Mexico has incredible beauty, if one was to travel there, check out the countryside, it has some stunning vistas, but I am admittedly southwesterly biased. |
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Post by flyinmanatee on Dec 22, 2020 23:25:02 GMT -5
Never got around to seeing All is Lost with Robert Redford. Worth watching?
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Post by lizardonarock on Dec 22, 2020 23:36:12 GMT -5
It ok and best of all its free to watch.
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Post by adui on Dec 23, 2020 2:00:21 GMT -5
I have seen my share of blue water from the inside of a small boat. North Atlantic, Denmark Straights. There is nothing quite like slipping into a trough and all around are walls of water. That is when faith is restored. Now imagine being on the bridge wing of a 564 foot long destroyer and taking rolls hard enough to slap the waves on the down roll. That deck for the uninitiated is 3 or 4 stories above the main deck, or about 40 - 50 feet above the water line. We sailed around a tropical storm on the USS Thorn and that was the conditions. 46 degree roll was the worst recorded. Judging by the number of times I was literally walking on the walls I say we took one or two worse. As for movies. The perfect storm gets my vote as well. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 23, 2020 4:10:30 GMT -5
Add another one to the perfect storm. The only other one I really remember was the 1996 Titanic...well made, but I can't help feeling strange watching a movie like that, about such a tragedy, as 'entertainment'.
What baffles me is why Belfast celebrate the Titanic... Prob best to sweep that one under the carpet, guys.
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Post by lizardonarock on Dec 23, 2020 8:26:03 GMT -5
Hey you can still grab the White Star last crossing if you want to take the path of the Titanic. Her sister ship Olympic ship white star line served until 1934 and survived a head on collision and a attack. whitestar.co.za/destination/usa-cruises/ |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 23, 2020 12:09:13 GMT -5
Add another one to the perfect storm. The only other one I really remember was the 1996 Titanic...well made, but I can't help feeling strange watching a movie like that, about such a tragedy, as 'entertainment'. What baffles me is why Belfast celebrate the Titanic... Prob best to sweep that one under the carpet, guys. Belfast built a perfect safe and beautiful ship. It wasn't their fault that someone decided to take it full speed into an iceberg. I have been in a full sized replica of the Titanic, and it was awesome. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 23, 2020 14:31:20 GMT -5
Add another one to the perfect storm. The only other one I really remember was the 1996 Titanic...well made, but I can't help feeling strange watching a movie like that, about such a tragedy, as 'entertainment'. What baffles me is why Belfast celebrate the Titanic... Prob best to sweep that one under the carpet, guys. Belfast built a perfect safe and beautiful ship. It wasn't their fault that someone decided to take it full speed into an iceberg. I have been in a full sized replica of the Titanic, and it was awesome. was this a replica of one of the rooms? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 23, 2020 15:00:08 GMT -5
Belfast built a perfect safe and beautiful ship. It wasn't their fault that someone decided to take it full speed into an iceberg. I have been in a full sized replica of the Titanic, and it was awesome. was this a replica of one of the rooms? In Branson Missouri, they have a huge replica of the rooms, dining area, grand staircase, bridge and more. They give you the name of a passenger of the 1912 cruise when you go in and you are supposed to find out if you lived or died when you come out. I was assigned a preacher, who I already knew didn't make it. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 23, 2020 16:32:17 GMT -5
Add another one to the perfect storm. The only other one I really remember was the 1996 Titanic...well made, but I can't help feeling strange watching a movie like that, about such a tragedy, as 'entertainment'. What baffles me is why Belfast celebrate the Titanic... Prob best to sweep that one under the carpet, guys. The 1953 "Titanic" with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck was was better than the 1996 version. Ditto the 1958 version, the British made "A Night to Remember" with Kenneth Moore as First Officer, Mr. Lightoller, |
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Post by taiguy66 on Dec 23, 2020 18:26:45 GMT -5
I have seen my share of blue water from the inside of a small boat. North Atlantic, Denmark Straights. There is nothing quite like slipping into a trough and all around are walls of water. That is when faith is restored. Now imagine being on the bridge wing of a 564 foot long destroyer and taking rolls hard enough to slap the waves on the down roll. That deck for the uninitiated is 3 or 4 stories above the main deck, or about 40 - 50 feet above the water line. We sailed around a tropical storm on the USS Thorn and that was the conditions. 46 degree roll was the worst recorded. Judging by the number of times I was literally walking on the walls I say we took one or two worse. As for movies. The perfect storm gets my vote as well. That’s why I didn’t join the Navy Terry. That and I swim like a rock. |
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I went thu a helava storm while shrimping and it was in shallow water, which means pitch polling, wife and fFathervwas with me, didn’t think we would survive, hard to turn around and run with it, took a chance and gunned the engine, made it and we ran with it for hrs, hopping fuel would last. Made it back drank a lot that night. The Sea is mighty. My 24 ft boat was pointed straight up at times. Wife was right by my side, German Girl is fearless.
