looks like a huge budget, some cgi, but really looked like a real boat. Do you know how they shot that scene?
share -I don't know how they shot it, but they did have $110 million to do it :)
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Umm, CGI and a false hull on a rail apparently.
shareWhile I do like this movie, in order for the length of the ship to go that far inland the whole town would have to be over water lol.
For me the real show stopper was the side-swipe with the tanker, that was a masterful sequence executed with amazing realism even though it was mostly CGI.
"What are you some kind of half-assed astronaut?" - 'Quint' in JAWS
The tanker sequence was really not that spectacular. A vessel at anchor (any vessel in operation) never shuts down its power plant. I do recall the engineers on the tanker mention two hours to start up the plant, which in a M/V like that (diesel powered) would never ever take that long. That ship was awaiting a terminal to load/discharge cargo at, and would have been ready to weigh anchor and move from that spot in merely minutes. ESPECIALLY with a vessel barreling down on it at full speed, once spotted on radar and visually on a clear day.
I understand it was just a movie, but the scene made a Merchant Mariner like myself cringe.
totally not realistic was how long it took people to see the huge cruise ship coming right for them! RIDICULOUS!
shareThe finale of the boat crashing into the docks was a mix of cgi and stunt work.
The stunt was to extend the town into the ocean, (which was destroyed by a hurricane and had to be rebuilt hurricane proof) build a to scale replica of the front 1/3 of the ship, mount it on underwater rails and propel it into the town.
It cost $25 million, making it the largest and most expensive stunt ever filmed.