To anyone who gave this movie a four or less,I would like to ask why. Please justify your reason for the low score.
Also I will not accept any answer along the lines of
"It waz duh wurst moovee I evr saw becuz it waz duh most boringest moovee evar".
That doesn't count.
Hmmm
I haven't rated it yet and before I rate it I went through the forums to maybe find some questions answered and so on.
I don't like to rate a movie before I tried to look at it from different angles.
It would be quite simple to rate it for myself but since this is a page where not my opionon for me counts, but the opionion what others should/would think of it.
As my opionion is quite different to most, since I almost grew up on a sailing ship similar size to the one this movie is about (I was 4yo when I ferst set foot on an Elan 33).
Because of that I was very curious when I first heard about the movie.
Sometimes I find it pretty accurate. The lack of "Our Man"'s emotion/reaction usually points out to a very experienced sailorman(Just like he was already experiencing similar situations several times and takes his fate "as it is" (just like when i borrow my car to my wife and it comes back with a scratch after parking and as a matter of fact arguing didn't help before so why start another argument. It happened, it wasn't on purpose, time to move on)), while being so unprepared for so many things points out to the complete opposite. His judgement/decision making is also very questionable which makes this movie a bit annoying to me.
I personally found it annoying to not know what his goals were in first place. He wanted to prove something - yeah, I got that but when he got into troubles he really didn't seem to follow his goal anymore and just did... anything but not with any clear goal/direction.
What he did was an attempted suicide while trying to survive as long as possible. And that was annoying to watch. Still this is something I don't like about the character, not the movie itself. That is why I won't rate the movie yet (just seen it today) but think about rating it in a couple of days where I slept over the first emotions.
I gave this movie 1 star because it is so incredibly, mind bogglingly, DUMB !
Would you ever let this idiot out in charge of a boat - even on a pond ? He has no idea of what sailing is. The film could be an instructional video at sailing school on how NOT to do it.
What the film (criminally) does NOT explain is how the hell he ever got to be in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Surely he is totally incapable of sailing more than 10 yards out of the harbour :)
Well I've read the comments and thought I could throw my 2 cents.
First I understand that some people may like it because it has no sex, violence, car chases and other things that are in most of the other Hollywood productions. It's good to see something different from time to time. It is certainly unique that there is almost no dialogue throughout the movie.
The aforementioned things make the movie intriguing (at least at the beginning) but that is surely not enough to satisfy the viewer. The action is slow. It's not an advantage nor it is the opposite. That just the way it was written. Robert Redfords acting is... well there is no acting. As for myself I can say that I have felt no connection whatsoever with the man in the boat. We know nothing about him or the reason he decided to sail.
As the movie surely focuses a lot on sailing itself then we could at least hope to see how does it look like to be out there in the big blue ocean. What things you have to face when alone in a boat, how much skill it takes to sail alone etc. But the movie fails at this point. There are many many things that experienced sailor's point out (see above comments) as irrational behaviour. I have sailed a bit myself and even as a beginner I can see that he did a lot of mistakes. That was all really annoying since the writer tries to portrait Redford as an experienced sailor (in my opinion at least).
All in all I gave this movie a 4.
This was a more lively topic than I envisioned when brought here by the original poster's question! If we eliminate the following three categories of responses, we're down to about 3 well-thought out responses:
1) "you STFU" "No YOU STFU", etc
2) "the original poster has no right to ask this question"
3) "I love this movie, it's great, and anyone who doesn't think so has something wrong with them"
Personally, I gave it a "4 or Less" and I am big fan of both Redford and sailing. My reason (which it is entirely fair you ask, because that is practically the definition of a 'discussion board') is the same one I gave for Broken Flowers (mentioned earlier in this string).
I wish I could state this more eloquently, because it's a universal idea applicable to all art (film, painting, sculpture, literature, etc) and is timeless. For example:
A person can make a movie of nothing but paint drying for 90 minutes. It could be beautiful paint, well directed, great score, good cinematography, etc. I would say it's boring and feel the sensation of a joke being played on me. Others would say "that's brilliant" how could you not recognize this as a classic?!
Whenever someone creates unconventional or "anti-art", there are those people who embrace it (real life example, "monochrome art" a canvas square with nothing but black paint on it) and those who say "that's not art". It's only when the people who think it's "brilliant" suggest that those who don't, are un-evolved Neanderthals that the problems start.
For me, "All is Lost" is not engaging. I don't "throw a hate" on people who enjoyed it, but to me it was paint drying.
Peace out.
Well i didnt vote on the movie, but if i was gonna grade it out of 10, anything above 5 would be too generous in my opinion.
The movie would of been better if they made Robert Redfords character echo his thoughts more and speak aloud more. Just because he is on his own, doesnt mean he cannot do this. Tom Hanks did in Cast Away, and if he never said anything at all instead, i wouldent of considered the movie better.
Also, apart from when accidents happened, or he saw ships past him or when those herd of sharks came along, the movie wasnt all that engaging.
now we see him opening a draw and getting something out......now we see him examine the object he got out of the draw.....now we see him put it down.....now we see him pump some water out of the boat.....now we see him open another draw then close it again......now we see him open another draw and pull out a book.......now we see him sit down and read the book for a bit......now we see him put the book down and go back to pumping out more water.....now we see him open another draw
Whenever someone creates unconventional or "anti-art", there are those people who embrace it (real life example, "monochrome art" a canvas square with nothing but black paint on it) and those who say "that's not art". It's only when the people who think it's "brilliant" suggest that those who don't, are un-evolved Neanderthals that the problems start.
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No weekend sailor should attempt a solo voyage across one of the most unpredictable and difficult oceans in the world, but this guy did. Idiot.
Even experienced sailors with superior knowledge and all the right gear can die in ocean voyages of the nature depicted, but it seems that this boat was ill-suited and ill-equipped for the voyage undertaken. Idiot.
At least in "Castaway," you could sympathize with character because he was in a place crash, but this guy purposely set sail in the wrong boat, without the right gear, and without adequate skills/knowledge.
The cargo ships that sailed by would have seen him and, at a minimum, acknowledged they saw him and would radio for immediate help, if not launch one of their rescue craft.
And his rescue at the end is just stupid, as was pointed out in another message thread.
This was a very poor attempt at depicting a man's quest for survival mainly because he put himself in the situation to fail and lacked the physical and mental tools to even dare the challenge.
The same series of actions with people at risk in boats have been better represented in 5-10 minute scenes in other movies.
Out of curiosity, are you an "experienced" sailor? So many people here talking about what an "experienced sailor" would do instead, so I'm curious just how many of these people are actually "experienced sailor" in real life.
shareIt waz duh wurst moovee I evr saw becuz it waz duh most boringest moovee evar
shareI haven't rated the movie yet, but I thought the movie had some qualities, worth watching (at least for me, because I love solo adventures in real life) though a bit boring in places.
What's lacking, to me, is the connection it has (or should have) with its audience. I, in nature, love movies about people making solo trips and adventures, so I pretty much enjoyed this movie to some extent, but I can definitely see why people hated it. For me I'd like to see more emotions displayed by the main character, THAT would make a big difference to the movie. But maybe that's not what the filmmaker intended it to be. Hence, it doesn't stand that highly in my book.
I still prefer this movie over Castaway though.
I liked it. I didn't give it a poor rating. It takes a good actor to hold the audience of these one person films. Locke is another good one.