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re: On this date 35 years ago the “Perfect Storm” reached peak intensity.

Posted on 10/30/26 at 5:05 pm to
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 10/30/26 at 5:05 pm to
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“This is going to be really hard on my boy”

Gut punch line. Not sure I’ve watched it since I had my son (7 years), but I imagine that line will hit even harder next time I do watch it.
Posted by Ben Rumson
Anywhere but a town
Member since Sep 2026
437 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 5:17 pm to
Yeah in the movie the ice machine quit and that was given as the reason that they chanced going into the storm to try to get back to shore before their huge haul of swordfish went bad instead of waiting it out northeast of the storm.

I always assumed that was made up for dramatic effect but I’ve never researched how they actually got caught in it.
Posted by TigahTeeth
Georgia
Member since Feb 2016
6697 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 5:24 pm to
They went out fishing. Storm came, they never made it back. Everything else in the movie is Hollywood.
Posted by NorthEndZone
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Posted on 10/30/26 at 5:26 pm to
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
5911 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 5:29 pm to
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I watched it recently. It's not very good, despite having a great cast.


The color and saturation of the scene where they hit the motherload just before the storm perfectly captured the mood before the storm.

…but, like every other movie, the captain’s decisions sink that boat, not Mother Nature.
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