in a bizarre double bill with one of the St Trinians movies, and I forgot my then-very-new glasses and had to watch the whole of the first film in a blur, until my dad came hurrying down the aisle with my specs and Alistair Sym leaped suddenly into focus)
I can see that being very unsettling if you weren't prepared for it. I say this as someone who grew up on Scrooge (1951).
The first of course is about a ship being sunk, and the second is about a ship being stranded mid-river and having to retreat: both continuing that splendid British tradition of finding triumph in defeat.
Heh. I've seen the first, but not the second. Oh, hey, I could have included We Dive at Dawn (1943). Except I really like about the first three-quarters of that movie, and then it turns into an action flick and that's a lot less interesting. I love Eric Portman in it, though.
[edited for tangent] Have you seen The Battle of the River Plate (1956)? It's one of the few by Powell and Pressburger I haven't. Speaking of the Archers, I'm not sure The Silver Fleet (1943) is maritime enough, but I loved it.
I might also want to make a case for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or possibly The Boat That Rocked, just because frankly this list could use a giggle.
Go for it! So The Boat That Rocked was good? It had a fantastic cast, but it played here for approximately a weekend and I couldn't tell from the reviews.
I actually consider The Long Voyage Home a comfort movie, but I recognize that I may be the only person who feels that way about it, including Eugene O'Neill and he wrote it.
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I can see that being very unsettling if you weren't prepared for it. I say this as someone who grew up on Scrooge (1951).
The first of course is about a ship being sunk, and the second is about a ship being stranded mid-river and having to retreat: both continuing that splendid British tradition of finding triumph in defeat.
Heh. I've seen the first, but not the second. Oh, hey, I could have included We Dive at Dawn (1943). Except I really like about the first three-quarters of that movie, and then it turns into an action flick and that's a lot less interesting. I love Eric Portman in it, though.
[edited for tangent] Have you seen The Battle of the River Plate (1956)? It's one of the few by Powell and Pressburger I haven't. Speaking of the Archers, I'm not sure The Silver Fleet (1943) is maritime enough, but I loved it.
I might also want to make a case for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or possibly The Boat That Rocked, just because frankly this list could use a giggle.
Go for it! So The Boat That Rocked was good? It had a fantastic cast, but it played here for approximately a weekend and I couldn't tell from the reviews.
I actually consider The Long Voyage Home a comfort movie, but I recognize that I may be the only person who feels that way about it, including Eugene O'Neill and he wrote it.