Just Re-watched "All Is Lost"

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Originally Posted by Monkeyfist

I can't believe this movie still has so much traction. Or interpretation.



Here's another take: Movie studios don't make movies for small segments of people, like sailors. They make them to get the maximum amount of people into theaters. I suspect that super-accurate portrayals of anything won't sell tickets. Which is why they're 'hollywoodized.'



Also, there's a thing called 'suspension of disbelief' that happens when you see or read a 'good' movie or book. If you really get into a story, even though your logical brain knows it's not real, your imagination temporarily cancels out that knowledge and lets you go along for the ride. So, for example, you can accept for a little while that baby elephants with big ears can fly.



Like most of the critics here, I "know too much" to be able to do that with All Is Lost. The inaccuracies irritated me too much to suspend my disbelief. My wife (who at best has 'tolerated' sailing for many years) loved the movie - and doesn't want to hear my critiques of why she shouldn't. On the other side of the coin, one of my favorite movies ever is Seabiscuit. The Mrs, having worked with race horses almost her whole life, saw all the inaccuracies and it spoiled the movie for her.



Bottom line, I'm fine with movies 'inspired by true events'. Green Book, Hidden Figures, The Right Stuff - all took a bunch of flak for their inaccuracies, but all were great movies and inspiring stories that expanded my limited knowledge of those times and events. 'All Is Lost' may not have been the best sailing flick ever made, but it exposed a lot of lay people to a world and type of person many had probably never considered before. I think that's a good thing.

I can't believe you got all that out of a 107 minute monologue.