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I volunteer on a nautical SAR unit, and although it's been a few years, nothing in the movie struck me as out-of-character for a sailor. Casualty vessels rarely
by overscore 6y ago
I volunteer on a nautical SAR unit, and although it's been a few years, nothing in the movie struck me as out-of-character for a sailor. Casualty vessels rarely follow SOLAS/SAR guidance to the letter, and recreational sailors do all sorts of odd things when in trouble.
Also, I think we have different interpretations of the ending. Redford didn't survive.
- geocrasher 6y agoPlease understand- I was talking about the acting, not the accuracy. Yes, when he ties his life raft to a sinking vessel... wat? As for whether he died at the end or not, it's ambiguous- he's pulled from the water by someone in a boat, and that's it. We don't know if he expires from hypothermia, if he lives, or what- we just know that at the end of a hopeless journey there was hope. And that's why I said it's an excellent movie.
- overscore 6y agoMy interpretation of the ending was that Redford drowned, and the hand reaching to him was a metaphor for the end of suffering/spiritual salvation.