Movie A Day #56: Crimson Tide

[Shane]

This movie was fantastic. The plot and premise are both excellent and provocative. Hackman turns in one of the best performances of his career as Captain Ramsey. Likewise, Denzel Washington is outstanding(as usual). Nobody can give a hard, lip-biting gaze consisting of simmering anger, dissapointment, and self-control quite like Denzel. I know several people have already commented on the incredible lighting in the scene towards the end in the weapons room where you can see all the beads of sweat accumulating on Wepps' face--Scott does an incredible job of directing this movie and succeeds in creating an enormous amount of tension throughout. The first time I saw this movie, I actually found myself siding more with Hackman's Ramsey than Denzel's Hunter. Since then, my sympathies seem to alternate between each character with each viewing. And that is another aspect that makes this film great-both men are right and both men are wrong. Both men have valid arguments and there really is no villain(with the possible exception of Gandolfini's trigger-happy character.) Add a great cast(Hackman, Washington, Gandolfini, Viggo Mortensen, Rick Schroder, Rocky Carroll, George Dzunda, Jason Robbards, etc.) into the mix, and you have the makings of an phenomenal movie. Great plot+great directing+great acting+great soundtrack=A MUST SEE!

The above synopsis was also from Amazon! It pretty much sums up exactly how I feel about the movie. The performances by Washington and Hackman were incredible! It was also good early movie for Viggio Mortenson and James Gandolfini.

This is one movie I can watch over and over and never be bored. It always brings out emotion in me each and every time!

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Great movie, I love the soundtrack!

I get hooked on this one too...if it's on, and I watch it for five minutes, I usually have to sit for the rest of it.

Mike

 

[Chaplin]

I like this movie for the acting, but it's not one that remains really memorable for me.

High production values help, as well as the soundtrack, which is now used in several trailers and commercials. It's always difficult to film an entire movie in a submarine, but I didn't get even close to a sense of a submarine in this film as, say, Das Boot.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Nice cast, really good performances. I liked it a lot, but then again, I like most submarine movies.

Definitely rewatchable.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Originally posted by Chaplin
I like this movie for the acting, but it's not one that remains really memorable for me.

High production values help, as well as the soundtrack, which is now used in several trailers and commercials. It's always difficult to film an entire movie in a submarine, but I didn't get even close to a sense of a submarine in this film as, say, Das Boot.

couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[Bada0Bing]

Blockbuster just shipped this out to me. The recent submarine thread inspired me to move this to the top of my queue. Good god, if I had know that James Gandolfini was in it, I would have seen it a long time ago!

 

[abomb]

I havent seen it, but need to.

 

[Bada0Bing]

I just watched it. What a great, intense movie. The cast was very well constructed. Gandolfini and Viggo Mortensen were excellent in their supporting roles.

I thought this trivia item was pretty interesting:

Quentin Tarantino was brought in to do uncredited "punch-ups" of the dialogue. His major contribution was the comic book bickering. The character name "Russell Vossler" is a reference to Rand Vossler, with whom Tarantino used to work at a video store.