All Is Lost (2013)

Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. All is Lost boasts thanks to a terrific perfomance by Robert Redford in the main role but also basically in the only role in the film and he actually holds the entire movie on his own just like Tom Hanks did in Cast Away. I'm definitely recommending this film for everyone.

Nautically speaking, this movie is a joke. Rather than portraying a competent blue water sailor, who went sea in a sea worthy vessel, and who does things that a competent sailor would do, what we see here is an incompetent boob bobbing around aimlessly in a vessel that looks like it never should have left the dock. It is apparent that no real sailors were consulted in the making of this movie, as Redford's that it's mocked severely on the internet. Mostly, it is an example as to what not to do if somehow you find yourself in such a pickle. In , "All is Lost," is an excellent title for a movie where all was almost lost. All is Lost cost 8.5M and pulled in 14M, so I guess all was not lost, and in fact, bad movie making and poor script writing really pays well. Where can I find some of that cheese? Really, this movie is about the struggle of man. A man who has been beaten down by life, but still has the will to live. Since we know nothing of this individual, we have to conclude that he represents a group, I would say a socio-economic group which is struggling, just holding on. This simple and clear metaphor however, becomes twisted, as his predicament is largely the result of the self-inflicted wounds of incompetence, and questionable boat sea worthiness. If the screenplay was written as a metaphor for the struggle, the real tragedy of this film is that it mocks the struggle because his situation is of his own making, and in the end he must be rescued. The writers didn't even have the decency to have him make it to shore on his own. The second mocking takes place by the fact that only one percent of the US population participates in sailing. This means that the nautical and seamanship blunders went over the heads of 99% of the people who saw and are supposed to be inspired by this trash. They thought they were seeing a hero, rather what they saw was an incompetent boob. I always say, books and movies are never just books and movies.

This film is brilliant, Robert Redford is exceptionally powerful in this film, I see some poor reviews which startles me somewhat but I know that people have different reactions to stories.To me the film is metaphorical of our times, confused, desperate, dooms day clock at 2 to midnight, climate change crisis and so on - it is literally not about any of these topics but the film offers enough generosity to allow for an exploratory interpretation.I recommend this film, be prepared to find a quiet spot and turn up the volume enough to have a good experience. I hope you love the movie as much as I. do. Don't bring popcorn by the way.

Enjoyable and captivating film, but the ending seemed a bit flat and this spoiled it.