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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh
I got a lot out of reading that book, poohbear -- more than sheer terror of the open ocean, anyway. (Plus a lingering fascination+dread of the concept of "rogue waves"!)
I had a different perception from yours of Junger's writing. It was my sense that he dealt with the whole thing very sensitively, and made it fairly clear he wasn't making up a narrative out of thin air; his character sketches of the men lost in the storm were drawn from the real people's families and friends, and he was at pains to point out that we don't know the specifics of what happened to them, but gave examples of the kinds of things that can happen in these situations drawn, again, from real-life experiences.
The movie got a bit ridiculous, but I thought the book did a good job of being factual, impartial and respectful.
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I'll continue reading - and see if my perception changes (I'm about 60% through). And I agree - the movie was "Hollywood" not fact.