Well I saw the Perfect Storm, and it was just about what I figured it would be: lots of wave-crashing action sans the meterological data that made the book interesting and avec the cheese that Hollywood injects into every film to please god-knows-who. I guess I was hoping for something a little more documentarian: solid facts, nitty-gritty details, plus big-budget Hollywook special effects. It wasn't quite that, but it was still good. It's a typical Hollywood summer blockbuster film.