All Is Lost (2013)

Although I admired the storytelling and the way the scenes were allowed to breathe, I didn’t like it very much. It's probable that I wasn't into it because I don’t really “get” people who willfully put themselves in harm’s way, like mountain climbers and this guy out in the middle of the ocean all by himself. That said, he just buckled down and did what needed to be done without exposition whenever some new calamity presented itself. It was refreshing.

B-