On to the huggery muggery. There was plenty, which dove-tailed nicely with the overall emasculation theme of the work. Some of the more run-of-the-mill action occurred at conventionally inappropriate times, like when brief hug-orgies erupted on the bridge of the boat after little victories in the worst, most frightening parts of the storm. They all just spent 10 minutes dodging a metal gadget swinging from the fishing boom. George risked his life to blow-torch it off and then, HUGS! Come on.
But the most interesting and illustrative incident occurred after the Divorced Father character got hooked and pulled into the drink, and Markie Mark and the Low-Life Mechanic character go in after him. The Low Life and the Divorced Father had been at each other's throats — the animal-abusing, chain-smoking yahoos — all through the movie. Yet Lowlife doesn't hesitate to dive in, with Markie, to save his arch nemesis.
So of course there has to be a reconciliation of sorts after the rescue succeeds, and what followed could have been one of the best scenes in the movie. But no, they ruined it. When Divorced Father comes on deck after his revival from near-drowning, he encounters Markie first. HUGS!
It totally ripped the guts out of the scene.
Then, Divorced Dad walks over to Low-Life. They have their little semi-rapprochement, then they did what, if it replaced every male-on-male hug in every movie chronicled here it would obviate the need for this very blog. What did they do when they made up?
The took turns punching each other on the arm!
Now that was real.
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ed: JH
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