All Is Lost

Warning: Possible spoilers

Would you survive if you were alone on a sail boat in the Strait of Sumatra and you were over 60 years old? I tell you who would survive such a scenario. Robert Redford. This guy is one tough old man.

Trouble seems to like this man. His ship gets hit by a shipping container floating in the middle of the ocean. This forces him to repair the hole created by the accident. Then a storm catches up with him, causing all sorts of damage and injury. He tries his best to repair the damage with the limited resources he has on board his ship. But everything he goes through is just too much, and one can only surmise that "all is lost".

I wonder if I would have been as hopeful as the old man in the movie. He fought to the bitter end. He did not let his age, his weak body, nor his lack of knowledge and resources deter him from trying to survive. He did not give up even when no one helped him out. I think that all of us could learn a thing or two from his resilience during tough times.

The dialogue in this movie was so sparse, it encourages conversation among the people watching it. Something that rarely happens when people are actively watching a movie. Some even say it is like a modern day retelling of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. I personally thought it was a survival guide for people planning to take a sail boat all alone in the ocean. Here are some things you should know before you venture forth...

It was a good movie co-produced by Zachary Quinto (Spock in the latest Star Trek films). I'm not so sure it will win awards, certainly no awards for supporting actors & actresses, or best actress. But with all the depressing movies out there, this at least will lift you up. Because even when all is lost, hope remains.