I live and work in the community where this film was shot. I am a lobster fishermen and in some ways, an outsider, having returned to the island after several years living away. Islander does a wonderful job of capturing just what it is like to try to reinsert yourself into the community after being gone for so long, and a lot of the themes in the movie are very real in our day to day life. If you are not well liked, or if you do something that is deemed unacceptable, you AND your family will be harassed about it. You will have a hard time finding work. You will be looked down upon by your peers. However, you can redeem yourself, and that is the very essence of this movie. Trying to out your life back together in a place that has cast you aside.
Now that I have covered the theme and how it relates to real life, I will cover the technical aspects.
1. If a fishermen has a dispute with people crossing the boundaries (marked by gps numbers and generally accepted by all surrounding communities) they will not publicly attack the outsiders. There will be several attempts to get them to leave peacefully.
2. Things are much more fast paced aboard a lobster boat. However, in the essence of trying to show what is going on, I am giving them creative license on this one, as it opens up this world to an unknowing audience.
3. (Potential Spoiler) Whether you are in a panic situation or not, any TRUE boat captain knows that you do not go from zero to full throttle right away, but rather you have to ease into it or it causes the engine to lag.
4. The way the lobster boat scenes are set up (As in gear placement and crew movement) does not match up with the real way we do it, however I believe this was done to allow the camera crew to capture as much as they could and give the actors some room to work with, so again, creative license.
5. If you aren't from Maine, please don't attempt the Maine accent. We appreciate the effort, but never in the history of film has an outsider ever got the accent right, and it would probably be better served to just use your natural voice.
Of course, being, more or less, the real life equivalent of what this movie was trying to portray, I am probably just nit picking and most audiences would not know the difference and be amazed by this new lifestyle presented to them on screen. I thought the movie turned out quite well and would gladly go see it a few more times. If you get a chance, you should definitely check out Islander. It is one of those movies that exceeds all expectation.
Now that I have covered the theme and how it relates to real life, I will cover the technical aspects.
1. If a fishermen has a dispute with people crossing the boundaries (marked by gps numbers and generally accepted by all surrounding communities) they will not publicly attack the outsiders. There will be several attempts to get them to leave peacefully.
2. Things are much more fast paced aboard a lobster boat. However, in the essence of trying to show what is going on, I am giving them creative license on this one, as it opens up this world to an unknowing audience.
3. (Potential Spoiler) Whether you are in a panic situation or not, any TRUE boat captain knows that you do not go from zero to full throttle right away, but rather you have to ease into it or it causes the engine to lag.
4. The way the lobster boat scenes are set up (As in gear placement and crew movement) does not match up with the real way we do it, however I believe this was done to allow the camera crew to capture as much as they could and give the actors some room to work with, so again, creative license.
5. If you aren't from Maine, please don't attempt the Maine accent. We appreciate the effort, but never in the history of film has an outsider ever got the accent right, and it would probably be better served to just use your natural voice.
Of course, being, more or less, the real life equivalent of what this movie was trying to portray, I am probably just nit picking and most audiences would not know the difference and be amazed by this new lifestyle presented to them on screen. I thought the movie turned out quite well and would gladly go see it a few more times. If you get a chance, you should definitely check out Islander. It is one of those movies that exceeds all expectation.