Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

g_dekok John Ford is one of my favorite directors (to my wife's dismay!) and I will watch his films, repeatedly and see something new every time. "The Hurricane" is one of his best, I think. The casting is excellent, especially with John Carradine as the sadistic warden, and Raymond Massey as the island's governor, who is trying to hold onto his position of power, knowing full well of the situation that sends Terangi (?) to an unjust prison term. It's extremely well written, directed, and acted. The gentleman who played Terangi, Jon Hall, was a direct descendant of Charles Nordhoff Hall, who also co-wrote Mutiny in the Bounty. Don't let the naysayers talk you into not seeing this excellent movie.

wes-connors On a paradisaical South Seas island, bare-chested Jon Hall (as Terangi) marries bare-legged Dorothy Lamour (as Marama). They are a blissfully happy and fantastically attractive couple. But an ill wind begins to blow when Ms. Lamour has a bad dream. In Tahiti, hard-hitting Mr. Hall punches a white man and is thrown in jail. Hall repeatedly attempts to escape. Each time he is re-captured, Hall has two years added to his original six month sentence. He is also severely whipped. As the years are added, escape is the only reasonable option. Hall is incredibly athletic and resourceful. His adventures, directed by John Ford, are good. Even better is the ending hurricane staged by James Basevi.******* The Hurricane (11/5/37) John Ford ~ Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey

Claudio Carvalho In the Island of Manukura, a French colony in the South Seas, the joyful Terangi (Jon Hall) is a leader among the natives and the first mate of the Katopua, the tall ship of Captain Nagle (Jerome Cowan). Terangi gets married with Marama (Dorothy Lamour) and sooner he sails to Tahiti. While in a bar playing with other natives, Terangi is offended by an alcoholic racist French and he hits his face, breaking his jaw. Despite the testimony of Captain Nagle, Terangi is sentenced to six months of forced labor since the victim had political connections with the Powers That Be. Captain Nagle asks the Governor Eugene DeLaage (Raymond Massey) to uses his influence to help Terangi, but the governor refuses. Terangi unsuccessfully tries to escape from the prison, and each attempt increases his sentence. Eight years later, he finally escapes and his jailbreak is celebrated in Manukura. Father Paul (C. Aubrey Smith) finds his canoe and brings Terangi hidden to the island. But a devastating hurricane also arrives in the island threatening the dwellers. "The Hurricane" is a tale of injustice in the South Seas that recalls Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. The saga of the sweet Terangi is very similar to the story of Jean Valjean, both characters victims of the injustice of the French criminal system in those years. The sequence of the hurricane is very impressive for a 1947 feature. I can not say that the hurricane was brought in a divine intervention since the despicable governor saves his life in the end and most of the natives die. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "O Furacão" ("The Hurricane")

bkoganbing It took John Ford another 18 years to get back to the south seas as a film location after his award winning The Hurricane. He had an incomplete trip with Mister Roberts in 1955, but then made it back for Donovan's Reef in 1963. Both The Hurricane and Donovan's Reef deal with racism and have as their settings, French colonial possessions in the south Pacific. Of course Donovan's Reef takes a far more light hearted approach. In both films Ford feels that colonialism is at best a mixed blessing for the native populace.Jon Hall is a happy and content resident of the small island of Manakoora with a new wife. He's a sailor by trade, first mate on a ship captained by Jerome Cowan. While in Tahiti he defends himself in a barroom brawl, but gets sentenced for assault because he struck a white man. An obnoxious lout with political influence. His lot is made worse with repeated attempts to escape adding time on his sentence and all kinds of torture, physical and psychological, by a cruel guard played by John Carradine.Meanwhile back on Manakoora wife Dorothy Lamour gives birth to a child and Hall becomes something of a native folk hero. That's most unsettling to the Governor Raymond Massey. Massey is one uptight dude with a lot of issues. He says he's defending the law, but he knows he's defending the concept of white supremacy and that fact isn't escaping any of his peers including his own wife Mary Astor.Thomas Mitchell got nominated for his performance as a doctor with a bit of a thirst problem on Manakoora. A decent man, he's revolted by a lot of what he sees. As is C. Aubrey Smith the priest. Both Mitchell and Smith take comfort where they can, Mitchell in booze, Smith in his Catholic faith. Mitchell lost to Joseph Schildkraut for Best Supporting Actor, but two years later won with essentially the same role in Stagecoach.The Hurricane won the very first Oscar given out for Special Effects and the hurricane which should have been called a typhoon in that part of the world even today is something to see. You will not forget the fury of nature that destroys C. Aubrey Smith's church. This ain't your Wizard of Oz type storm.