re: So I watched the Julia Roberts Movie "Leave the World Behind" - MY TINFOIL HAT IS NOW ON

Not dismissing it entirely, but what really got me was the dialogue. They stretched the scene out excessively so just to build the drama. They SEE the ship has gotten closer and is headed directly towards them. That alone should sparked a "Hey! Is that gonna crash?", but instead we get lazy, slow, dumbfoundedness by all involved. No one, not the little girl, not the wife (who at least should be freaking out some) is hinting at any level of concern until it's really fricking obvious the ship is headed right towards them.

Ships going back and forth along the beach isn't all that novel. Sometimes big ships do pass by fairly close, but not when they're making a B line directly for the shore.

I guess it's one of my pet peeves, where movies or shows expect the audience to suspend every bit of their human experience and beliefs to buy into any scenario like that as being believable. It's lazy and annoying.