81.   But the main character, of course, is the sea, and Landesman paints its unforgiving nature in stark strokes full of ice-cold brine.

82.   But the main character remains Chaym, whose homophonic resemblance to Cain is made explicit as Johnson returns again and again to his biblical theme.

83.   But the moral dilemmas thrown at the main characters really slow the story down.

84.   But the main characters have no more substance than the adolescent fashion models whose foibles make headlines.

85.   But they developed the main characters into people we cared about, so that we rooted for them throughout their ordeals.

86.   But what really attracted me was that the main character was flawed.

87.   Chad Elliott was the main character.

88.   Chris Menaul, who was expected to be the director, made the strong suggestion that Adeline Hulot, a main character in the novel, be dropped.

89.   Despite these revelations, which clash with the style of the rest of the film, the main characters remain frustratingly remote.

90.   Despite a hearty two-fisted performance by Stephen Baldwin as the tattooed lug of a main character, the movie feels faintly old hat as well as mechanically contrived.