A good movie

To be honest, it didn't seem to be something really original but since I have a weak spot for Shailene Woodley and for such survivalist tales, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it was definitely nothing really groundbreaking but it was still a decent watch. The only thing that I really annoyed me was the back-and-forth chronology. Indeed, it is usually a useless gimmick and, for some reason, it bothered me even more this time around. Basically, each time I would be settling in a specific mood and I would be following the characters going into a specific direction, the makers would erratically remove me to a completely different setting every 5 minutes which was just jarring. My guess was that they didn't trust the scenes happening before the storm to be entertaining enough on their own but I think it was a mistake because Shailene Woodley and Jeffrey Thomas actually had some very nice chemistry together. Anyway, fortunately, Baltasar Kormákur knows how to direct scenes at sea, whenever it is calm or when there is a massive storm and it was always convincing and compelling to watch. Concerning the final twist, it was actually predictable but I thought it was rather well done and I have to admit that I didn't figure it out before the end. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws and even if it was nothing really new, it was not bad at all and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.