A very good movie

Since this movie was chosen by Roger Ebert as one of the best movies released in 2012 so there was a good chance that the whole thing would be good and I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, after watching the damned thing, I would agree with Roger Ebert and I’m actually surprised that this movie didn’t get more attention when it was released (eventually, only Naomi Watts received a Oscar nomination for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role). Indeed, I thought the whole thing was quite impressive. While watching this, I couldn’t help thinking that we spend a lot of time watching such movies and shows like ‘The Hunger Games’ or ‘The Walking Dead’ about some fictional survival stories when, in fact, there are some real tales about survival and, when they are very well developed like this one, there are just fascinating and quite heartbreaking to behold. Indeed, here, we are dealing with a real threat and thanks to the impressive acting by Naomi Watts but also by Ewan McGregor, you could get a pretty good idea about how it must have been to be there. Of course, some people argued that it was dealing with some white people when it was fact taking place in Thailand but, for once, it didn’t bother me as many tourists were indeed victims of the tsunami. To conclude, I thought it was a very strong drama and it is definitely worth a look.

8/10