This film was an advert for taking out insurance when going on holiday. Apparently, if you have Zurich health insurance, you will be wheeled past the thousands of Thai people dying on a hospital bed, and live.
All emotion aside, I thought this film was excellent. It reminded me of United 93 (2006) - Paul Greengrass, because it was a film about the triumph of the human spirit, and the way we, as a collective, come together in a crisis.
Putting emotions back on the side (?), I cried. I cried a lot. The robots I went to the cinema with didn't even shed a tear, just tucked into their Cokes and their cinema hot dogs, next to me, like there wasn't an iota of cause for sadness. I am a hetrosexual red blooded male. And boy, did I cry.
I understand why many critics and other viewers have complained about the film, due to it focussing upon the typical white middle class family, who do escape, and not, as they say it should be, on the native inhabitants of the country, who can't just leave once their insurance clears or whatever. They have to stay until the mess is over, and long after that clearing it up, and still are, I believe mending the damage done by the tsunami. Without defending the director, Juan Bayona, and the rest of the film makers, I feel the white family, played well by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor, were focussed upon, as it was a true story and the fact that it probably gave a more widespread message to the Hollywood audience.
Also, that kid Lucas, was like Bear "fucking" Grylls in the way he handled that first 20 minutes or so of , for want of a better word, adventure.
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
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