The Impossible (2012)

I keep it short and say: The movie is touching and even brutal at times. It's definitely worth to watch. I gotta say though that I found it odd that it resolves so much around a white tourist family. I'd like to see more locals and their fate portrayed in the movie because in reality for this family it would come down to this: They survived but ultimately they fly home to their perfectly fine house and live on while the local people lost everything. On the other hand they are not the target audience of the movie so I get it.James Cameron said about Titanic that one of them had to die and it was Jack who died. He justified this with the fact that it would not do justice to the fate of the other passengers if there was a happy end. I would have liked a similar ending for "The Impossible".

The movie made me nervous. Nervous that the main characters would either die or be seperated permanently. When the film said that it's based on a true story, I immediately thought that the family would reunite... (I THOUGHT, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY DID/DIDN'T, SO THAT'S NOT A SPOILER) .....but the film's screenplay made me think that they might not reunite. I almost cried at times thanks to the incredible performances of Ewan, Naomi and future spidey Tom Holland. And I really loved the part where some of the characters showed similarities in their personalities by doing the exact same thing. I'm glad the film pointed that out.

Although the film was well produced I just could not believe that it focused on the lives of a rich white family and although most of the maimed and dead were Thai there was virtually none shown as part of the movie which is a complete disgrace and how it could have been left out I really have not a clue - If I was Thai and had lost people I would have found this film to be very disrespectful and disingenous!Apart from the fact Ewan McGregor is one of the most over-rated actors and he is a fellow Scot I just cannot stand his poor acting skills and his attempts at various accents , in particular he cannot decided whether he is American or British in this film. Watts and the young boy give exemplary performances however so it does merit a fair few stars but would have been so much better if it had been a fairer representation of what the Thai people have experienced.One other thing that really gets my goat - if you check out all the real reviews on here you will notice they are around 1-6 stars then as soon as the real reviewers are posting along come the 9 and 10 star reviews in batches of between 5-10 - each profile having done only one review in their lifetime its so obvious the movie producers are paying people to "big up" the films ratings and its very sad that IMDB do not have a policy of monitoring and removing these shills.

I realy enjoyed this movie, found the special effects to be great, lead actors were just brilliant. Loved it!