"Kon-Tiki" is a HIGHLY unusual film. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar--yet, it is a film that was made in two versions--English language and Norwegian! So, scene by scene, it was shot twice--with actors delivering their lines in both languages! As for the DVD, I was disappointed. The version I got from Netflix ONLY had the English language version and I could not compare them or choose the Norwegian language film. For most folks, this is not a problem--they'll prefer English. Plus, it is not (thank goodness) dubbed.
The film is about Thor Heyerdahl's famed Kon-Tiki expedition--where he demonstrated (in a TOTALLY insane way) that the Polynesians might have originally come from the Americas--not Asia. To do this, he and some fellow explorers constructed a balsa raft and traveled from Peru to Polynesia--a journey of thousands of miles.
This is a well made film--no doubt about it. However, perhaps I am not a great person to watch this one, as I found the film a bit dull once it moved from the planning stages to actually heading out to sea. I know what the men did WAS incredible--but it also reminded me of the last time I watched "Life of Pi" and I got a bit tired watching the raft portion.
By the way, in the final portion of the film, you have an epilogue which tells what happened to the men who made this journey. However, I was shocked by what it said about Heyerdahl, as it skipped discussing his subsequent INSANE ocean voyages--such as with the Ra and Ra II. An odd omission since he lived a life of adventure and was featured several times in 'National Geographic' for his voyages.
The film is about Thor Heyerdahl's famed Kon-Tiki expedition--where he demonstrated (in a TOTALLY insane way) that the Polynesians might have originally come from the Americas--not Asia. To do this, he and some fellow explorers constructed a balsa raft and traveled from Peru to Polynesia--a journey of thousands of miles.
This is a well made film--no doubt about it. However, perhaps I am not a great person to watch this one, as I found the film a bit dull once it moved from the planning stages to actually heading out to sea. I know what the men did WAS incredible--but it also reminded me of the last time I watched "Life of Pi" and I got a bit tired watching the raft portion.
By the way, in the final portion of the film, you have an epilogue which tells what happened to the men who made this journey. However, I was shocked by what it said about Heyerdahl, as it skipped discussing his subsequent INSANE ocean voyages--such as with the Ra and Ra II. An odd omission since he lived a life of adventure and was featured several times in 'National Geographic' for his voyages.