I decided to watch the original Norwegian version of the film with the English subtitles, mostly because I heard the Norwegian version is longer than the English version.
This movie does progress rather slowly, particularly once they get their raft into the water. I think that the fridge salesman's (Herman) idea toward the end, about anchoring the raft and waiting until the 13th wave, sort of serves as his redemption (i.e. the crew was doubtful about his usefulness on this trip since he was introduced to them as a fridge salesman, if I'm not mistaken). And, it would have been nice if they added in more to the movie, to show the audience what happens immediately (not the "in the long run, here's what the crew ended up doing") after arriving at their destination, such as: dialogues between Thor and those who laughed at what he proposed in his thesis; how the scientific community reacted after finding out he accomplished his far-fetched goal; did he ever miss Liv?
Anyway, I loved the ending for what it did show--the letter Thor reads from Liv upon arriving onto the island is bittersweet. I had to bump up my rating of the movie after that part.
Overall, a pretty good movie. 7/10.
This movie does progress rather slowly, particularly once they get their raft into the water. I think that the fridge salesman's (Herman) idea toward the end, about anchoring the raft and waiting until the 13th wave, sort of serves as his redemption (i.e. the crew was doubtful about his usefulness on this trip since he was introduced to them as a fridge salesman, if I'm not mistaken). And, it would have been nice if they added in more to the movie, to show the audience what happens immediately (not the "in the long run, here's what the crew ended up doing") after arriving at their destination, such as: dialogues between Thor and those who laughed at what he proposed in his thesis; how the scientific community reacted after finding out he accomplished his far-fetched goal; did he ever miss Liv?
Anyway, I loved the ending for what it did show--the letter Thor reads from Liv upon arriving onto the island is bittersweet. I had to bump up my rating of the movie after that part.
Overall, a pretty good movie. 7/10.