The Wave

I want to mention something NOT mentioned by AMAZON: I have the Blu-ray. It DOES have an ENGLISH, 5.1-surround-sound, track.Since the other reviewers talked me INTO it, and Amazon is OUT of it... for another few days... I drove in the direction ofNorway [in my new Czech Republic car] for two hours. I stopped at the U.S. Army BX/PX in Wiesbaden, and bought this. It---there anyway---has one of those 3D-lookin' lenticular covered boxes. "The Wave" cost a bit less than at Amazon.Com //Amazon.Co.UK // Amazon.De[utschland], and I got it right away.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -So, THIS Norwegian flick is about what happens when a tsunami hits. I'm closer to 70 than seven, so, I'm used to callingone of THOSE a "tidal wave". There's a lot of mountains in Europe; got one in MY backyard: it's a dormant volcano. I amlocated, dead-center, in Germany... at over 700M above sea level, so flooding is of no concern. However, a mountain inNorway, named Akerneset, towers over the tourist-spot Geiranger... and others... that line the fjords. I think that the folksup north are more concerned with asylum seekers right now, but THIS danger is just as possible, and is more spectacularto WATCH! This movie was submitted for consideration at the 88th Academy Awards, but was NOT nominated. It ISN'T aloser though. It's top-notch entertainment that I ALMOST skipped over because I'm just TIRED of untertitlin... subtitles...undertitles.I give this movie all FIVE fingers---on BOTH hands--- all the way UP!__________________________________________________________________________________________________I LIVE in Europe, and only speak a few languages, S0Oo... it's great that the Blu-ray's in ENGLISH [I do not mind the lip-movements not matching up with the dialogue]. I am QUITE used to seeing AMERICAN television programs "poorly dubbed",and got used to THAT "problem" when I lived in Japan.There ARE more words in foreign languages than the same thought in English. The, commonly heard, word "Bye" is short forgood-bye ([with a hyphen] a contraction for the olde Deutsch-English "Gott be mit ye. Indeed,God be with YOU,MY LIPS DIDN'T MOVE!Michael John Grösch-McCluskeyWach†küppelvulkanstraße # 11136129 Wach†küppel, Rhön, HesseDeutschlandGERMANY

Love this movie and the others that follow. It’s not in English but does have English subtitles. A lot of action and great movie all around

The general plot device is vaguely familiar (Dante’s Peak). A geologist has suspicions about an impending disaster but his colleagues disagree, telling him not to cry wolf. Okay. Yes, they agree, there is an anomaly 'but we’re not worried…' Famous last words― “The mountain is quiet.” Until it’s not and then it’s too late. Build out of clichés, it's the characters/actors who make this movie special.

Good Effort to make a Hollywood Disaster Movie. I consider it well-made and acted, but an all-too-familiar plot. All it needs is.... I am not able to say. I guess I am addicted to horrific special effects. I want The Rock to be my neighbor, after watching SAN ANDREAS, the not-faultless, pardon the pun, great movie. Now I will not move to any steep valley. Goodbye California and Norway fiords? Another documentary about the real landslides on Earth left me with the same nightmares. Only foolish people move to houses with a mountain in their back yards. And it does not have to be a dormant volcano. (OMG, there IS a dormant volcano just 5 miles away from my house!) Take The Poseidon Adventure and mix it with an earthquake movie.

Great movie, based on past history and an existing threat that has Norwegians worried. Movie is somewhat formulaic in the "Dante's Peak" style: concerned scientist, and all of his colleagues scoff at him until it's too late with the chief scoffer dying only as he realizes his error. But still and all it's a great disaster flick with superb CGI showing what an impact created wave several hundred feet high might look like and what its effects might be. I recommend the movie...besides it was fun listening to Norwegian and noticing many cuss word are truly international.

All is great.

Very well acted, easy to follow subtitles because the actors and actresses speak in short conversations, not paragraphs long, and the text and length of time the words stay on the screen also helps, and a very well done movie, beautiful scenery, interesting story, and good special effects. My sister is not a fan of foreign films and she even liked it

I LOVE this movie. The science in the movie seemed sound as far as I could tell. Not a cheesy movie at all, it keeps me on my toes throughout the whole movie. Highly recommend.

Fantastic! REAL characters behaving in REAL ways without the forgone holywood ending. Truly gripping and refreshing.

Where a lot of disaster films centre on the disaster itself and even fetishize on the destruction in some cases this takes a more old school approach by focusing on the characters that are in the middle of an extraordinary event. Going for this said approach means you actually care about the people involved and want to see them make it through the horrific circumstances that unfold. It is also well acted, the wave scene is really well done, like the score, the sets are convincing and even though it is cliched in areas it is nonetheless an entertaining film.

Surprisingly good. Low budget, it occasionally shows, but overall a great little disaster movie.

Enjoyable, if quite harrowing. The blu ray transfer is excellent.

A very good film.