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  1. The Wave, a film that made me think and question that what I saw happens in my country.@nbarrios67965d

    This film, based on real events, managed to thrill me in a way that is similar to watching a horror movie. Everything you see in the film could happen in any high school, anywhere in the world.

    In the 60s of the last century, in the state of California in the United States, a social experiment called The Third Wave was carried out to study how modern societies could fall into the attraction of authoritarian policies.

    In this case, the film is called The Wave and tells the story of a professor who, during a project workshop, decides to carry out an experiment to demonstrate that dictatorships can occur in modern countries today.

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    To answer the question whether a dictatorship is possible in today's Germany, whose society has been marked by the terrible experience of Nazi totalitarianism, Professor Rainer Wenger (played by Jürgen Vogel) turns his class into a movement of diffuse ideology, but with a strong sense of group belonging.

    Rigid discipline, a mission that gives meaning to the young people's lives and a growing intolerance of dissent.

    The movie is direct and surprising in its content, direct and blunt as few others. Human beings are easily alienated, they just need a leader and some basic rules.

    In the film, it is easy, pleasant and full of advantages to be part of the Wave. But fanaticism, banditry, and mistrust of non-participants also start to emerge, and the experiment spirals out of control.

    This story reminds us that it is not unreasonable to think that we could be moving, every day and almost without realising it, towards an autocratic, violent and dehumanised society.

    We are shown the reasons for the dictatorship and its characteristics: : from the sense of belonging to a group, uniformity, emblems, identity marking, intolerance, the feeling of external threat, the denial of individualism and of what is different, and tolerance of violence. The film does not end well for the teacher or for the student who most identified with the Wave movement.

    Everyone has a place in The Wave as long as they accept the rules of the group. It's a kind of fascism that overrides people as individuals and turns them into a violent gang that behaves like sheep.

    The impact that this film has on me is that I identify it very much with what is happening in my country Venezuela, we are precisely living a regime that is indoctrinating the youth, replacing democratic institutions with others made to its measure, weakening opponents, modifying the constitution to its liking and its interpretation as well, where people who do not have an opinion and who do not agree with the government are thrown aside.

    Die welle or The Wave is a German production from 2008, directed by Dennis Gansel, I highly recommend it as it will surely not leave anyone who sees it indifferent.

    [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9vdfb2f-B0)

    Thank you very much for allowing me to share my point of view related to this film that has had a great impact on me because it resembles a reality that I have seen a lot in my country.

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  2. The Wave (2008): Have we learned the lesson? | ¿hemos aprendido la lección?@cristiancaicedo1025d

    Based on the novel by Todd Strasser Basada en la novela de Todd Strasser

    Last week I published a review of American History X, a story from the 1990s, set in the US and related to skinheads and neo-Nazi groups. Obviously when I saw that movie I remembered that there was another one with a similar theme, called The Wave and by chance I came across a copy of the novel on which it is based, so after reading the book for a couple of days, I was finally able to see the movie I'm going to talk about today.

    La semana pasada publiqué una reseña de American History X, una historia de los años noventa, ambientada en los EEUU y relacionada con los skinheads y los grupos neo nazis. Obviamente al ver aquella película recordé que existía otra de temática parecida, llamada The Wave y por cosas del azar di con un ejemplar de la novela en la que está basada, así que después de leerme el libro en un par de días, finalmente pude ver la película de la cual les hablaré hoy.

    Die Welle (The Wave) is a 2008 German film, directed and co-written by Dennis Gansel, based on the novel of the same name by American writer Todd Strasser, which in turn is based on true events. Let's go in order: at the end of the sixties, Ron Jones, the history teacher at Cubberley High School, an institute in Palo Alto, California, carried out a social experiment in the classroom. The purpose of the experiment was to try to explain how non-Nazi German citizens allowed so much abuse to take place right under their noses. Through some exercises and instructions, the teacher was shaping the behavior of the group until they became a cohesive unit that almost completely annulled individuality and adopted a collective identity in just five days (!). Before things got any further, Jones called off the experiment and showed his students how they themselves had become a small society that did not think for itself and despite what they had said before, it was still possible that groups like the Nazis managed to seize power before the inert gaze of their peers. Based on that experience, Todd Strasser wrote the novel that he published in 1981. And based on that novel, Dennis Gansel co-wrote the screenplay and directed what is considered one of the greatest German films of all time.

    Die Welle (The Wave) es una película alemana de 2008, dirigida y co escrita por Dennis Gansel, basada en la novela del mismo nombre del escritor norteamericano Todd Strasser, que a su vez está basada en hechos reales. Vamos en orden: ai final de los años sesenta, Ron Jones el profesor de historia de la Cubberley High School, un instituto de Palo Alto, California, llevó a cabo un experimento social dentro del aula de clases. El propósito del experimento era tratar de explicar cómo los ciudadanos alemanes que no eran nazis permitieron que se cometieran tantos abusos en frente de sus narices. A través de algunos ejercicios y consignas, el profesor fue moldeando el comportamiento del grupo hasta que se convirtieron en una unidad cohesionada que anuló casi por completo la individualidad y adoptó una identidad colectiva en apenas cinco días (!). Antes de que las cosas llegaran más lejos, Jones dio por terminado el experimento y les mostró a sus alumnos cómo ellos mismos se habían convertido en una pequeña sociedad que no pensaba por sí misma y que a pesar de lo que hubieran dicho antes, aún era posible que grupos como los nazis consiguieran hacerse con el poder ante la mirada inerte de sus pares. Basándose en esa experiencia, Todd Strasser escribió la novela que publicó en 1981. Y basándose en esa novela, Dennis Gansel co escribió el guión y dirigió la que se considera una de las mejores películas alemanas de todos los tiempos.

    Scene from the movie | Escena de la película

    Logically, adapting a story that took place in California in the sixties to the Germany of the 21st century involved making some changes. Most of them were superficial and in form (names of the characters, the educational framework, changing football for water polo), but others were fundamental: studying the Nazi autocracy in the US is not the same as doing it in Germany, obviously. This change of scenery enriches the drama because it allows us to reflect on that historical responsibility of the German people and that feeling of guilt that, generations after the war, continued to hover over German youth, as seen in the novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.

    Lógicamente, adaptar una historia ocurrida en la California de los años sesenta a la Alemania del siglo XXI implicó hacer algunos cambios. La mayoría fueron superficiales y de forma (nombres de los personajes, el marco educativo, cambiar el football por el polo acuático), pero otras de fondo: no es lo mismo estudiar la autocracia nazi en EEUU que hacerlo en Alemania, obviamente. Este cambio de escenario enriquece el drama porque permite reflexionar sobre esa responsabilidad histórica del pueblo alemán y ese sentimiento de culpa que, generaciones después de la guerra, seguía flotando sobre la juventud germana, tal como se ve en la novela El lector de Bernhard Schlink.

    In addition, the German adaptation uses current cultural elements (that is, from the time of the film) and although the central message remains the same, it makes it more relevant. The slogans (such as Discipline is strength), the logo of the movement, its name, taking action, all of this is also in the novel, but I think the film turns The Wave into something more collective, while in the book seems to be almost entirely directed by the teacher. It is very interesting to see how the original intentions of a project can be misrepresented and how an experiment can get out of our control. In the novel, Strasser writes "You cannot experiment with human beings" and it is true that despite being manipulative, human beings are also unpredictable, that's why I liked the ending in the movie much more than in the book, although the one in the book is more faithful to the real story. It is what constitutes one of the most interesting paradoxes I have seen in stories like this, the end of the novel, despite having been written by an American, is more German, with that talk and what is shown on the screen to the students; while the end of the German film is more American, but I won't reveal anything about this one so as not to spoil the surprise for you.

    Además, la adaptación alemana utiliza elementos culturales actuales (o sea de la época de la película) y aunque el mensaje central siga siendo el mismo, lo dota de mayor vigencia. Las consignas (como La disciplina hace la fuerza), el logo del movimiento, su nombre, el pasar a la acción, todo eso está también en la novela, pero creo que la película convierte a La Ola en algo más colectivo, mientras que en el libro parece ser casi por completo direccionado por el profesor. Es muy interesante ver cómo se pueden tergiversar las intenciones originales de un proyecto y cómo un experimento se puede salir de nuestro control. En la novela, Strasser escribe "No se puede experimentar con seres humanos" y es cierto que a pesar de ser manipulabes, los seres humanos también son impredecibles, por eso me gustó mucho más el final en la película que en el libro, aunque el del libro sea más fiel a la historia real. Es lo que constituye una de las paradojas más interesantes que he visto en historias como esta, el final de la novela, a pesar de haber sido escrito por un estadounidense, es más alemán, con esa charla y lo que se muestra en pantalla a los alumnos; mientras que el final de la película alemana es más americano, pero de este no revelaré nada para no arruinarles la sorpresa.

    Scene from the movie | Escena de la película

    For that reason, although I usually recommend reading the book first and then watching the movie, I think that in this case it is not necessary, and actually I do not recommend it. For once, the film is superior: it's more dramatic, there's more tension, the climax hits harder, and the fact that German students are reflecting on these types of issues gives extra points to reflections on identity, social justice and historical responsibility, among others. There is a phrase that I heard years ago that says History repeats itself if one allows it and this and other sentences seem to suggest that history always looks for a way to happen again, but in cases such as autocratic systems, fascism, Nazism, and any other regime that systematically violates human rights and crushes our human dignity, I hope that one day we will learn the lesson. It does not seem very likely, it is true, because wars, theocratic systems, dictatorships still exist, but I think that reviewing stories like this and reflecting on these issues helps to narrow the social cracks through which the disastrous ideals that sustain those systems may emerge, how many of you have seen The Wave? Do you think it is possible that today, in the middle of 2023, there can be a society that embraces the ideals of an autocratic system or perhaps as a species and as a global village we have already overcome all that? I read you in the comments.

    Por esa razón, aunque normalmente recomiendo leer primero el libro y después ver la película, creo que en este caso no sólo no hace falta sino que no lo recomiendo. Por una vez, la película es superior: es más dramática, hay mayor tensión, el clímax golpea más fuerte y el hecho de que sean estudiantes alemanes los que reflexionan sobre este tipo de temas le da puntos extras a las reflexiones sobre identidad, justicia social y responsabilidad histórica, entre otros. Hay una frase que escuché hace años que dice La historia se repite si uno lo permite y esta y otras sentencias parecen sugerir que la historia siempre busca la forma de volver a suceder, pero en casos como los sistemas autocráticos, el fascismo, el nazismo, y cualquier otro régimen que sistemáticamente viole derechos humanos y aplaste nuestra dignidad humana, espero que algún día aprendamos la lección. No parece muy probable, es cierto, porque aún existen las guerras, los sistemas teocráticos, las dictaduras, pero creo que revisar historias como esta y reflexionar sobre estos temas ayuda a estrechar las grietas sociales por las cuales podrían colarse los nefastos ideales que sustentan esos sistemas, ¿cuántos de ustedes han visto The Wave? ¿creen posible que hoy, en pleno 2023, pueda existir una sociedad que abrace los ideales de un sistema autocrático o acaso como especie y como aldea global ya hemos superado todo eso? Los leo en los comentarios.


    Reviewed by | Reseñado por @cristiancaicedo


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  3. Cine TV Contest #38 - Favorite Political Movie: Die Welle / The Wave.@nbarrios671326d

    In high school, teachers always present a project in order to involve their students and teach them some lessons. Rainer Wenger, a German teacher, wants to focus on a project that revolves around what is known as anarchy, but the topic has already been addressed by another educator. Thus, this teacher must address another topic in his class, the one concerning autocracy.

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    Watching this film warns the viewer of the danger of certain political ideologies, and of the need of young people for something more than drugs, alcohol, sex and parties. Many need to believe that they can belong to some movement or sect because they belong to family and supposed friends where they are not taken into account or are mistreated.

    In my high school days I have encountered teachers like this one who lose control over their proposals, were vain and did not correct their mistakes. They did not realize the influence they had on the students.

    The teacher begins to believe his role of leader, and while few will realize what is really happening.

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    This autocratic movement project gives birth to a common mentality in which young people feel they are part of something important, in which they are all equal, and are represented by an image that identifies them: The Wave.

    [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuyVRVafWvM)

    I watched this film with my wife and immediately after it ended we talked about issues such as fascism, unity, loyalty to a leader, rejection of anything different, surveillance of political regimes, control, propaganda and denouncing reprehensible acts.

    We recommended this film to family and friends, and we had to lend our DVD disc many times, until we decided to take a backup copy of it.

    The most interesting thing about the film is to observe how teenagers manage to fall into these populist political ideologies.

    [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5yITd7EaDA)

    This film is based on a real event that occurred in the United States in 1967 in California, a teacher named Ron Jones wanted to talk to his students about fascism and implemented a regime of military discipline in his class.

    The students harassed anyone who did not join the group and the teacher felt how his personality also began to change, frightened he managed to suspend the project a few days later.

    The film conveys the idea that the human being gives much importance to the groups of belonging, and therefore loses his individuality.

    The final scenes of the film have not been erased from my mind because they are very raw and show that Professor Rainer Wenger has reacted too late to the mistakes made during this project.

    Wenger gives a speech the day the experiment was supposed to end, commenting that he thinks that such a project should not end, explaining the problems of today's society and that The Wave is the only way to fix it. One of the students, raises his voice and says that the real problem is The Wave, calling his student a traitor in front of his classmates, the students become exalted and ask to throw him out of the window. The teacher reacts and tells them that this is what would be done in a dictatorship, that they should realize how far they have come with the issue and that they should stop.

    [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GlIS87UtgY)

    The students refuse to let it end and the one most affected by this dynamic pulls out a gun and points it at the teacher, telling him that The Wave is alive, shooting a classmate to be taken seriously. The teacher gets him to put the gun down but Tim kills himself with a shot in the mouth.

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    The police take the professor to the police station and the professor in the police car makes a face of shock and horror.

    German actors Jürgen Vogel (a star of German cinema), as Professor Rainer Wenger, and Frederick Lau as Tim are impressive in their roles, the former as the leftist professor obsessed with a project and the latter as an unstable student with no friends and in need of relevance.

    The 2008 German film, based on the real life experience of Ron James who serves as the film's screenwriter, was directed by Dennis Gansel.

    This is a significant film because it touches on issues such as autocracy, despotism, fascism and even Nazism where only one person has the freedom to rule without limitations, enacting and modifying laws at will.

    [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FYDF8wGn5E)

    The theme of autocracy and political indoctrination is something that unfortunately today year 2022 I am seeing in my country Venezuela, and it is up to us parents to take care of future generations and educate them so that they do not fall into the traps and false promises that these political regimes have brought to humanity.

    This is my participation in the initiative Cine TV Contest #38 - Favorite Political Movie or Television Show Link Here.

    I hope that this publication has been to the liking of everyone in the community and that it makes us reflect on the political education of our youth. Greetings to all and good luck to all participants.

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  4. The Wave || The disaster that destroyed the town@cute-cactus1446d

    In films where natural disasters are the subject, more realistic stories and scenes are sought. When the subject is disasters such as earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, landslides, etc., the more realistic the plot, the more enjoyable the film is.

    When realism is sought in the story, when I witness the callous behaviour of someone who should have acted quickly during the disaster, I get angry and start talking to him as if I was there.

    Move faster... You can't keep all those people waiting... You stupid thing... like...

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    Released in 2015, the Norwegian film The Wave is about a small town between the mountains and the people living in it. As a natural disaster, it deals with the wave hitting the town as a result of the rock and sand particles breaking off from the mountains suddenly falling into the sea.

    The subject, the town and the natural beauties of Norway are great, but as in every disaster film, there are those who have a callous attitude in The Wave and there are scenes that are contrary to the reality sought.

    For example; At the moment when the rocks and sand pieces start to fall, the ground is moving like an earthquake, but one of the protagonists is wearing headphones, listening to loud music and enjoying skateboarding in the corridor of the shelter floor of the hotel. Considering that every second is important in the event of a disaster and the group that needs to leave the hotel as soon as possible, spending time looking for the protagonist enjoying skateboarding and trying to find him made my nerves jump.

    [source](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w533_and_h300_bestv2/oDlZFj6EOWTllv1QUuHPfUU4qGp.jpg)

    Since more reality is sought in films about natural disasters, the scenes of the type I mentioned really stand out. If the story was fiction, it would not attract so much attention. In another scene, while everyone is trying to run upwards as the waves come in, a woman's knee gets stuck between two vehicles as a result of a vehicle slipping without a handbrake. Two people can't decide whether to save her or not by looking at each other for almost minutes, but at that time the waves are coming fast. I get angry again and shout from where I am sitting; either save her or ignore her and carry on because you have no seconds to lose!

    Since I have been preferring stagnant films for a while, my viewing pleasure was more calm, but with The Wave, I had a more active viewing session. In general, the watchability rate of the film is high, I don't think you will think of it as wasted time when you watch it. But if you expect reality like me, in the scenes I mentioned, you can move a little bit and find yourself in the film and try to dialogue with the townspeople. Lol.

    I live in a first degree earthquake zone and every time I hear the news of a natural disaster or watch a natural disaster themed film like The Wave, I am startled. I have been affected by several devastating earthquakes in the past and every natural disaster brings back memories. Imagine the loss of a few lives, which has a negative impact on the living, and suddenly tens of thousands of people die! Or don't imagine it at all and let's hope that such a situation will never happen.



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  5. The Wave takes you on a psychedelic adventure with Justin Long@daltono1622d

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    An insurance lawyer named Frank goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff. Their night takes a bizarre turn when Frank ingests a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world. Source

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    One hell of a trip 🌊😵‍💫🌀

    I've been a fan of Justin Long since my mischievous years as a teenager. The first movie I ever watched with him in it was Jeepers Creepers. That was a great film, but his comedic potential wasn't really unleashed. It wasn't until I watched Waiting... and Accepted with my neighborhood buddy that I really started to appreciate this dude.

    Justin Long certainly hasn't grown to be as famous of an actor as his former co-stars Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen, or Jonah Hill. He has however built up a decent filmography, so I am sure that you have seen him in a movie or tv show at some point.

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    The Wave is an interesting and trippy film that stars Justin Long as Frank and his buddy Jeff who is played by Donald Faison. Frank is a life insurance agent and as we all know, insurance companies like to do everything in their power to avoid paying out on a policy. Frank found a loophole on a very big case, so his bosses are giving him a promotion. The single ladies man Jeff invites Frank to go out and celebrate later that night, but Frank is married and has a wife waiting for him at home so he declines and leaves Jeff hanging.

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    Frank's wife is pretty lame, she is worried about things that Frank simply does not carry about. He begins to realize that marriage is a sham and it may not be for him. His wife doesn't do anything wrong necessarily, but she just isn't fun. She wasn't at all a fan of the idea of Frank going out with Jeff, since Jeff screwed over one of her friends. She decides to go to bed well before 10 PM that night and leaves Frank bored and alone. He can't resist and hits up Jeff, who of course is still down to go party.

    Frank thought if he just went out for a bit that it couldn't bring any harm. This was a big risk since he was supposed to give an important presentation at work the next morning about his big breakthrough with the policy. You can imagine things do not go as planned.

    Jeff takes Frank to some nasty bar in a bad part of town and they end up meeting some girls pretty much right away. Jeff and his woman Natalie (Katia Winter) hit it off and it leaves Frank and the other girl named Theresa (Sheila Vand) to talk alone. They have some chemistry, but Frank is hesitant to pursue it since he is married.

    Before you know it they all leave the bar together and end up at some wild house party. Frank is totally out of place and starts to feel anxious because of it. He adopts an anything-goes attitude in an attempt to look cool. Theresa and Frank end up in some back room with a dude and some girls who are doing a rare psychedelic drug. They never say what the drug is, but it is in some kind of demonic-looking bottle. I assume it is something powerful and maybe not even a real drug. The only way for the drug to work is if one person puts the drug on their tongue and then tongue kisses another person. Frank doesn't want the random dude kissing this new girl he has a crush on, so he seizes the moment and goes for it.

    Keep in mind that Frank hasn't partied hard with drugs since back in college. He has been out of the game for a while, plus this hallucinogen was something that he had never tried before. He was out of his mind in no time and it is hilarious to watch the guy struggle. I know what it is like to lose yourself in things such as psilocybin and DMT, so I know how crazy it can feel to try these types of mind-altering substances.

    The next morning Frank wakes up and cannot remember a thing. He is in the same exact room, except all by himself and now it is trashed. He eventually links up with Jeff again, but Jeff didn't do the drug the previous night and instead spent his time hooking up with Natalie. He tells Frank that the psychedelics should wear off in a few more hours, but it never happens.

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    The guy who gave the psychedelics is very mysterious. He never fully explained what he was giving them and also didn't charge them anything to get high. You are left in the dark about it all just like Frank and it makes you feel like your reality is bent just like his.

    Frank wants to find Theresa and Jeff feels obligated to help. They run around town and struggle to locate her. Eventually, they run into Natalie and she takes them to who she assumed "the drug dealer" was. Sadly it turns out to be the wrong guy since the guy that gave Frank and Theresa the drug claimed to not be a dealer. This new drug dealer wants to help Frank come down, for a price of course.

    Frank has no money and also his reality is skewed in the weirdest of ways. He keeps teleporting and seeing/hearing all sorts of odd stuff. He somehow gets the bright idea that doing every drug in his sight will alleviate his symptoms. That equals stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from this drug dealer, which becomes a massive problem.

    You will be shocked to know what actually happened to Theresa that night. Frank definitely didn't see it coming either. He came out of all of this with a totally different view of his own reality. After the crazy night and day that he had, he's pretty much sold on the idea that being in this realm of otherworldly stuff is better than his actual life. I will leave it to you to see what I mean by that.

    I really enjoyed the trip that The Wave took me on. It reminded me of the first time I smoked DMT back in 2012 and had no idea what it was at the time, it changed my view of the world forever. There are so many wild instances from this crazy movie that I left out of this writing, but I feel like I've done my best to convince you that this one is worth watching sometime. I'll close this one out by leaving you with the trailer for the movie. Hopefully, you decide that this film is for you and can enjoy it.




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  6. The Wave - Strange mind journey after taking a weird drug@dedicatedguy2254d
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  7. The Wave [2015] review - a great catastrophe movie from Norway@unbiasedwriter2760d

    Today I will take a little break from the Dwayne Johnson movies, and I will rather write about a movie that I mentioned in yesterday's movie review that was about the catastrophe movie San Andreas.

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    But, I will not write about a big Hollywood production. Instead, I would like to share my thoughts about the first catastrophe movie ever from Norway named Bølgen (The Wave). It was created in 2015, and it received fantastic critics in Norway, and it has also had a good reception abroad. It can now be streamed in quite a lot of Netflix regions, so it shouldn't be too hard to find it online if you look hard enough!

    What is The Wave about?

    In The Wave, we meet the geologist Kristian Eikjord who is about to leave his job in Geiranger to continue his job somewhere else. He doesn't have the best relationship with his family anymore, and especially his relationship with the wife is in a bad condition. The wife works at a hotel in Geiranger as a receptionist.

    During a last visit to the monitoring station, he sees a warning come up telling that groundwater has disappeared. The team doesn't take the threat seriously, but Kristian doesn't relax. He thinks about it, and after a while, he convinces his boss to visit the actual site to see what has taken place. As they climb down into the mountain they can see that wires have been cut off? How come? What has happened? The others don't take it as a serious threat, even though Kristian tells them to evacuate the village of Geiranger.

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    Guess what happens next? The mountain starts to move, and when it collapses into the fjord, a major wave will come which will destroy all of Geiranger. What will happen to the people in Geiranger? What will happen to Kristian's family?

    How did I like The Wave

    It might not have had the highest budget, at least not compared to catastrophe movies from Hollywood like San Andreas, but I had a much better time watching this movie. It is something special about watching the beautiful nature of Norway, the amazing fjords, and also knowing that this is an actual problem and something that could happen.

    The actors all do a fantastic job, and Kristoffer Joner who plays the role as Kristian is awesome. They manage to keep the attention of viewers throughout the entire movie, and even though it might be predictable, there is still a lot of extra spice added to the story that makes it surprising and great to watch.

    I have actually seen the movie twice, and that says a lot because I cannot stand watching movies twice (unless I like them a lot). In other words, if you want to watch a catastrophe movie tonight, this is one I can recommend! You can currently find The Wave on Netflix in the USA, in the Netherlands, in Australia, and in quite some other regions!

    If you want even more...

    I haven't had the chance to see it myself yet, but on August 31st in 2018 a follow-up movie was released named The Quake. This deals with the story of a giant earthquake taking place in Oslo. Again Kristian is the crazy geologist who warns everyone, but again, nobody listens... I haven't seen it yet, but I would love to see it sometime soon!

    Have you seen The Wave (Bølgen)? Did you like it? I would love to hear your thoughts about the movie!

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