Comments on: TIFF Review: Overwrought ‘The Impossible’ Drowns In A Sea Of Melodrama https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/ Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Kevin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69602 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:06 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69602 I've removed the "spoiler" which isn't really a spoiler considering how predictable this movie is.

]]> By: Christian https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69603 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:06 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69603 Just because you don't like a movie doesn't mean you should give away what is going on in the ending. I used to like this site.

]]> By: Everyone https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69604 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:06 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69604 you *uckers spoiled the movie for everyone ahead of the jump, idiots, you could have mentioned a spoiler alert !!! stupid editors !!!!!

]]> By: Katie https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69591 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69591 This probably has to be the most ridiculous film critique I have ever read. Your comments regarding Naomi Watts' character spending the first 40 minutes of the film screaming are unbelievable…. I think I can honestly say that had I just seen my whole family washed away, likely to be dead whilst hanging on to a tree trying not to drown myself (oh whilst having one leg pretty much hanging off) I think I'd probably be doing a bit of screaming too. And as for Bayona not trusting the audience to understand the magnitude of the Tsunami…. well yeah, he probably doesn't because unless you were there on a beach that day watching that sight come towards you, deafening everything in your world, then no, you probably don't quite get the magnitude of it, sitting in your cosy front room eating yesterdays turkey left overs on Boxing Day. It was the amazing story of 'one family' not a documentary about the entire Tsunami itself. Did Schinlders' List reflect on all the Russians, Brits, Americans, French, Italians, and all the other nationalities who suffered during WW2?? NO it didn't it focused on Oscar Schinlder and those that he managed to save.
I won't be taking your advice any time soon.

]]> By: Oz https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69592 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69592 Most of the comments here Kevin is being written by one person. Check the other reviews that criticizes the film to see the pattern

]]> By: Verone https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69593 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69593 KEVIN JAGERNAUTH IS A JAGERASSHOLETH

]]> By: Marten https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69594 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69594 People, see Screen International's raving review for a completely different take on the film.

]]> By: richardM https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69595 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69595 This smart*ss "critic" thinks everyone in the audience understands the tsunami and all the pains and emotions that it brings along as well as he does, let alone his cold-bloodedness towards a human tragedy presented so accurately on screen by excellent performance from Naomi Watts.

]]> By: c https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69596 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69596 You know you're a good critic when…you spoil the movie in the first sentence of your review. Even if the movies predictable.

]]> By: Isabelle https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69597 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69597 "If there is an Oscar for moaning in pain, Watts will certainly be a lock. A good portion of the first 40 minutes of the film are dedicated to Maria either screaming for her son, or being in total agony as she nurses a leg that has been severely punctured by a tree branch."

You do know this is based on true events and the real woman and family that went through this horrific tsunami probably did scream for her son and probably was in total agony. So, Naomi Watts did exactly what she had to do in the movie and she did it exceptionally well.

]]> By: Oogle monster https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69598 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69598 So is this the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close of 2012? Can we call it? Can we?!

]]> By: Nolan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69599 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69599 I actually liked the trailer quite a bit…but it's definitely easy to see how something like that could devolve into syrupy melodrama.

]]> By: XS https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69600 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69600 Yeah I kind of figured all that based on the trailer. The Academy will probably eat this sappy shit up though.

]]> By: Funny https://staging2.theplaylist.net/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-20120910/#comment-69601 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:35:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/tiff-review-overwrought-the-impossible-drowns-in-a-sea-of-melodrama-106222/#comment-69601 The tsunami was a spoiler? Huh, people are idiots.

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