Did Martha die?
I have'nt been able to see the end of the 1st part
Just want to know
You'll need to watch the second part.
shareWe don't know for sure, it hasn't been confirmed. But I honestly don't know how she could have survived. She's a 6 year old child hanging on to the trunk of a Palm tree surrounded by 30 feet of water. Ian and Susie went back to the beach where she was last seen and haven't found her yet.
shareI hope that's not her in the bag.
shareI fear she's dead. There's only 10 minutes left.
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SPOILER-ish
They didn't confirm it, but since she wasn't found by the end, I don't think she made it.
Well, it's obvious she died. I mean, come on! So sad, though. So sad.
That little girl gave one hell of a mini-performance when the water hit.
Damn.
50,000 people's remains were never found, Martha is one of those.
shareI'm kinda bummed out. I thought at least one of the character's stories would have an uplifting ending. I don't understand why the writers felt it better to leave the story so dismal and open-ended like that. Very sad. Good mini-but not something I'd want to ever see again.
Demetria
Well, as they summary at the end of part 2 stated, it was left very open-ended for real. 10's of thousnads of people's remains were never found. That's the reality, which is quite dismal for those who really did loce there loved ones in the tsunami.
shareIts really sad how they never found her body along with the real people that died. They would've never had a proper burial.
"It doesn't make any sense. Thats why I trust it"-Titanic
I think that Martha's body was burned at the Temple because the photographer took a picture of a little girl at the Temple and he told the lady that he sent the picture to that it was a Black female child or something to that effect but I think it was Martha.
shareBut the father was there and told the photographer to take a photo. If it was martha he would probably have recognized her
shareYes, she did and the parents had a little ceremony on the beach for her. It was so sad, I cried my eyes out! I so wanted them to find her.
"No-one I think is in my tree"
But, such is life, hundreds of thousands never had a body to bury.
shareThat would be a very sad/grim reality to face :(
shareWho is Ian hugging on the beach in the DVD cover photo? It's almost like they filmed him finding her, and edited that scene out; maybe it's better as an open-ended question. But SO devastating; as the dad of a little girl about Martha's age, I really REALLY felt his desperation and pain at being separated from her.
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There is no uplifting ending to any of this; so many folks still don't know the true fate of their loved ones ... even today ...
While having had several members of my family directly involved in, and affected by, the events of December 26th 2004, the movie did hammer home for me some of the dislocated horror of it all, I felt it was too short (ended too abruptly) and was too concentrated, and too negative about the British side of it all. Everyone suffered, and I'm sure everyone did their best to cope with it all to the best of their abilities.
Either way, it seems like a losing battle. I did appreciate Toni Collette's performance, she was pretty much the only one who was capable of conveying the global feeling of helplessness.
Apologies for resurrecting a 3+ year old post, but I just saw the movie now and despite the personal connections and the stories heard and seen, it really brought forward some of the aspects which I hadn't considered yet ...
My thanks to the producers and creators of this testament to the shock and awe and horror of the 2004 Asian Earthquake and its dire consequences.
Apologies for resurrecting a 3+ year old post, but I just saw the movie now and despite the personal connections and the stories heard and seen, it really brought forward some of the aspects which I hadn't considered yet ...
My thanks to the producers and creators of this testament to the shock and awe and horror of the 2004 Asian Earthquake and its dire consequences.
Curious about where you were able to see this.
More science, less fiction.
Karlrobert Kreiten--http://tinyurl.com/n938vj
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You're right. I don't know how she could have survived or have held onto the tree. Remember how they were speaking to the Dutch doctor and he was saying that at the most she could have only held on for 15 minutes, especially with the force of the currents.
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One thing they didn't get into, which I thought they would, were reports that many children were taken by horrible people who saw an evil opportunity, and sold on the black market, or put into prostitution.
This is Thailand after all - one of the most popular pedophile destinations for the purchase of child sex.
The movie portrays the chaos that was the first 48 hours or more after the storm hit. All anyone would have to say is "this is my daughter", or "I know who this is, I'll take her to her family". No one was asking very many questions at the beginning.
Even the way Susan briefly took that girl that resembled her daughter...had they just said "oh yes, this is our daughter", they would have been able to keep her, no problem, or so it seems.
This sad truth just makes it all the more horrible for the families of the 50 000 people who never found their relatives bodies.
Actually, I'm kind of glad they didn't get into it. It would have made an already sad movie all the more depressing!
“I always tell the truth…even when I lie” - Scarface