The film seemed kind of staged.

Like, whenever its relevant to the story, the ocean around them is full of sharks, whales, dark glowy thingies, etc., but whenever it's not relevant, the oceans are completely empty of all life, everyone sits with their feet over the side with no fear. I realize that even if there were sharks, it's not likely that they would see or if they did actually be able to get a bite out of a foot hanging slightly over the float, but that's not really how the human mind works, and even Herman who is otherwise deadly scared of sharks do this.

I also dislike how the film is about faith and the human spirit, how Thor's faith in his convictions lead to a mad expedition that its only a blind chance that didn't kill himself and everyone else. I dislike how the film fails to mention that, in fact, he was wrong. His faith was misplaced. His teori was wrong. Polynesia WAS colonized from Asia, not South America. It seems like an important detail to give us. And while the film doesn't directly say anything that isn't true (it never says his theory was right either), it strongly implies it. Its implied throughout the film that if he can complete the journey, this will prove his theory, but it actually just proves that it was possible for South Americans to float to Polynesia, it doesn't actually prove that they did it, nor does it have any relevance for any other evidence for or against his theory.

So yeah, while I thought most of the sea scenes were really beautiful, I didn't really like the film as a whole.

Rating: Three out of seven

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