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Tsunami relived!

Lo Imposible (The Impossible, 2012)
Leave it to the film-makers to re-enact even the most difficult of nature's catastrophe, so much so that the survivors re-live and suffer the stresses of the trauma of the event all over again. Like what a 'learned' leader once said, "If Hollywood can make 'Avatar', the powers that control Hollywood can make us believe through all their stories that they wants us to believe! - Holocaust, Osama and all.."
In this way, the excellent cinematography made us believe that they actually re-created a tsunami when everything was shot in a giant swimming pool and generous help from computer graphic imaging!
This Naomi Watts-Ewan McGregor disaster flick is based on a certain Maria Belon's Christmas family vacation to an exotic tropical paradise location in an island in Thailand. After a peaceful bliss of a Christmas day and family bonding time, tragedy struck the family with 3 young boys on Boxing day of 2004.
The lull before the storm
Bliss before disaster!
As we are well aware by now of the devastation and destruction, it is not necessary to elaborate. The family gets separated in two. Mother Maria fights for her life with her thirteen year old son, Lucas, in the water. With a fractured leg, she drags on, rescuing an unknown toddler along the way. The father, Henry is still in the vicinity of the hotel together with his two sons (7 and 5). After a momentary separation, (father and his sons as well as mother and son), the family is reunited and head to Singapore for medical treatment- thanks to Zurich travel insurance.
The story is nothing new but kudos to excellent cinematography and stellar acting by Watts as the mother and a young Tom Holland as the 13 year old Lucas.
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