Thanks for the memories!

Nice effects though.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

I dont mind a slow plot if the story is good, but this one just isnt. The premise is intriguing, but poorly executed. Ending tries to be deep and clever, but is actually like the rest of the movie: shallow and boring.

Force Majeure (Swedish: Turist) (2014) This was a film about snow, families, marriages. Mostly, though, about the survival instinct. A Swiss family takes a vacation in the French Alps. A workaholic father, an attentive and loving mother, a son and a daughter, brother and younger sister. Tomas, Ebba, Vera, Harry. Plus Ebba's girlfriend, who seems to relish a polygamous lifestyle, Charlotte. Mats, an old friend of Tomas's, and his young twenty year old lover, Fanny. Day One. Family together, skis, uneventful. Ends with Vivaldi. Day Two. Family skis in the morning. Lunch, it becomes Avalanche Day. When Tomas grabs his belongings, runs from the scene. Escaping the avalanche, which fortunately never makes impact. Away from his wife. Away from his children. Away from his son calling, "Daddy!". Ebba looks around; she has never experienced anything like this in her life; she is scared; she clutches her children, looking for her husband. Vanished. Laughing, he returns to the table a few minutes later, as if nothing were wrong in the world. That night, dinner with Charlotte and her current man. Tomas insists he did no such thing, he would never run away, of course not. Ebba, plainly shocked into speechlessness. More sharp Vivaldi Concerto No. 2 chords. Day Three. Ebba wants an alone day. She returns to have dinner with Tomas' friends, finally admitting out loud how depressed she is that Tomas denies fleeing from get and the kids. Expressed how afraid she was. Tomas says nothing, even after they watch the video he filmed, clearly showing him running away. Discussion regarding survival instincts. Fanni tells Mats that she feels he would probably react as Tomas had because of his personality. He understandable takes offense and things are different between them after that. Vivaldi. Day Four. Guys day. Mats & Tomas are skiing alone. Mats convinces Tomas to try scream therapy. Tomas feels better. He returns to the hotel but cannot find Ebba. He goes back out and finds himself at a rave party. Non Vivaldi screaming music with sharp chords. Screams more. Pivotal scene. Outside their room, as they're children eavesdrop and hug each other in consolation, Thomas cries out that he hates that bad part of him, that he also suffers. Hates his cowardice. Here cheated in games with the children. Confesses to cheating in past. Final Day. Very foggy day. Ebba is lost in the snow. Tomas tells the children to stay where they are, leaves them to search for his wife. Follows her voice, successfully carries her back to reunite his family. Film ends with another scene showing how we react in survival situations. A bus ride down a winding mountain with sharp turns and driver is obviously not very skilled. Ebba panics, demands to be let out. Overreacting? The bus full of tourists is panicking, screaming, rushing out. Mats very firmly tells everyone to leave in a logical manner, women and children first, otherwise people will get hurt. Success. Charlotte (who previously stated she loved risks) remains in the bus along with a handful of others. Would the purpose of this scene be to show that Ebba can also overreact in what she deems to be a survival instincts situation? Still, she stays with her children by her side. They walk down the mountain. Close curtain. Three things. From a psychological standpoint, I liked this film, its exploration of what we do in a fight or flee survival situation, its refusal to take a side. Secondly, I personally do not feel that Tomas redeemed himself by saving Ebba on the last day of their vacation. Though since Ebba does not seem to want a divorce, I can see why she convinced herself that he did. Thirdly, weird music, sharp Vivaldi that serves as an interlude between days, maybe as foreshadowing to danger, was not to my liking. Other scenes of whiteness and snow and emptiness played well into overall message in film. For this film, the typical Scandinavian somber tone is apposite. Great camera work, Simple premise plays out well. Gives much to ponder. Haibun, "haikai writings", is a prosimetric (written partly in prose and partly in verse) poem in which a haiku is included after the prose, serving as its climax or epiphany. #Haibun #PoemReview

Quite frankly, this was the worst film I have ever seen. It is so bad that I am writing my first review to help people avoid the mistake I made. Everyone in my environment who watch the movie were very disappointed too, and some had to re-sell it immediately. Seriously, I think people that are giving high marks to this film are trolling. The movie basically pictures a family in a sky resort, and when they are in the cafeteria, an avalanche occurs. The man of the family got scared and ran away. The rest of the movie is just about the wife complaining on him for running away instead of staying with his family. That's it. Nothing else. You can try to see more and describe it with deep and eloquent words, but the film is quite bad. You are warned! The photography is beautiful, though.

When Swedes Tomas and Ebba, along with their children Vera and Harry, go on a skiing holiday in the French Alps it should have been a fun vacation for all of them but then an avalanche strikes. Nobody is hurt but Tomas and Ebba's relationship is shaken to its core as he grabbed his phone and ran leaving her to look after the children; something he won't admit to; even to himself. Ebba tries to talk about it but he avoids the subject; then she brings it up again when they are having an evening with Norwegian friends Mats and Fanni leading to a very uncomfortable evening for all involved. As the holiday continues they talk about how one reacts in the face of danger and question how many of us would be brave and how many would instinctively try to save themselves.When I started watching this I didn't really know what to expect but certainly didn't expect an almost entirely character driven drama. They may have been in the French Alps but most of the action takes place in the confines of the hotel. The conversations are frequently painful to watch; not because they are poorly acted, far from it, but because it is so awkward… so much so that I was frequently reminded of the classic 1977 TV Play 'Abigail's Party'… perhaps the epitome of awkwardness. When they do get out onto the snow there is a sense of danger; especially when Tomas tries to prove his manliness by taking his family skiing in dense fog. Even the ending, has a surreal sense of danger. The relatively small cast does a really fine job making us believe in the characters and the way their relationships are changing because of what happened. While this is mostly a drama there are some laugh out loud moments as things get just a little surreal at times. I'd recommend this to anybody who likes their drama to be character driven and don't mind frequent, long, awkward silences. It also makes one ask what you would have done in Tomas's position; we all hope we'd try to protect those close to us but ultimately don't know and hope we will never be tested.