Submergence (2018)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

the audience applauded

Such a frustrating disappointment

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Advice for viewers. Best is to relax into an aesthetic quiet movie, then you might appreciate the beautiful slow intro, soundtrack and landscape scenery. The additional cuts to some spy and prison scenes could have spiced it up, but they were at times nerve-wrecking, because the went back and forth too often without much new insights.The best acting in my eyes came from Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (sorry, I had to put this out there, but I am not joking - this is Alexander Siddig's full name ;-) This is the guy who not only did play a doctor here, but also in the Startrek series Deep Space 9, and he matured to convincingly display a faithful and ethical person who has poise.Vikander's acting was understandably two-faced, because she had to play a materialistic non-charming scientist who turns romance - and this on top of her fragile figure which additionally made it hard for her to really own this role. The reason why she in my opinion will be cast many more times is not only because she played in Tomb Raider and is pretty, but because she has a quite neutral face which allows for nearly any character to throw her way - young enough to be sensual but also has a focus which doesn't corner her in the realm of sensuality. However - somehow I was not fully sucked into her role to make me feel the love - it rather reminded me of some really beautiful women whom for some reason I had no magical connection with.As for the directing: The movie showed that Wim Wenders comes from the 70s area where movies were slow and his age may contribute for him to continue on that pace. This is ok in some of his movies and in this one it was half a blessing and half a curse. The negative side of it being that the story did not really unfold for me fully but went back and forth much too often without a reason for it - and I don't ask for clear endings as you might think, but for at least some contemplative message which I can take away and which will give the slow movie a deeper meaning, just as it was in George Clooneys Syriana (in which Alexander Siddig btw also played).It also dawned upon me that having just completed the (heart-wearming) documentary about pope Francis, the stereotyped display of Muslims as terrorists may come from a Christian and Anti-Islamic perspective. If I was a director I would have not put oil onto the xenophobic flames of of the contemporary fear of- and therewith hate for refugees. Nevertheless - this might be part of the original book and I appreciate that a potential dull story was spiced up with some spy stuff.All in all I enjoyed watching the movie while it lasted, but left the cinema a bit oblivious.

This movie would've been better named "Pining". Boy meets girl, fall into bed. After 40 minutes, both go their separate ways and for the next hour, pine for each other. The end. I fell asleep 3 times. I watched this because I love James McAvoy, but Christ, he must've been hard up to accept this crud.

I went into this movie with high hopes. There aren't enough romantic dramas out there and I loved that it was described as a "haunting love story." Well... it was more like a disappointing love story to me. Without giving away any spoilers, the format of this movie intercuts between the past romance and the current separation of the two main characters portrayed by James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander. While I like both of these actors individually, I didn't really feel the chemistry between them. That said, I was still interested in their separate storylines (he is taken prisoner by jihadists and she is doing deep water sea exploration). But... after all that waiting, I didn't think the ending was very well done.

Unfortunately just another muslim stereotype movie. I'm sorry to see Alicia Vikander and James Macavoy doing this movie.