The Impossible film is based on true story of a tourist family in Thailand 2004 when the tsunami hit there. It is directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez and María Belón. The genre is drama/thriller.The movie is also Oscar nominated for the best performance by an Actress in a leading role Naomi Watts. It is realised in 2012.

In the film there is a family including mother Maria (Naomi Watts), father Henry (Ewan McGregor) and three sons, Lucas (Tom Holland), Thomas (Samuel Joslin) and Simon (Oaklee Pendergast).They are spending their Christmas holiday in Thailand in Khao Lak. At the day three which was the Christmas day  they were at the pool enjoying from the sun and suddenly the weather turns windy and animals started acting weird. It took only a few seconds when the water of tsunami hit to the hotel where the family were.

After water had hit the hotel the family drifted apart. Luckily Maria who was wounded from trash in the water and Lucas found each other. They struggled in the water until some people found them and got them to the hospital. While at the same time Henry was with Thomas and Simon searching Maria and Lucas. In the end of the movie the family luckily got together and they got home.

 It was breathtaking to watch the movie and think of the people who were actually there when it happened 2004. The movie was so well made that you could imagine that you were there at the same situation fighting for your life and searching for your family. In my opinion it was very rough but worth of watching. I recommend this movie to everyone because I really liked it and it was so realistic and touching.There was a bit of special effects and they were realistic and amazing.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1 (directed by Francis Lawrence) is the third part of The Hunger Games –trilogy. The film is based on the novel Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

I had also read the novels and, to be honest, at first I found it a bit odd, that the third part would be released in two parts. It almost seemed like that the producers were only thinking about the money.

The plot simplified is that Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) struggles with the question, wheather she should be the Mockingjay –the symbol of a rebellion- or not. She understands that if she stood for rebels, the President Snow (Donald Sutherland) would hurt her loved ones. This dilemma is the main theme of the film: is it right to reject the person you love for the common good?

In my opinion the film was suprisingly violent and rough. There wasn’t lack of big booms and special effects in the film. For sure that did the trick in the movie teather, but I’m not so sure how it works in small televisions  for example. There were also lots of bones, wars and dead human bodies in the movie. That was weird for the film, which is almost phenomenon among lots of teenagers. The love triangle between the main characters Katniss, Peeta (Josh Hucherson) and Gale (Liam Hemsworth) received less attention in this part of the trilogy.

I was pretty satisfied with the acting of the leading stars. Especially Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hucherson managed to make their characters seem like they were about to go out of control.

The soundtrack of the Mockingjay part 1 was really good. Actually, the scene, were Katniss sang The Hanging Three –song, was the best part of the movie. The melody of the song was simple, and even a bit out of tune. It starts only Jennifer Lawrence singing the melody, but then a huge choir will join singing. Same time in the big screen a crowd of rebels marches towards the viewer. I think that was spectacular. I also found myself humming the song various times after waching the film.

To conclude, I think that Mockingjay part 1 had some good and touching scenes, along with the various effects and war parts. On the other hand, I’m still not convinced, why they wouldn’t have fitted with the rest of the scenes (that will be released in part two) into a one good movie.