#flood 2007

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wet cat

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Unpopular opinion, I know (even though God knows why it's so unpopular), but "Flood" (2007) is a great, smart, engaging, well-written, well-directed and well-acted film.

You just have to keep three things in mind going in:

this is a movie showing catastrophe through people, their reactions, their relationships to one another and their relationships to their jobs and their lives etc. ( so if you're wondering why they included servicemen in the Underground or that father and daughter? because they are examples of different people who were affected by that catastrophe – and they are needed in this film, among other things, to show that such catastrophes affect everyone )

it shows more than tells – characters' expressions and feelings and actions are more important than their words, so yes, there's a lot of silent acting and close ups and no it's not a flaw

standard logic with which you analyze characters' behavior doesn't apply here because they are not sitting in the warmth and safety of their homes like you do and have all the time in the world to think about what line of action is better, they are in the middle of a very rapidly progressing disaster, they don't have all the information like viewers do, they are unsafe and scared and they have to act fast, so yes, there are lots of actions that aren't logical but then again think about how you would behave under such circumstances

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Okay, so I really really need to write either Anyelle (the list of the ships I write is here) or Rob/Sam from Flood (2007) and I did just reblog two prompt lists, so please, have a look and send one or two in!