Kon-Tiki is an endearingly told true story of man vs. nature that goes down some basic action and storytelling avenues but manages to immerse and impress through the beautiful cinematography and music, with how often I talk about my expectations and how they impact my experiences with films it’s very nice to see these movies that match exactly to what my mind imagined them as. As far as the storytelling goes it takes a few inventive turns but for the most part it does fit what comes to your mind when you think of a modern true story survival/thriller, what this did better than most of the others and what earns it its flowers from me despite the plainness is how it handled the emotion which I felt the sincerity of every time it came up. That emotion is brought out wonderfully by Johan Söderqvist’s score and it does just as much for the thrill as it does the emotion, and for someone who I’ve only ever heard compose the score to one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen this was a massive step up as off the top my head I’d actually call it one of my new favorites of the 2010s. Geir Hartly Andreassen’s photography as I said in the beginning is another shining aspect here and could also be deserving of that “new favorite of the 2010s” title, this is easily some of the best ocean cinematography I’ve ever seen with some very memorable shots that I’ll be thinking about for a while. The ensemble is solid as the script didn’t give them too much to play with but they all made the best of it that they could, I don’t really have a standout but Pål Sverre Hagen in the lead was fun to watch. In the end it’s a story that didn’t need brilliant writing or amazing action to get across its core themes of inspiration and perseverance, yes it may have been better with improvement in those areas but I felt what I needed to all the same in the version we got. I always love a good adventure story as it’s one of the most immersive genres of film to me and this experience represents that better than I could put it to words, if you ever get the itch for a survival/adventure movie like I do I can assure Kon-Tiki will scratch it and then some.
Kon-Tiki is an endearingly told true story of man vs. nature that goes down some basic action and storytelling avenues but manages to immerse and impress through the beautiful cinematography and music, with how often I talk about my expectations and how they impact my experiences with films it’s very nice to see these movies that match exactly to what my mind imagined them as. As far as the storytelling goes it takes a few inventive turns but for the most part it does fit what comes to your mind when you think of a modern true story survival/thriller, what this did better than most of the others and what earns it its flowers from me despite the plainness is how it handled the emotion which I felt the sincerity of every time it came up. That emotion is brought out wonderfully by Johan Söderqvist’s score and it does just as much for the thrill as it does the emotion, and for someone who I’ve only ever heard compose the score to one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen this was a massive step up as off the top my head I’d actually call it one of my new favorites of the 2010s. Geir Hartly Andreassen’s photography as I said in the beginning is another shining aspect here and could also be deserving of that “new favorite of the 2010s” title, this is easily some of the best ocean cinematography I’ve ever seen with some very memorable shots that I’ll be thinking about for a while. The ensemble is solid as the script didn’t give them too much to play with but they all made the best of it that they could, I don’t really have a standout but Pål Sverre Hagen in the lead was fun to watch. In the end it’s a story that didn’t need brilliant writing or amazing action to get across its core themes of inspiration and perseverance, yes it may have been better with improvement in those areas but I felt what I needed to all the same in the version we got. I always love a good adventure story as it’s one of the most immersive genres of film to me and this experience represents that better than I could put it to words, if you ever get the itch for a survival/adventure movie like I do I can assure Kon-Tiki will scratch it and then some.
