joerg1

The danish original is damn good, but this is a really good remake. I kinda feel that this movie gets way more hassle than it deserves. I too feel that the US has a way too big need to remake movies in a foreign language, and this is definitely one of those cases. However if it gets americans to watch a movie with a script this good it might be worth it. The original in this case is a masterpiece, and I would really wish that it got a bigger audience, cause it is a really good script.

Both the original and this are highly intense an minimalistic scripts (the original even more than this) that deserve an audience, and I really feel that audiences don't get what a huge feat it is do deliver so much emotion and drama all alone in a room without real interaction with other actors. Both Jake Gyllenhaal in this and Jacob Cedergren in the original delivers incredible performances all alone in a room.

If you are to only watch one, watch the original, but both are damn good movies worth your time.

Ok I'm going to be honest and say that some of the surfing scenes was good, and Kate Bosworth was gorgeous, but apart from that this movie is horrible!

I rented it because I like beautiful girls and surfing, but that didn`t help! You may call me shallow, but in many movies a beautiful girl can make a bad movie worth the money, but not even that can pull this movie out of a watery grave!

If you want to watch surfing, rent "Pointbreak"! It lacks the women, but at least it`s got a plot!

I`d rather watch a Finnish TV-Drama marathon than this! Spend your money elsewhere!!!!!!!