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To me, this movie is perfection.

One of my all time favorites.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Our world is firstly about power, it's only secondly about education.A calm movie from time to time is something I welcome. Not again such a flashy, action-packed hero film where you'll get nervous because the scenes follow each other in a rapid pace and stroboscopic effects get you a cutting headache. "Submergence" undoubtedly belongs to the first category. So, no nauseating headache. No disorientation feeling. You will certainly not experience that with this ultra slow film. The only thing that made me nervous was the forth and back jumping between the stories of the two protagonists Danielle Flinders (Alicia Vikander) and James More (James McAvoy).James is the kind of guy who knows something about every subject. A whiskey connoisseur, people connoisseur (one look and he knows that the bartender was an ex-rugby player) and also a literary man. He's such a man who'll sweep any woman off her feet. And not only because of his good looks but also because of his engaging and charming behavior. And mainly because he has mastered the art of listening. James works in Nairobi where he consults on water projects. In reality, he works for the British Secret Service. Well, I guess he does, judging by the mysterious briefing he got while walking around in an art museum. And also the situation he's in afterward, has nothing to do with water sources.Danielle is a bio-mathematician (and not an oceanographer as James calls it) and is looking for proof that life exists in the darkest depths of the ocean. A pioneering (and Nobel Prize-worthy) research that can result in eternal fame. So expect a lot of incomprehensible, scientific gibberish. Like this for example: "Some of the most common pathways of energy production in microorganisms, who live along the hydrothermal vents, are oxidation or reduction of sulfur compounds. The most common electron donor along the vents is hydrogen sulfide, making oxidation of sulfur-containing compounds the base of the food web in this environment." Not exactly fodder for an average conversation. Danielle is such a typical female nerd whose work determines and directs her entire life.In fact, they are two realists whose profession plays a central role and who probably don't have the time or desire to make an eternal bond with someone of the opposite sex. Until they happen to meet on a Norman beach."Submergence" is not exactly an exciting movie. It all feels rather poetic. Even the title is an abstraction of the different facets of the film. The sudden blazing love. The predicament that James finds himself in Somalia. And the claustrophobic situation in a (Yes it's yellow) submarine for Danielle. And the whole film gently bounces back and forth between all these storylines. To be honest, I found the romantic part the most impressive. It was a pleasure to watch how these two lovebirds explore and discover each other in one long passionate mating dance. Every time the film returned to this part, it became fascinating. I looked at the other two parts with a kind of indifference. Still weird that Alicia Vikander seemed too young to me in the role of Lara Croft in "Tomb Raider", while in this film I didn't have that feeling. I do understand the metaphors used in this film. But to be honest, I think it was neither fish nor fowl (no pun intended). In the end, I thought the storyline in this potpourri of romance and drama was pretty thin-skinned.

The actors could have been terrific, except Alicia just didn't fit into her supposed role as easily as James. James wasn't nearly as good a spy as he thought he was and Alicia wasn't a Dr or Professor, just a little actress play-acting. That's how it appeared and played out. The movie had no middle or ending and for me it landed nowhere. I get tired of having to write the end in my own mind all the time. If I wanted to think through my movies, I wouldn't watch them anymore. Come on script-writers, do your job and make me want enjoy your movies.

There is no way a man like the character McAvoy plays picks up a lonley girl like that on a beach while out jogging. Because hypergamy. It would be possible if the man was someone else, like Dwayne Johnson playing himself in the movie. Power, fame and money, that would work. But a solo, unknown, normal looking dude, stopping to do some pick up lines on a beautiful solo girl on a beach on his jog... please!! Today that would be considered sexual harrasment by the woman for even talking to her.So no, this did not work one bit. Whoever wrote the script and whoever did the casting are morons.

I disagree with some of the harsh comments here. This is a beautifully made film, subtle in execution but touching all the same and it makes me think of the more important issues in life: love, life, death, life after death. Shame that it did not receive the proper recognition and box office that it deserves