Noegi I have watched the movie "Sturmflut" and it was OK. Better than the other stuff "on air" at the same time. It was predictable,full of clichés and sometimes with very bad cgi BUT it was only for a TV audience. And i think for that audience it was entertaining, although the story wasn't clever and the ending was too sudden. On the other hand you have an all-star team of German actors (Jan Josef Liefers,Benno Führmann,Heiner Lauterbach,Götz George just to name a few) who were enjoyable just to see them acting together. If you haven't expected much this flick keeps you entertained for 2 evenings more than the other garbage on TV. Worth a watch on (free) TV...

no_picture_perfect Yes I have only seen part 1 so far. But I certainly hope that it will be getting better with the next part. But so far it does a good job on the Sci Fi but fails on a personal level so far.I know I am supposed to care about who the bride will choose. Should be voting for the poor sailor who didn't have a chance because his letters were hidden. Should care for the people around them...but they make it tough to really care for them with a writing style that would make the daily soap proud. Problems is...I don't like the daily soaps..never did never will. So that all in all the first part was only interesting for the waves getting higher and the waiting for the big ones.Frankly the Docu that they brought after-wards about the events was a lot more catching and showed how much cheesy the movie paled in comparison to RL

spuncken I am watching the second part at this very moment and I have to agree with lars. However, I am not that put off by the love story - movies about disasters usually contain that. I am rather put off by the lack in accuracy: 1. Dining scene: the storm hit Hamburg in February but the trees had leafs on - unless climatic conditions in northern Germany were different in the sixties, there trees usually don't have leafs in February. 2. First oil platform scenes: they announce that wind speeds are at about 5 - 6 beaufort, but the waves look rather like 12 beaufort (hurricane strength) + the special effects suck!! 3. Dogs are already howling at the upcoming storm but not even a single hair moves when people are outside. 4. People are looking up at the sky as if they know that something is coming - this is a little ridiculous since we (I am from Bremerhaven which is also near the north sea) are quite used to such wind speeds - no one here cares about wind speeds of 10 or even 12 beaufort !However, the second part - when special effects and the weather circumstances are not that important anymore and the actors can concentrate on acting - it is improving quite a lot.

beckbln First: It's known that animals do sense drastic changes and danger from weather. So where's the problem with that?Second, we get so see all kinds of rubbush from Hollywood. Whatz wrong with this one?It's an action-drama, not a documentary.And for a based-on-true-events movie it sticks pretty close to reality (compared to Hollywood).I think it had all I expect from a movie of that kind. It's a nice popcorn-and-beer movie for boring days and for a German TV-flick the CGI was extremely good.So ppl, stop complaining. It's not that bad at all.Have a look at the DU BIST DEUTSCHLAND campaign again and try to understand what it means. Germans just love to complain. It's a pain in the ass.