Overrated

A different way of telling a story

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I have just finished watching this movie on Google video. It was recommended to me by a friend of mine.My friend would not tell me what it was about but he said I should watch it because its a really interesting program. After watching I must say that I was greatly impressed.The Wave is a frightening study of group psychology.It was apparently based on an actual event in a high school in California over a one week period in April 1967.It is about a history teacher who conducts a psychological experiment on his students who are studying Nazi Germany.The movie delivers a very powerful message.It shows how easily people can be brain washed under the right conditions and if the right techniques are used.Nazi Germany was over 60 years ago but what this program shows is how easily the events that took place in Nazi Germany could be repeated.What makes it all the more frightening is that in the real case study the teacher had virtually the whole class brain washed inside of a week.A very thought provoking program that should definitely be shown in schools.

It's a shame this is a TV movie, so melodramatic and short. If someone had spent time and money trying to recreate a truer picture it's impact could have been immense. It's not even so much the physical production value that bothers me, but the glancing over of issues and plot reasoning along with completely unnecessary 'artistic license'. This is already an incredible story without throwing in your own bits.It also gave me the impression in places of hinting towards anti-Communism rather than the tyrannical dictatorship of Hitler's Germany. A sign of the times perchance in an early 80's U.S.? All in all though, for a short TV movie, I quite enjoyed it. But Jesus, poor Robert. I guess this gives an insight into attitudes towards the 'class creep' around the times. He was overtly considered worthless by everyone before the experiment that may just have broken him... but he was a bloody good Nazi while it lasted.

I remember learning a world war two unit at school and i saw this movie. over all i thought it was okay. A really good plot outline some okay acting, a pretty low budget film for an after school special.Now i figure, what if someone took the time to actually make it into a real movie. With famous actors actresses and a good director. Should it be done, will people go out and see it. I think so, if they take the real story and actually make it good. I think that it can be done and it should, just as long as they make it right and not corny like this after school special.What do you think, should it be done? If so, what actors actresses, directors, produces should do it.

This movie had a great impact on me. Having personally been a victim of peer abuse, it really opened up my eyes as to what kind of effect a 'cult' can play on an individual. This concept not only explains how Hitler managed to be so successful in manipulating the whole country, but also clarifies many other historical events. I would recommend this to anyone who has not seen the movie!