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The movie is a tragedy, an imaginary tale of what could have happened to the real "keepers" who indeed vanished back in mid december of 1900, and never heard of again.

The truth is that nobody knows for sure what was the fate of the real three men at the Flannan Isle, and anybody's guess is as good.

Theories abound about what really happened, from alien abduction to a giant wave, and anything in between.

Was it a terrible natural accident, such as the three men falling down a cliff or down inside a cave? Or something more sinister as the men kill each other?

Your guess is as good as mine.

In the real diary entry logged by the real keepers, they write about a terrible weather "as the one they have never seen in 20 years at sea."

That particular entry in the book is extraordinary, having in consideration that weather reports at the time indicated that weather was fine and calmed and the first rain can in on december 17, 1900. That is baffling to say the least.

Will we ever know what happened to those 3 scotish men, thomas, donald and james? sadly, most probably not, which is so sad, especially because they had wives and children.

About the movie itself, i'd say its pretty good. i give it a 6.

acting is excellent from the three main actors, as well as from the supporting characters. all did a good work, and the director set the grim tone right from the beginning.

the drama unfold with camera close to the faces of the actors to emphasis the tragedy going on, no images from the beauty of the ocean and a blue scotish sky don't expect to see that.

all is sad from the very beginning and the only laughs occurred when donald and james found gold in the chest. other than that, all is grey.

i'd recommend the movie to anyone who likes thrillers and tragedies on film. no special effects just plain good old fashioned acting (good actually) and an ending kind of predictable, still enjoyable (again if you like tragedies).

The movie is not about the disappearance of the three lighthous keepers from 1900. That was just a pretext. It is about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Greed, guilt, suspicion... We always think that we are able to manage extraordinary circumstances, but do we?

I watched The Vanishing because:

• It's a period piece
• I love lighthouses
• Scotland is gorgeous
• Lighthouses are even better on an island.

I got all of these, of course, in a classic tale that owes to authors such as Stevenson or Leroux. A pretty good story indeed.

Great cast. Including a very credible Scotsman played by that Greek actor, the one from Sparta.

From the premise I almost thought this was similar to "The Lighthouse" with Pattinson and Dafoe. But this is nothing like that. While this is quite somber (for a movie with Butler in it), it is not nearly as intense or good as that. Still the movie is at least decent, with nice play between the 3 main characters. With some added flavor of others thrown in.

Being on an island can do things to your mind. When an outside "force" comes it adds a new ingredient to the mix. This is not always a good thing. And nothing comes for free either ... even if you don't know or haven't read up on the story, once you open something, you know you'll have to live with the consequences. Whatever those may be

When faced with extraordinary circumstances, people usually act as you would expect them to, based on who they were before the circumstance. Occasionally there are surprises. But usually a brave person reacts bravely, etc.

But most of us never get a chance to find out how we would react, because nothing precarious happens in our lives. For these three lighthouse keepers, something did. Something as simple as encountering another human. One thing leads to another. Such is life.

Sure, we could have used more back stories for all three men, and more time-period context. But this picture was simple and primal. Three men are isolated, a tough situation arises, survival instincts kick in, people make choices, and one way or another, resolution ensues.

The irony here, and I've yet to read anyone mentioning it, is that the good guys took possession of the bad guys' stuff and refused to give it back. Not vice versa.

Do you have brutal violence inside you? Do I? Who knows? Let's hope we never find out.

The photography and setting, the interior shots, the facial expressions, were all top notch. Great atmosphere, memorable tension.

The two older guys had been to the school of hard knocks presumably. But the young guy got an overwhelming jolt out of nowhere. His world turned upside down in more dramatic and overwhelming fashion than for the others. Yet in some ways, he handled it the best.

The Vanishing: Based on the 1900 disappearance of the keepers at the Flannan Isles Lighthouse this film is updated to perhaps the 1930s and provides an explanation for what happened. The three keepers all have their own demons to deal with and this is exacerbated by the isolation on the island. The mundane tasks mixed with crab fishing, the only diversion being a sing-song. Then a storm descends and when it clears the lighthouse is surrounded by dead seagulls. A wrecked rowing boat is discovered and a seemingly dead man attacks one of the keepers, a chest is also found. This turns out to be Pandora's Box for all concerned. A bleak film, Peter Mullan as the head keeper puts in a convincing performance as the man with a plan, motivated perhaps by his past losses. The violence is savage at times but given the road traveled is perhaps inevitable. More savage thriller than horror. Directed Kristoffer Nyholm from a screenplay by Celyn Jones and Joe Bone. 7/10.

Admittedly I am rating this higher than I think it should be rated. I am doing this to do my part in bringing the overall rating up. Many people decide whether or not to watch a movie, based on these ratings and I think more people should watch this movie. Did it have a slow pace? Yes. I thought the acting and story were fantastic. I see people complaining about the claim that this was based on real events. It was. The true story is that nobody knows what happened to the three men. This was simply a filmmakers take as to what might have happened. I have quite a bit of knowledge about what is known to have happened and the filmmakers did a wonderful job of including that in the movie. They simply filled in the blanks with what I thought was an intriguing story, and deep, engaging characters. Please don't let the overall rating dissuade you from watching. The people who didn't like this movie, are probably people who can't appreciate a movie without a high level of "excitement". I would give the flick an 8.5.

I get that this is a low budget Scottish film, but you would think at least just one of the 22 producers in this film would have complained about the plot-issue filled writing before rolling the cameras, and fine tuned the screenplay and final cut.

Actors turned first-time full length film writers Joe Bone and Celyn Jones had a great conceptual story to write a screenplay with, but they failed with the many plot issues, unanswered questions (Mercury?), unnecessary scenes and dialogue, long length, and slow pacing. Some scenes were either too long or short, too choppy or too fast.

Where this film deserves praise is Kristoffer Nyholm's directing in his first ever full length feature film. Camera angles, close-ups/distant shots and directing his cast were all on point.

Next praise goes to the outstanding score, which set the suspense and tension perfectly, and to the stunning setting visuals.

Then there were the decent performances by all cast, especially Gerard Butler, but I did have difficulty in many scenes understanding what they were saying (accent perhaps).

It's a shame such simple issues (e.g. hire a seasoned screenwriter to build on the story) weren't addressed, as I feel this film would have been near perfect. Nevertheless, still enjoyable and a well deserved 7/10 from me.

The story is epic although the crew is limited in no. but the story helped it to stay in the track of excitement. the actors are really good , and gerard butler forgot the gods of egypt and remember his self as an actor and did it right for sake of god. the movie is great , epic and dramatic.

Not a bad slow burning atmospheric thriller,keeps you guessing,creepy and as I say atmospheric,two great actors in Peter and Gerrard carry it along keeping you waiting to see what goes wrong,only one piece of real action mid way through the movie but this film was more about creepy atmosphere than anything,I found the ending a slight disapointment but im sure many wont mind it,it could of ended a number of ways I suppose being loosley based on a real event,give it a go if you like creepy and claustrophaubic settings....

From my understanding 'The Vanishing' is basically a theory of what may have happened to a trio of lighthouse keepers who actually did go missing back in 1900. It's quite an interesting method of story-telling, to speculate fiction on a real-life occurrence, but I kind of like it. There are hundreds of events over the course of history you could do it for. Did this one work? I would say it did.

I had a feeling going in this was going to be a slow-burn film that would really test my patience (I mean three men alone on a lighthouse island, how much could really happen?) but thankfully I was wrong. Not only was the pacing not an issue, it was actually one of the strongest points of the film. I liked the fact that we knew the outcome from the get-go as well. That wouldn't always be a good thing in a film but on this occasion it worked because it kept us invested and wondering how that was going to turn out to be the case.

The accents of the 3 main actors can be quite hard to understand at times. Subtitles could be your best friend. Otherwise though this is a pretty hard film to fault. The story has quite a natural progression which never feels forced and then the rest of the film's positives just flow from there. I had a really good time with 'The Vanishing' and it is one I would recommend.

Pay no attention to the 5.8 average rating for this film. It's well worth a watch. Dark, tense and atmospheric with an excellent cast. A solid 7 all day long.

If you like a slow burning drama filmed in very few locations with fewer actors, then the story may prove interesting enough together with the great performances.

For me though, it did not hold my attention enough and the dull and sometimes quite dark scenes did nothing to help this slow story unfolding.

Boring,slow and depressing for some, drama lovers may find it interesting.

There is a joke somewhere in this. I just want to say that sometimes we forget how good of an actor Gerard Butler is. I had times in which I didn't listen to dialogue but Butler , Swindells and Mullans conveyed all of the emotions that pulled me back in. A physiological thriller based off of a true event of men who come into bad luck is compelling but at times a little drawn out. I gave it 7 out of 10.

There is a brief contrived interaction within the first quarter of the movie that is a blatant catalyst for the rest of the movie to happen. Key word - contrived. It's obvious. So based on the reviews, I'm noticing from that scene who will probably enjoy this movie or want two hours of their life back. If you nerd out on superficial characters with issues doing bizarre things in a slow movie and feel this must have some deeper meaning that you haven't seen a thousand times before, then you'll like it. If you're a realist who quickly thinks about there being a ton of series on streaming services that have better 45 minute episodes than this entire film, then you will hate this movie.

Thought this movie was brilliant. Very well acted. It shows how life can change in the blink of an eye, and how one decision can flip your whole world upside-down and change everything, especially yourself.

Don't expect to walk away with too much. It is indeed a tad slow, but all in all well worth watching and see what you think..!

A very entertaining story about the most extreme yet realistic notion of what could have happened to the three lighthouse keepers from the Fannin Isle Mystery. In real life, it's no mystery: a hurricane pounded the isle so hard it twisted the metal railing out of shape and a boulder that weighed a ton was moved. The table was set for a dinner that was never served. The inspector from December 1900 reasonably and with evidence concluded that two keepers went out to tie down a piece of equipment (one was previously fined a lot of money his family couldn't afford) and were either blown off the cliff or washed off with a large wave; the third keeper went out to help and was also removed via storm. These isles are off Scotland, and I can assure you, we Celtic folk aren't satiated by some boring storm. It's got to have a massive ocean beast and some kind of faery. This story is so much more mainstream as to be palatable to Americans, and I enjoyed the fun they had with the facts of the case. I thought running with the mercury poisoning was a good touch, and flat out laughed and rolled my eyes at Gerard Butler and his antics for an ending. I enjoyed the actors' performances and I enjoyed the complete deviation from history to just have an entertaining story that might get you talking about what you would do on an island like that. Who doesn't love a good island story for a moral dilemma?