History Fridge / Utoya22Juli

* Why does the film overplays the bleakness of the situation by excluding all rescue attempts (until the very end) and making swimming to the mainland seem nearly impossible? Because that's how those hiding in the rocks on the Love Path felt. They did not consider possible to swim directly to mainland, or they wouldn't hide in the rocks (those who did consider it possible had already swam away by the time Kaja arrives on the beach). The boats weren't there initially. By the time the evacuation started, Breivik appeared on the Love Path and made it impossible for the boats to come closer than 150-200 m to the shore, which for most of those hiding was still unreachable, not to mention that by trying to swim to the boats, they would be in the line of fire. Many of those hiding in the rocks weren't evacuated until 30-60 minutes '''after''' Breivik was arrested. For them, the situation really was as bleak as shown.

* The name "Kaja" is probably derived from the Norwegian word "kaia", meaning "dock". The Utoya dock was the place where first victims died. So it's fitting that [[spoiler: Kaja is the last victim]]

* Given the number of encounters Kaja has with the terrorist, one can think this is massive overdramatization. However, if one compares Breivik's route [[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/norway-massacre-anders-breiviks-route-144335 here]] with Kaja's route (club house - forest to the south - tents - again forest to the south - beach southeast - rocks southwest - again beach southeast), one sees that all encounters are plausible. The only exception is [[spoiler: the final shot that killed Kaja, which was freely invented, rather than taken from survivors' accounts.]]

* Why did [[spoiler: Kaja]] made such a stupid mistake near the end, standing completely in the open, and arguing loudly? Because she moved past DespairEventHorizon and [[DeathSeeker lost the will to live]]. This may also '''possibly''' explain why [[spoiler: she died so fast, and without any last words.]]

* The wounded man in the boat in the end of the film is older, and he was in the boat when it stopped, not in the cave which implies that this is the boat's owner. This in turn means that the boat was shot at as it approached - and [[spoiler: Emilie, Kaja's sister, was in the boat. It's just sheer luck that she was not killed as Kaja was]]

* Why does the film overplays the bleakness of the situation by excluding all rescue attempts (until the very end) and making swimming to the mainland seem nearly impossible? Because that's how those hiding in the rocks on the Love Path felt. They did not consider possible to swim directly to mainland, or they wouldn't hide in the rocks (those who did consider it possible had already swam away by the time Kaja arrives on the beach). The boats weren't there initially. By the time the evacuation started, Breivik appeared on the Love Path and made it impossible for the boats to come closer than 150-200 m to the shore, which for most of those hiding was still unreachable, not to mention that by trying to swim to the boats, they would be in line of fire. Many of those hing in the rocks weren't evacuated until 30 minutes '''after''' Breivik was arrested.
* Why did Kaja made such a stupid mistake near the end, standing completely in the open, and arguing loudly? Because she moved past DespairEventHorizon and [[DeathSeeker lost the will to live]]. This may also '''possibly''' explain why [[spoiler: she died so fast, and without any last words.]]

* Remember the wounded girl? Her parents will [[spoiler: never find out about her last moments, now that Kaja died before telling the story to anyone]].

* Remember the wounded girl? Her parents will [[spoiler: never find out about her last moments, now that Kaja died before telling the story to anyone]]

* Given the number of encounters Kaja has with the terrorist, one can think this is massive overdramatozation. However, if one compares Breivik's route [[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/norway-massacre-anders-breiviks-route-144335 here]] with Kaja's route (club house -forest to the south - tents - again forest to the south - beach southeast - rocks southwest - again beach southeast), one sees that all encounters are plausible. The only exception is [[spoiler: the final shot that killed Kaja, which was freely invented, rather than taken from survivors' accounts.]]

* Why did Kaja made such a stupid mistake near the end, standing completely in the open, and arguing loudly? Because she moved past DespairEventHorizon and lost the will to live. This may also possibly explain why [[spoiler: she died so fast, and without any last words.]]

* Why did Kaja made such a stupid mistake at in the end, standing completely in the open, and arguing loudly? Because she moved past DespairEventHorizon and lost the will to live. This may also possibly explain why [[spoiler: she died so easily, and without any last words.]]