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This well acted ensemble showed us the motivation and training necessary to get really high. Despite man's best laid plans Mother Nature usually finds a way to win.
This film was wisely turned into an ensemble affair which allows the story to tell a more comprehensive account of what happened and who was affected. The cinematography was pretty gorgeous and lends itself to the new "Adult 3-D" category of spectacles.
Jason Clarke and Josh Brolin seemed to be a bit more front and center in the story as they were allowed to develop their characters somewhat more than the others. During the climb and subsequent storm we see the efforts and failures of the men involved and are reminded "ultimate challenges" aren't for everyone including Clarke's character who had been to the top five times before.
This is a perfect knuckle-dragging movie that even the S.O. would like since there is a heavy female investment in the cast.
Sit at the top of the theater to get the full effect.
... and the camps looked like CGI toys.
The film looked extremely dull.... I mean dark... grey.... the white titles stood out against snow in the sun.
Sorry, it stiffed as far as I was concerned.
Weak script and lucky they colour coded the climbers as the only other way to tell them apart was by who answered the radio phones.
Whatever happened to the South Africans?
I realized they did not have much to go by (according to the real people) given the situation
terrible and bleak it was
I liked seeing the camps and the views from above the camps and mountain so you could get a handle on the scale of it all
amazing
Originally Christian Bale was going to be Josh Brolin but dropped out. The story was going to be centric around that character but the shift to ensemble seemed to be the way to go, IMO.
Which is out about this same time. The documentary story of the first summiting of the middle spire of Meru in the Himalayas, shot during the climb by Jimmy Chin, the world-class climber/cinematographer. Formerly thought to be unclimbable; but finally finished off by Conrad Anker, Chin, and Ozturk.This is no Hollywood actor deal. The visceral ordeal of the climb is spectacular enough in its own right, but the film has ample back story about the climbers' lives and obsessions. You'll get to see what makes these guys tick as well as what they do. They really are on Meru; not some back lot film-friendly mountain.
Now showing in mainstream theaters. You don't have to drive to Teluride to see it.
And regarding "Everest", I hope having read Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" doesn't leave me disappointed. It's a fantastic book and story, and was previously made into a movie by David Breashears, the climber/cinematographer for that event. The movie in this OP is the second go-round.
For the record, there have been many tragedies on Everest since the 1996 disaster that Krakauer was in; many of those much more tragic, but they didn't benefit from having a world-class writer along. The 1996 event had several women involved, a couple of which were renowned climbers. They were main characters in the "Into Thin Air" telling, so I'm glad this new film has some female presence.
Edits: 09/26/15
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who initially diagnosed Mrs. Nasty's illness.
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"E Burres Stigano?"
I think a dude like that would be someone to listen to.
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