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Everest (2015)
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson.
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Length: 2h 1min
What's it about...Based on the true life events that took place on
May 10, 1996 during a summit climb of Mount Everest. As a team of climbers return from the summit, a dangerous storm comes out of nowhere trapping them on the mountain side.
What's good about it...Is the actual on location footage of Nepal and Mt Everest. That alone is worth the watch. Also good, is that the director avoided the overly used shaky cam and ultra quick cuts. The film's editing is a joy to watch.
Some of the scenes were borrowed from the IMAX documentary film Everest (1998), which follows an actual expedition to the top of the mountain. Mt Everest looks awesome! It looks forbidding! There's a couple of shots that show the scale of the mountain as the camera goes from the climbers, up and over the ridge and then we see the climbers as tiny specks on the snow, very humbling.
What's not so good...Jake Gyllenhaal, he's actually a good actor and good in this movie. But he has such a distinctive face that as soon as I seen him I started to thinking of this as a film with actors and not the real thing. That took me out of the film and made my connection to the story weaker. Also there's a lot of characters that are introduced and that takes time away from the actual survival part of the story which I thought could be longer and more detailed.
Do I recommend it....sure if you want to see what it would be like to climb Everest without getting cold! It's not highly artistic, though the cinematographic is beautiful. It is well made.
Everest (2015)
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson.
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Length: 2h 1min
What's it about...Based on the true life events that took place on
May 10, 1996 during a summit climb of Mount Everest. As a team of climbers return from the summit, a dangerous storm comes out of nowhere trapping them on the mountain side.
What's good about it...Is the actual on location footage of Nepal and Mt Everest. That alone is worth the watch. Also good, is that the director avoided the overly used shaky cam and ultra quick cuts. The film's editing is a joy to watch.
Some of the scenes were borrowed from the IMAX documentary film Everest (1998), which follows an actual expedition to the top of the mountain. Mt Everest looks awesome! It looks forbidding! There's a couple of shots that show the scale of the mountain as the camera goes from the climbers, up and over the ridge and then we see the climbers as tiny specks on the snow, very humbling.
What's not so good...Jake Gyllenhaal, he's actually a good actor and good in this movie. But he has such a distinctive face that as soon as I seen him I started to thinking of this as a film with actors and not the real thing. That took me out of the film and made my connection to the story weaker. Also there's a lot of characters that are introduced and that takes time away from the actual survival part of the story which I thought could be longer and more detailed.
Do I recommend it....sure if you want to see what it would be like to climb Everest without getting cold! It's not highly artistic, though the cinematographic is beautiful. It is well made.