Everest

[tanyak]

We saw this last night, and really enjoyed it. I do think it was helpful to have read Into Thin Air. It helps with the background, and also helped flesh out of some of the details they had to rush through. And it was nice to have a better understanding of the people involved because the movie mainly focuses on Rob Hall and Beck Weathers. And I guess I don't need spoiler tags because this is a true story, but I completely forgot that Rob died! I was waiting for them to mount another rescue attempt and it didn't happen.

As for the 3-D stuff, it was neat and was really nice to see it on such a large screen. But I think it's probably fine just to watch it on a regular screen if you want to save the money.

[Neurochick]

Just came back from seeing this. I really enjoyed it though it ended a bit abruptly but really there was no more to say.

I too agree that you need to have read the book to get all of the significance as to what happens in the movie. But I think the only way they could totally tell this story would have been a six hour movie on HBO.

I was surprised, but I really did like Jake Gyllenhaal; I thought he was too young to play Scott Fischer, but when I re-read Into Thin Air, Krakauer said that Fischer had a childlike enthusiasm to him, so it made sense to have a younger man play him.

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I enjoyed it too, though I would've liked to have seen more with Anatoli Boukreev and Scott Fischer. I get why Rob and Beck were the main focus though. Guy Cotter was a consultant on the film so it makes sense they'd spend more time on the people that he actually knew and was involved in trying to save.

I did cry when Rob was saying goodbye to Jan, that was just so heartbreaking.

[Neurochick]

Sept 20, 2015 14:12:48 GMT -4 @roisin54 said:

I enjoyed it too, though I would've liked to have seen more with Anatoli Boukreev and Scott Fischer. I get why Rob and Beck were the main focus though. Guy Cotter was a consultant on the film so it makes sense they'd spend more time on the people that he actually knew and was involved in trying to save.

I did cry when Rob was saying goodbye to Jan, that was just so heartbreaking.

As I remember, Boukreev was working for Fischer, which was why he went back up to look for him.

Also, it was Neal Beidleman who actually saved all those people on Rob Hall's team and Beidleman also worked for Fischer. In "Into Thin Air," Krakauer explained that Hall wanted everybody to climb together, while Fischer wanted his clients to climb at their own pace. Krakauer was fortunate when he asked to climb ahead, because he didn't get caught in the storm.

The effects of that storm really chilled me. That was some serious shit.

I liked Josh Brolin's Beck Weathers, he came off like a douchebag in the beginning but I did feel for him in the end.

I liked the subtle explanation of why the ropes weren't fixed.

[Atreides]

I finally got to see this yesterday in IMAX 3D (felt like I was actually on the mountain!) and thought it was great. FWIW, Jon Krakauer is not a fan of the movie and denies that the scene where he refuses to help (because of his snowblindness) ever happened.

Rob's final phone call to his wife gave me the feels, but I think it was Yasuko that got to me the most. She fulfilled her life goal of completing the Seven Summits, only to die right there on Everest. I read that it took her husband over a year to fund an operation to retrieve her body from the mountain.

[Neurochick]

Oct 13, 2015 20:55:19 GMT -4 Atreides said:

I finally got to see this yesterday in IMAX 3D (felt like I was actually on the mountain!) and thought it was great. FWIW, Jon Krakauer is not a fan of the movie and denies that the scene where he refuses to help (because of his snowblindness) ever happened.

Rob's final phone call to his wife gave me the feels, but I think it was Yasuko that got to me the most. She fulfilled her life goal of completing the Seven Summits, only to die right there on Everest. I read that it took her husband over a year to fund an operation to retrieve her body from the mountain.

In "Into Thin Air" I think Krakauer said that he was too exhausted to do anything. They were nearly out of oxygen on camp four. One thing I do remember from the book and it did happen in the film was when Krakauer passed Andy Harris who kept saying there was no oxygen on the Hilary Step(?) Krakauer said he knew Harris was suffering from HAPE or HACE or something, because the tanks were full, but he never said anything and later Krakauer thought he saw Harris near camp four, but in reality it was someone else. His point was that the altitude messed up his mind and probably everybody else's.

Rob's final phone call to his wife was super sad because I think the dialog was exactly what was said.

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Oct 15, 2015 14:10:56 GMT -4 Neurochick said:

Oct 13, 2015 20:55:19 GMT -4 Atreides said:

I finally got to see this yesterday in IMAX 3D (felt like I was actually on the mountain!) and thought it was great. FWIW, Jon Krakauer is not a fan of the movie and denies that the scene where he refuses to help (because of his snowblindness) ever happened.

Rob's final phone call to his wife gave me the feels, but I think it was Yasuko that got to me the most. She fulfilled her life goal of completing the Seven Summits, only to die right there on Everest. I read that it took her husband over a year to fund an operation to retrieve her body from the mountain.

In "Into Thin Air" I think Krakauer said that he was too exhausted to do anything. They were nearly out of oxygen on camp four. One thing I do remember from the book and it did happen in the film was when Krakauer passed Andy Harris who kept saying there was no oxygen on the Hilary Step(?) Krakauer said he knew Harris was suffering from HAPE or HACE or something, because the tanks were full, but he never said anything and later Krakauer thought he saw Harris near camp four, but in reality it was someone else. His point was that the altitude messed up his mind and probably everybody else's.

Rob's final phone call to his wife was super sad because I think the dialog was exactly what was said.

I'm pretty sure it was too. Krakauer overheard it on the radio and he put it in the book, and as I recall Rob's wife was really pissed about that.

[Atreides]

Yeah, the film got permission from Rob's widow to listen to the tape. She hadn't heard it in many years, so it must have been very moving.