41 reviews
Compelling true story
On August 2008, 11 mountain climbers die on top of the world second highest peak K2. This is a mix of interviews, documentary and recreations to tell the story of the eclectic mix of international teams of climbers. Also it has interviews with Walter Bonatti who is the youngest member of the '54 Italian expedition to summit K2 for the first time.
This is such a compelling true story. The climb and the descend is very tense. The only problem comes with a confused recounting of any controversy in the last 15 minutes. The ending is about a search for what happened to Ger McDonnell. It seems necessary to concentrate much more on him for the whole movie. Since they're doing recreations anyways, it's probably best to just do a narrative story with Ger as the protagonist.
This is such a compelling true story. The climb and the descend is very tense. The only problem comes with a confused recounting of any controversy in the last 15 minutes. The ending is about a search for what happened to Ger McDonnell. It seems necessary to concentrate much more on him for the whole movie. Since they're doing recreations anyways, it's probably best to just do a narrative story with Ger as the protagonist.
- SnoopyStyle
- Jul 10, 2014
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Emotion over reason
Interesting story portrayed on a confusing docudrama
High-altitude mountaineering fascinates many people, this reviewer included, for the extreme demands it places on sportsmen engaged on the sport. They go to places where helicopters don't go, where no human could live for extended periods of time. Different than other extreme nature sports like rafting, cross-country skiing or long-distance trekking, mountaineering provides the only way for people to reach places that are higher above the rest of the World.
In this context, I generally like documentaries and docudramas that focus on various aspects of the sport, its challenges and also its tragedies.
However, The Summit covers a nice story on a confusing and haphazard edition. It combines real-time footage of events, 'debriefing'-style post-fact interviews and dramatization of events are accounted by those that survived or witnessed them first-hand. All that material should yield a great final piece, but I'm left with the feeling of watching an unfinished job, or a piece that was somehow the result of compromises of an intractable committee with diverging opinions on how the documentary should look like.
In this context, I generally like documentaries and docudramas that focus on various aspects of the sport, its challenges and also its tragedies.
However, The Summit covers a nice story on a confusing and haphazard edition. It combines real-time footage of events, 'debriefing'-style post-fact interviews and dramatization of events are accounted by those that survived or witnessed them first-hand. All that material should yield a great final piece, but I'm left with the feeling of watching an unfinished job, or a piece that was somehow the result of compromises of an intractable committee with diverging opinions on how the documentary should look like.
Interesting Story, Chaotic Plot
The story and the history is very interesting. The plot is chaotic. The interviews are random and there is no real reconstruction at the end. I made a better movie when I was 16 years old. Wasted potential.
- peter-spengler
- May 28, 2021
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Details were changed for no apparent reason.
Confusing and untrue at times. I had to read about what actually happened to find out the facts after 2 hours of poorly put together interviews. Also the Serbian climber was quite selfless and died because he unclipped to let other people pass him, not to pass Skog. I don't know why they would make such a strange mistake on this detail, but it's either deliberate lying to make the story better or poor research.
At 8 a.m. climbers were finally advancing through the Bottleneck. Dren Mandić, from the Serbian team, decided to attend to his oxygen system and so unclipped from the rope to let other climbers pass. Mandić lost his balance and fell, bumping into Cecilie Skog of the Norwegian team. She was still clipped to the rope and was only knocked over. Mandić fell over 100 m down the bottleneck.
At 8 a.m. climbers were finally advancing through the Bottleneck. Dren Mandić, from the Serbian team, decided to attend to his oxygen system and so unclipped from the rope to let other climbers pass. Mandić lost his balance and fell, bumping into Cecilie Skog of the Norwegian team. She was still clipped to the rope and was only knocked over. Mandić fell over 100 m down the bottleneck.
- v_kobiljski
- Nov 23, 2014
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Beautiful but flawed
- phillip_harben
- Jul 6, 2015
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Compelling Story, awful narrative
This film is certainly worth a watch, basically to mainly observe how not to put together a documentary. The Story is extremely compelling but the director chooses to jump the narrative all over the place and even confuse the audience with a story about the first ever climb up K2. Simply it doesn't work. I am quite surprised it got released like this, all the pieces are there - but unfortunately in the wrong order which ultimately makes you care less. Maybe the director/editor producer were trying to be clever but it's just a bit naff. Also there are too many captions and the interviews look a bit ugly. Shame as the story is brilliant.
- jamesashleysmith-884-910475
- Aug 30, 2015
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A thoughtful debate of a difficult question
From what I understood, this documentary set out to answer a difficult moral dilemma: should a climber endanger his own life in order to save others'? I think it did a beautiful job at giving a rather complete picture of people's different perspectives, attitudes, projected against the outcome. It is probably one of the best documentaries that I have seen, in the sense that it manages to capture the gist of this issue.
On a more personal note, I really liked the comment that the widow of one of the perished climbers makes towards the end of the movie. It raises an interesting question "of judgment" for the people that are outside the climbing world.
On a more personal note, I really liked the comment that the widow of one of the perished climbers makes towards the end of the movie. It raises an interesting question "of judgment" for the people that are outside the climbing world.
The family of a climber bring forth their alternative story about what happened in the 2008 K2 disaster
In 2008 11 people died on K2. 3 people lost toes and fingers.. They were doing a very, very late summit attempt and the ropes put down for them were dragged away by an avalanche as they made their way down. So now lots of climbers were stuck above that point. Many of them too inexperienced to climb without ropes. With others it was just too late and dark to make such an attempt. Also, the climbers were doing a rush to the summit so some had left behind their water bottles, cameras, satellite phones, radios. The weather during the day was amazing so they didn't see the need for bringing those big radios with them that day. There were many teams with many nationalities and no clear plan as some couldn't even speak English. For example, they were supposed to summit early, but even late in the day ropes were still being put down in wrong places and the Korean team in front was often stopping up leading to a huge bottleneck as they were all using those same ropes.
So this is a documentary about that day. But it's focused on a single Irish climber who died that day. So the focus is largely on his family and their story about him.
Another climber, an Italian, was with him before he died. They had spent the night in the dead zone. Basically, they were dying and barely making it down as the rope was gone and they were weak and cold. Getting down now was unlikely. Then they saw 3 climbers hanging from a rope. 2 Koreans and their Sherpa had fallen down and were now so smashed up that they were unable to move and barely alive. They started helping them getting a big more comfortable. Then the Irish climber lost his mind and started climbing up again. Which totally makes sense because most of the people who survived, or died, that day were doing crazy stuff in the dead zone after way too many hours being stuck up there. Many of the people who made it down were rescued and would have died without external help. A few could make it some of the way down by themselves, but largely they needed help to even understand where they were. The Irish climber's family refuses to believe he could possibly go crazy after spending a night in the death zone. Instead they claim that he was bringing down the 2 Koreans and their Sherpa. So this is the story presented in the doc. Of course it's 99% likely not true. Mostly the stuff told in the doc is accurate, but if you read about this specific story you'd understand that there is basically no way the family's story of an extremely heroic and nearly impossible effort is correct. Keep in mind the Italian guy who was the last to see him alive calls him a hero already. It's not some huge embarrassment to lose your mind in the death zone. And both of them were trying to help the Korean group. Then the Italian climber went down as the Irish climber went mad. I see no need to recreate this story into some Irish Superman story.
The Korean group was done for. They had taken a huge fall and were stuck on a rope without moving. This is in the death zone at K2. They were smashed up, bleeding, barely moving or speaking, and they had been lying there for many hours in the position they had fallen into. And 2 different people who lived had spotted them and helped them a bit without the 3 survivors making any attempt at even sitting up. So all 3 suddenly getting up and climbing down is just utter nonsense. This didn't happen. The documentary is not right. Sure, as the story is presented here it makes sense. You have an Italian who lost his mind and is lying. And then the family is doing super detective work and finding out the real truth from a Sherpa who got a single radio call from another Sherpa telling him the Korean group was getting down. Luckily the family found out the original story was a lie and that the real story is actually one where their family member was a superhero. But this only makes sense if you omit a ton of information about how long they had been lying there, their condition, and how they haven't been seen moving whatsoever so no one ever saw them move a single meter at any point during the 24 hours. I also don't see what could make them move? Unless you give them oxygen they are not suddenly all 3 getting up. Maybe one getting up could maybe be realistic, maybe. But all 3? How?
This alternative story is just weird. It's interesting that you can recreate a story like this. And interesting that there is never good evidence for anything in mountains and lots of different stories. But you already have a story where the Irish climber is a hero. And you have no proof whatsoever he was climbing down with the Koreans. No one even spotted him near them after he supposedly climbed up. Even the radio call didn't make this claim. I'm not sure why this alternative story needs to take center stage. I guess an Irish documentary needs to be about a heroic Irish climber not about just about a group of people who were unprepared and unlucky that day at K2. A group who had summited way too late and relied on nothing going wrong to get down alive. And the ones who made it down were helped. One Sherpa who climbed up to rescue the Koreans died. A Hollander who climbed up too got frostbitten fingers. So when you put your life at risk other people may get hurt too. We don't know what happened to the Irish climber after he climbed up. But one thing is for sure, those 2 Koreans and their Sherpa never started climbing down with him. That part is just unrealistic. We are not supposed to question a family who lost someone. But you have to be realistic here.
So this is a documentary about that day. But it's focused on a single Irish climber who died that day. So the focus is largely on his family and their story about him.
Another climber, an Italian, was with him before he died. They had spent the night in the dead zone. Basically, they were dying and barely making it down as the rope was gone and they were weak and cold. Getting down now was unlikely. Then they saw 3 climbers hanging from a rope. 2 Koreans and their Sherpa had fallen down and were now so smashed up that they were unable to move and barely alive. They started helping them getting a big more comfortable. Then the Irish climber lost his mind and started climbing up again. Which totally makes sense because most of the people who survived, or died, that day were doing crazy stuff in the dead zone after way too many hours being stuck up there. Many of the people who made it down were rescued and would have died without external help. A few could make it some of the way down by themselves, but largely they needed help to even understand where they were. The Irish climber's family refuses to believe he could possibly go crazy after spending a night in the death zone. Instead they claim that he was bringing down the 2 Koreans and their Sherpa. So this is the story presented in the doc. Of course it's 99% likely not true. Mostly the stuff told in the doc is accurate, but if you read about this specific story you'd understand that there is basically no way the family's story of an extremely heroic and nearly impossible effort is correct. Keep in mind the Italian guy who was the last to see him alive calls him a hero already. It's not some huge embarrassment to lose your mind in the death zone. And both of them were trying to help the Korean group. Then the Italian climber went down as the Irish climber went mad. I see no need to recreate this story into some Irish Superman story.
The Korean group was done for. They had taken a huge fall and were stuck on a rope without moving. This is in the death zone at K2. They were smashed up, bleeding, barely moving or speaking, and they had been lying there for many hours in the position they had fallen into. And 2 different people who lived had spotted them and helped them a bit without the 3 survivors making any attempt at even sitting up. So all 3 suddenly getting up and climbing down is just utter nonsense. This didn't happen. The documentary is not right. Sure, as the story is presented here it makes sense. You have an Italian who lost his mind and is lying. And then the family is doing super detective work and finding out the real truth from a Sherpa who got a single radio call from another Sherpa telling him the Korean group was getting down. Luckily the family found out the original story was a lie and that the real story is actually one where their family member was a superhero. But this only makes sense if you omit a ton of information about how long they had been lying there, their condition, and how they haven't been seen moving whatsoever so no one ever saw them move a single meter at any point during the 24 hours. I also don't see what could make them move? Unless you give them oxygen they are not suddenly all 3 getting up. Maybe one getting up could maybe be realistic, maybe. But all 3? How?
This alternative story is just weird. It's interesting that you can recreate a story like this. And interesting that there is never good evidence for anything in mountains and lots of different stories. But you already have a story where the Irish climber is a hero. And you have no proof whatsoever he was climbing down with the Koreans. No one even spotted him near them after he supposedly climbed up. Even the radio call didn't make this claim. I'm not sure why this alternative story needs to take center stage. I guess an Irish documentary needs to be about a heroic Irish climber not about just about a group of people who were unprepared and unlucky that day at K2. A group who had summited way too late and relied on nothing going wrong to get down alive. And the ones who made it down were helped. One Sherpa who climbed up to rescue the Koreans died. A Hollander who climbed up too got frostbitten fingers. So when you put your life at risk other people may get hurt too. We don't know what happened to the Irish climber after he climbed up. But one thing is for sure, those 2 Koreans and their Sherpa never started climbing down with him. That part is just unrealistic. We are not supposed to question a family who lost someone. But you have to be realistic here.
- JurijFedorov
- Dec 19, 2021
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Great movie by capturing the unique life of a high altitude mountaineer
This movie shows the challenges met by a high altitude mountaineer on K2 and the codes they conform to in order to survive. Its well worth watching to get a great insight into such a dangerous activity and try and portray the enormous risks and challenges people take in conquering the most dangerous mountain in the world. The movie also tells the truth of what really happened on the mountain from reliable witnesses (the surviving climbers themselves). It was also great to see such a great character Ger McDonnell shine through in his personality and character from personal footage on the mountain. It makes me proud to see such a great Irishman accomplishing such a huge challenge. 10 out of 10 for an overall excellent film
- butchyrocky
- Jan 6, 2014
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7/10 Good Depiction of a Harrowing Story
What I really liked about this movie was that it focused on the true danger of climbing the worlds tallest mountains, moreover the most dangerous, K2. Beautiful imagery has a shock and awe factor similar to what you would experience watching Planet Earth. Some of what you see is truly mesmerizing. For the most part the actors do a great job and it feels as if you're right there on the mountain as they tell their side of the story. The fact that this is based on a true story makes it all the more compelling to watch. Also, its very important to note that the prelogue states "what happened that day remains a mystery even to those who lived to survive the ordeal", meaning the cause of an event may seem unclear and that is because the details around the event are still not fully known.
- grantonslow
- Feb 27, 2018
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real footage and story of a great mountain adventure and tragedy
If a documentary should take its audience to somewhere they should never otherwise go, then this documentary is a startling success. Real footage shot at one of the most extreme places on Earth, on the deadliest day the mountain has ever known.
The film's greatest weakness is a patch work of acted out fill-ins to help the story along, however, these are understandably necessary additions. Its extraordinary to have any footage at all from such a place.
It will be a long time before we see another mountaineering documentary as real and epic as this one. Well done.
The film's greatest weakness is a patch work of acted out fill-ins to help the story along, however, these are understandably necessary additions. Its extraordinary to have any footage at all from such a place.
It will be a long time before we see another mountaineering documentary as real and epic as this one. Well done.
- mountainira
- Sep 7, 2014
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Starts with one event and seamlessly transitions to another event
Don't blink or you won't know when the movie changed stories. It's like you thought you were watching the Poseidon Adventure and suddenly you are watching the Titanic.
- caesaro2001
- Apr 17, 2021
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Could have been great
The visuals are for the most part great, sometimes blurring the line between archival documentary footage and re-enactment.
But the movie itself is poorly structured.
For seemingly no reason at all it jumps back and forth in time, making one unsure exactly what happened when, and how much time has passed. I imagine a more linear approach would have been much more effective.
There was a bunch of climbers divided into three groups, but the movie doesn't do a very good job of introducing them, with a few exceptions, making them indistinguishable from one another. Consequently it's sometimes hard to understand who is where on the mountain and when, exacerbating the problems of the non-linear narrative.
It's a pity. This movie could've been great, especially with the documentary footage, but it's lacking in focus.
But the movie itself is poorly structured.
For seemingly no reason at all it jumps back and forth in time, making one unsure exactly what happened when, and how much time has passed. I imagine a more linear approach would have been much more effective.
There was a bunch of climbers divided into three groups, but the movie doesn't do a very good job of introducing them, with a few exceptions, making them indistinguishable from one another. Consequently it's sometimes hard to understand who is where on the mountain and when, exacerbating the problems of the non-linear narrative.
It's a pity. This movie could've been great, especially with the documentary footage, but it's lacking in focus.
- shanayneigh
- Mar 16, 2016
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Powerful cure for mountain-climbing craving.
"He discovers things about his own body and mind that he had almost forgotten in the day-to-day, year-to-year routine of living." James Ramsey Ullman, High Conquest.
I don't know about you, but if I were approaching the "death zone" while mountain climbing, I'd turn back. However, you can bet the heroes of the documentary, The Summit, hiking the world's second biggest and most difficult mountain (it defeats 1 out of every 4 climbers), K2, had no such thoughts. The Summit won the Sundance World Cinema documentary award this year.
More interesting than the physical exploits is the rationale for doing such a dangerous sport in the first place. Yet, such psychoanalyzing is not a matter for The Summit, a thrilling doc long on the difficult climb and more difficult decisions while fates are decided in sometimes inscrutable and random ways. It's short on the motivation, which pretty much is accepted these days as, "because it's there."
Eleven climbers of 25 lost their lives that day in 2008 without an adequate explanation for any of the deaths. However this thesis is proved once more: Most lives in climbing are lost on the descent. The film has a fragmented, multiple-points-of-view (think of a climbing Rashomon) approach that cuts among the several players and history while featuring a couple of the more charismatic climbers, especially Ger McDonnell, whose death is the most difficult to understand even as he's touted for his alleged attempt to save 3 Korean climbers.
This discursive storytelling can be confusing while it saps the thrust of the inherently intriguing story. The many re-enactments drain the film of its immediate "what-the" doc impact. The film retains some of the awe we all feel when in the presence of such a manifestation of Nature's power:
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
I don't know about you, but if I were approaching the "death zone" while mountain climbing, I'd turn back. However, you can bet the heroes of the documentary, The Summit, hiking the world's second biggest and most difficult mountain (it defeats 1 out of every 4 climbers), K2, had no such thoughts. The Summit won the Sundance World Cinema documentary award this year.
More interesting than the physical exploits is the rationale for doing such a dangerous sport in the first place. Yet, such psychoanalyzing is not a matter for The Summit, a thrilling doc long on the difficult climb and more difficult decisions while fates are decided in sometimes inscrutable and random ways. It's short on the motivation, which pretty much is accepted these days as, "because it's there."
Eleven climbers of 25 lost their lives that day in 2008 without an adequate explanation for any of the deaths. However this thesis is proved once more: Most lives in climbing are lost on the descent. The film has a fragmented, multiple-points-of-view (think of a climbing Rashomon) approach that cuts among the several players and history while featuring a couple of the more charismatic climbers, especially Ger McDonnell, whose death is the most difficult to understand even as he's touted for his alleged attempt to save 3 Korean climbers.
This discursive storytelling can be confusing while it saps the thrust of the inherently intriguing story. The many re-enactments drain the film of its immediate "what-the" doc impact. The film retains some of the awe we all feel when in the presence of such a manifestation of Nature's power:
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
- JohnDeSando
- Oct 19, 2013
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The narative gets confusing
The narative gets back and forth and you often ask who's this, what happened to him.
Good but confusing
This film is worth watching but there are a lot of confusing parts. I never understood why the story of the Italian climber from 1954 was included. I didn't have trouble with the back and forth in the past and present, but I was very confused by who was the real person and who was the actor portraying them. It would have been good if they had explained that in the beginning; it would have made the whole thing easier to follow. Honestly, if I had not just finished a podcast on this tragedy, I'm not sure I would have been able to follow along with the film.
- stefaniealmond-35482
- Nov 10, 2021
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Enjoyable, even if you aren't into hiking
A beautifully respectful retelling of a harrowing expedition on one of the most deadly mountains in the world.
The way they spliced real-life and re-enacted footage was excellent, and learning about the story directly from the survivors was a perfect way of doing so.
I'm not interested in mountain climbing at all, and this was still an incredibly entertaining (for lack of a better word) and gripping documentary.
Available on STAN in Australia.
The way they spliced real-life and re-enacted footage was excellent, and learning about the story directly from the survivors was a perfect way of doing so.
I'm not interested in mountain climbing at all, and this was still an incredibly entertaining (for lack of a better word) and gripping documentary.
Available on STAN in Australia.
- misanthr0pist
- Feb 21, 2021
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Interesting
Really interesting documentary about the dangers and beauty of mountaineering. The people who were there provide their memories about the events of the deadly events of that day. The courage of the survivors is inspiring. The movie will definitely hold your attention.
- susan-schneider
- Jan 17, 2022
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Heartbreaking and uplifting...
Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. The Summit is a documentary about one of the most beautiful and dangerous places on earth. The events are properly researched and told in a interesting way.
Compelling story, unfortunate docudrama format
Dramatic Documentary Flawed by Bias
- BarFlyBzzz
- Mar 10, 2014
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Peculiar fascination and very close to a fictionary
If You did not know about these climbers before You would think that this was a fictionary. The scenes are so realistic that it took a good while to understand that it not was the real people but actors. I was both fascinated and sometimes annoyed over the behaviour of the climbers. But this was a movie that really got to You.Now we have learned that one of the climbers, the swede Fredrik Sträng will climb the K2 again! Thanks to this movie I will watch every steps he will take ans as i did watching this movie--Why?
- hakanwasen
- May 28, 2017
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Almost Like Being There
Unless you have been driven by a desire to climb high peaks at the edge of your capabilities and have had at least one close brush with death, you may enjoy or be fascinated by this documentary, but you will also struggle to understand the appeal that motivates high mountain climbers to risk their lives in these kinds of adventures. Mountaineering is not the only pursuit that draws the thrill seeker to toss the dice with death, but no other endeavor puts the adventurer in the most austerely beautiful places on earth, with little more than his or her own strength, experience, and wisdom to achieve a goal both difficult and sublime. If all goes well, the climber will endure discomfort, exhaustion, moments of uncertainty and doubt, and difficult choices, sometimes to the greatest extreme, to reach the summit and return to safety and the routines of daily life.
Those who criticize the trendy pursuit of reaching the highest peaks with the support of high-dollar commercial operations primarily for the glory of joining an elite cadre of mountaineers, have plenty of justification for their criticism. It is an unworthy goal to pay someone else with superior skill to drag you to the top of a high peak as an unequal partner. When that happens, you have not really earned your spot and the achievement is hollow, even though you may have been working to the limit of your capabilities and you may have faced fear and death.
This is a real story told by those that were there, facing fear and death, and who survived the most deadly day on the most deadly mountain in the world. The many scenes of re-enactment are well-done and very realistic, almost seamlessly serving to help convey the story. The tips of the crampons on nubs of rock, the sense of the vertical precipices, the whoosh of a body accelerating down a steep icy slope, all contribute to the viewer's immersion in the experience of the event from the climbers' perspective. These re-enactments, together with video by the climbers themselves, make for compelling drama.
Acknowledging that many of the elements presented in the film are complicated and confusing, does not diminish the achievement of this documentary. Much of what happened, exactly, is unknown. A certain amount of conjecture is required when the only witnesses are dead. Even so, the events are remarkably well documented by the many others who were there and came back with photography and personal accounts that confirm much of the story.
The viewer may have to work to capture all the elements in a cohesive story, but if they succeed, they will find a story with many elements of truth about human beings and what drives them to climb mountains, both worthy and not.
Those who criticize the trendy pursuit of reaching the highest peaks with the support of high-dollar commercial operations primarily for the glory of joining an elite cadre of mountaineers, have plenty of justification for their criticism. It is an unworthy goal to pay someone else with superior skill to drag you to the top of a high peak as an unequal partner. When that happens, you have not really earned your spot and the achievement is hollow, even though you may have been working to the limit of your capabilities and you may have faced fear and death.
This is a real story told by those that were there, facing fear and death, and who survived the most deadly day on the most deadly mountain in the world. The many scenes of re-enactment are well-done and very realistic, almost seamlessly serving to help convey the story. The tips of the crampons on nubs of rock, the sense of the vertical precipices, the whoosh of a body accelerating down a steep icy slope, all contribute to the viewer's immersion in the experience of the event from the climbers' perspective. These re-enactments, together with video by the climbers themselves, make for compelling drama.
Acknowledging that many of the elements presented in the film are complicated and confusing, does not diminish the achievement of this documentary. Much of what happened, exactly, is unknown. A certain amount of conjecture is required when the only witnesses are dead. Even so, the events are remarkably well documented by the many others who were there and came back with photography and personal accounts that confirm much of the story.
The viewer may have to work to capture all the elements in a cohesive story, but if they succeed, they will find a story with many elements of truth about human beings and what drives them to climb mountains, both worthy and not.
- marcjanajensen
- Dec 5, 2023
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Interesting story, documentary confusing
This is a story about tragedy caused by complete and utter confusion. From simple mistakes at the beginning of the attempt everything turned into chaos that cost many lives.
So, given that confusion in the subject matter, it would be difficult to remove confusion from the documentary. Sadly, the creators seem to have actually gone out of their way to introduce more confusion. Out of sequence histories, introducing another (related) story, and not attempting to tie everything together.
I'm glad that I watched this movie, I just would have liked it to be better put together.
So, given that confusion in the subject matter, it would be difficult to remove confusion from the documentary. Sadly, the creators seem to have actually gone out of their way to introduce more confusion. Out of sequence histories, introducing another (related) story, and not attempting to tie everything together.
I'm glad that I watched this movie, I just would have liked it to be better put together.
- martinp999
- Mar 1, 2014
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