Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri September 25, 2015 4:33 pm
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tommymtcom wrote:Reading the book helps. I think if you went in expecting a heroic ending you'd end up disappointed.
tommymtcom wrote:Anyone else seen everest yet?
It was really good. I wanted to wait to see it in 2D, but my girlfriend wanted to see it in 3D. I didn't think the 3D added anything, but it's definitely one of those movies to see in the theater.tommymtcom wrote:Anyone else seen everest yet?
The director actually said that Everest is not based on Krakauers book.Strat wrote:tommymtcom wrote:Reading the book helps. I think if you went in expecting a heroic ending you'd end up disappointed.
They should turn every Kraukaer book into a movie.
And Krakauer doesn't like the film: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/25/th ... an-everestEverest's director has quite vehemently denied Into Thin Air as inspiration for his film. Baltasar Kormákur told Entertainment Weekly that he "wasn't that interested in telling a story about a writer on a mountain." That's been done before, he added. Everest is inspired by multiple sources — Kormákur said that Krakauer's book is too one-sided, and he hoped to "humanize" all of the climbers involved in the disaster. The film isn't about laying blame or "creating a villain." And to that end, Kormákur used multiple sources to inform how he portrayed each of the climbers, their motivations, and their actions.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/112219-i ... in-the-new
yep, that was very apparent to me right away. not only was he not featured much at all, but he seemed like kind of a tool. whereas Anatoli was not the 'villain' he was portrayed as being in Kraukaer's book.contamination wrote:The director actually said that Everest is not based on Krakauers book.Strat wrote:tommymtcom wrote:Reading the book helps. I think if you went in expecting a heroic ending you'd end up disappointed.
They should turn every Kraukaer book into a movie.
Yeah, I expected them to take liberties with the story. Anyone seeking a real taste of mountaineering should really watch one of several great documentaries or a "docudrama" like "Touching the Void".dimejinky99 wrote:Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 68946.html
turned2black wrote:Yeah, I expected them to take liberties with the story. Anyone seeking a real taste of mountaineering should really watch one of several great documentaries or a "docudrama" like "Touching the Void".dimejinky99 wrote:Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 68946.html
I actually think they didn't take enough liberties with the story. A lot of the tension gets broken because they tried to follow the timeline of events too closely AND tried to focus on too many characters. And to be honest, I didn't find the cinematography any better than National Geographic's "Everest" series.