Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
... View MoreSurprisingly incoherent and boring
... View MoreClever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
... View MoreI cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
... View MoreI think there is no reason to reach the happy end as a result of imagining and working. Meru is watched in a breath. In Indian Mythology, it is technically impossible to climb this mountain, known as the meeting place of the Gods. To succeed you must follow the three mountaineers' quest to follow their dreams.
... View MoreThis is one of the finest films about extreme sport I have ever seen. It takes you into the mind of a climber, and what you find is spirituality and madness in equal measure.It is a pleasure to spend time in the company of the three main climbers, who each overcome the most testing adversity to achieve something which to my eyes looks humanly impossible.The film is also beautifully shot, a number of times I found myself wondering how it could be possible to get a particular angle? Or who would leave the relative comfort of the bivouac in the middle of a storm to get an exterior shot of all the gear hanging off a wall at 20,000ft.Simply astonishing.
... View MoreThis documentary seemed to me to be about totally selfish immature grown men apparently trying to kill themselves with no regard for their families, loved ones and the emergency resources that are squandered trying to save their lives. These guys did not seem like professionals.I respect the skill, courage and endurance involved in mountain climbing but in this case the people involved came across as totally reckless and amateurish with no regard for the gift of life.I did not feel admiration or respect for these people.Their obsession to conquer Meru came across more as a sickness. Were their lives that empty that they had this desperate need for attention? The movie's one saving grace is that the scenery is spectacular.
... View MoreDisappointing cliché. 3 Flat boring characters cannot get enough explaining how difficult there challenge was and how tough they are. How stupid People can be. I have seen about dozens of these commentaries. All those guys tell you exactly the same. Hollow dogmas about frostbite, being tired, all predictable dangers etc. Etc. Etc. The views on the mountains are almost as beautiful as the ones I made during high mountain tracking in the Alps. Most difficult, biggest, highest, coldest, biggetjes avelanche, extremely shocking, do not start to count... Sick symptoms of kapitalistic and spoiled grown ups. This movie kills you faster then climbing the Meru.
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