Best movie of this year hands down!

Sorry, this movie sucks

Simply Perfect

Great Film overall

Based on a true story about a mining disaster, I expected the film to be much more dramatic than this. The mountain collapse scene was awesome, but the rest of the film was not as intriguing. I wanted them to show more about the men's survival skills. I also found the music too lighthearted for the theme. I just didn't find the film serious enough considering the circumstances. Also, when the rescue mission finally broke through to them, why didn't they show the men's reaction on finally receiving food and water again? This was surely crucial to them. They received clean clothing, although this was never shown or mentioned, and some of the men then even wear jewelry? Why was this sent down to them?? The film turned comedy-ish in the final moments. So much so that I didn't even find it very eventful when they finally did make it back to the top. Also, why did none of the men show signs of time in terms of hair and beards? At day 50 most of them are cleanly shaven. Even if shaving accessories were supplied to them, would they really have felt the need to shave everyday? And by the time they were rescued their hair was the same length as it was on Day 1.I did enjoy seeing the original 33 at the end of the movie.

The 33 Film Review The 33 was one of the better movies based off true stories that i have seen this year. The story of the 33 is one of perseverance, hope and sheer will. 33 miners became trapped in a mine over 700 meters below the ground. There is little hope that they will be rescued, because no miners trapped in a collapse have ever been saved. However, a new minister hears of the collapse and will not stand idle by as they die. He travels to the site of the collapse and demands that they attempt to rescue the miners, as well as offer all the resources the government can supply. This leads to the miners finally being rescued after almost 70 days.The director, Patricia Riggen, does a very good job of illustrating what happened to those 33 miners as they were trapped. Riggen as a director has been all over the place with the types of movies she's directed. She has went from romances to teen drama comedies. Then she made this intense very emotional and action feeling film. Despite the limited experience in this style of film, the quality did not suffer. The budget for this film was $26 million and it shows. Real equipment and sets that look real because the were added to the realism of the movie. Most of the scenes in the mine were filmed in a mine in colombia. The rest of the other scenes were actually filmed in chile.The film obviously was targeted at a specific group of people. The mining industry was made out to look negative in the movie, by letting the miners work in unsafe conditions and risk being trapped or killed.this is the second recent movie that targeted large companies for putting their workers in danger. This makes it quite obvious that the director and people involved in the movie were not fond of the greedy owners of mining companies. Especially the ones that put their workers in direct danger because of the risk of losing money. This film in my opinion was very accurate in the information used for the film, because of the facts that the miners the movie is based off of are still alive, this gave the filmmakers a very reliable source. Some scenes are dramatized or fabricated to add to the intensity, but overall the realism in this movie remains unencumbered. All in all this movie was exciting to watch while also being very informative and sends out the message that the filmmakers wanted to convey. The director never got too extravagant with the special effects and also still made it fun to watch. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone interested and a good, informative film.

In 2010, the unthinkable happened. 33 miners were trapped in an unstable mine for 69 days. In the beginning of the film the 33 miners go into the mine thinking it is an ordinary day mining for gold, but it soon turns out for the worst. The mine begins to collapse and everyone panics. They drove to the refuge, which was a safe space where there is food and water. For 14 days they were low on food and everyone was restless. Finally, the people that were up top trying to get the miners drilled into the refuge and could finally communicate to the miners. They sent food, drinks, iPod, and magazines to the miners to keep them occupied. The people on top said it would take 3 months to extract the miners. They ran into difficulties, but in the end all 33 miners were saved. The director of the film is Patricia Riggen. She went to Columbia University and received her masters in screen writing and directing. She was asked to direct a Disney Channel original movie Lemonade Mouth and also Girl in Progress releasing in 2012. Then her next project was The 33. The movie was released in August 2015, 5 years after the accident, in Chile. While directing this film she wanted the cast and crew to get the full experience on what these miners through. So, her cast and crew spent a total of 35 days filming in salt mines. Some of the desert scenes were in Chile and two mine scenes where in Columbia. She wanted to show that a girl can direct a movie that is so masculine. The next movie that she did was Miracles of Heaven. The theme of these movies is to not give up hope and keeping going. Patricia Riggen made this film to remember the accident and the pride that Chile has to keep going. She wanted to show what the miners actually went through because many people don't know the hardships those men went through. The reasons for the film is explicitly stated because the miners are stuck in a cave and they struggle. They don't give up hope and try to survive with little help and while the supplies were low. It was until the workers got to the miners that the struggle and hardships were real. The miners had little food everyday and it was getting to a time where the miners were going at each other. But, the character Mario kept everyone in line until help arrived. This film was made for the world because this was a live event that was on TV and not many people understood why this happened or what is happening. In the movie they showed why they were stuck and the problems on why they couldn't get them out. Now they showed what happened people know what it is like. There are many historical errors in this film. During the drilling of the rescue. The movie said that 2 drills broke down and couldn't help anymore. In the real event the drills were still working, but they were back up drills on the side for if anything happened to the main drill. Also, the 33 men after they got rescued were taken to the hospital right after and the movie said that they walked around and stayed with the families. Also, the mine afterwards closed after the event. The director does not omit important topics of this film and does a very good job going through the event. It is somewhat biased because it shows the mine is a bad guy in the film and that the President of Chile does really nothing to this event in his own country. He biased things does not get in the way of the film because they don't focus on those points and the story moves along. The characters are believable because they showed raw emotional when they were stuck in the mine and even when they were reunited with their families. The acting is really good and the language was appropriate for this time period. The language was somewhat Spanish and many spoke in English, but with a Spanish accent. Some ways to improve it is to get rid of biased and focus on the story. Also, when the mine was going to collapse it was hard to follow who was who, and where the refuge was. The setting was dark and even though they had lamp lights, they didn't use them. Some parts the miners had background light even though they were really far underground. Overall, this movie was really good and the event was on point with the acting and the emotional feeling of this film.

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be trapped in mine; away from everyone you have ever loved? In this suspenseful film named "The 33", 33 miners go to mine for gold near the Atacama Desert when suddenly they find themselves all trapped where there is minimal food or water barely enough to survive for 3 days. The families of the miners become emotional and demand answers from the mining company, however the mining company is very vague and has practically given up on finding the miners. Fortunately a man named Laurence Golborne takes over the rescue efforts, joins with the government, and ultimately saves all 33 miners in 69 days. The movie was extremely entertaining and kept you on the edge of your seat, however the historical aspect seems to be a secondary aspect.The director of "The 33", Patricia Riggen, began her directing career since 1997 in which she was a secondary assistant director. Her big break began when she directed her first major film named "Under the Same Moon", and began to continue directing successful movies such as "Lemonade Mouth" and "Girl in Progress". As you can see, she is very skilled at directing dramatic, fictional films; which makes it more likely to believe that many of the scenes of "The 33" are over dramatized for entertainment purposes for her demographic audience. The movie was released in 2015, only 5 years after the actual San Jose Mine accident, and was filmed in Colombia, Chile, and the United States, so although some scenes may be more dramatized for ratings, Patricia Riggen made her film somewhat recently after the incident and brought the biography to life by shooting in the actual countries that were affected by the tragedy.Patricia Riggen's reasoning for making the film was to show how brave the 33 men were and how their families in Chile were affected by the possible and assumed probable loss of their husband, brother, or father. She also has made it very clear that she blames the mining company for the accident and does not give the president the credit for saving the men due to their presented lack of interest or interest solely to save themselves. The message of the film is very clear because the director did an outstanding job on presenting emotion and facial expressions throughout every single character, no matter a lead or in the background. The audience that this was intended for was Chilean citizens who either experienced or had a huge impact on the original incident since it not only shows how the 33 men were struggling on how they would survive, but showed the numerous amounts of citizens that were in panicking in fear because they believed that their loved ones would never make it out alive.Although there was no prior research before watching the film, I have done some additional research afterwards and there seems no to be no historical accuracies. The most important topics such as the mine trapping the 33 men and how the Chile and other countries were affected by the tragedy were all covered and displayed excellently, however there is a bit of bias. The bias blames the mining company and somewhat looks down upon President Piñera for his supposed selfishness in the matter, and although their portrayal may be accurate there should have been more scenes of the mining company and Piñera explaining their side of the situation or showing how this truly impacted them as a person rather than a corporation. However, the minor bias in the film does not take away from the overall focus of the bravery of the 33 men trapped in the cave and the path to their survival.In conclusion, this film was very exciting to watch. The characters did an outstanding job with their emotion and their dialogue; almost making you feel like this film actually took place during the real mining accident in 2010. The filming style was amazing and showed many different angles and different viewpoints between Laurence Golborne's dedication for finding and saving the men and the citizens fear and coming together to help save their loved ones. The director took an actual historical event, and made it a very pleasurable film that is all interesting, dynamic, and factual; a desired combination of a historical based film.