I recollect seeing the preview for this and thinking the special effects looked awful and the movie itself, thin. I also feel like I recall fish commenting on this movie and liking it a lot.
He was right, I was wrong.
Months ago, when the film had been released, I had read the basic accounts of what had occurred on the mountain. The story was unreal. Overall, from the little I know and remember, I thought the movie did a good job of reliving that while also bringing a solid emotional level to it. I can't specify as to whether the movie remained in fact very accurate to actual events as I have not read
Into Thin Air (which I now plan on reading) and even then, the book is just one man's words, but again, from what I remember, it seemed fairly solid in that regard from I recall having read online. Moreover, the special effects, on the small screen at least, were very well done and the acting which is always of paramount importance, was quite good. Jason Clarke, as Rob Hall, the leader of one of the expeditions, was excellent. To me, he made the movie. John Hawkes and Josh Brolin were also very good. Some of the other supporting roles were equally as strong. The script, which felt a little weak early (it glazed over things a bit for me) picked up steam about 30 minutes in and never looked back.
A really solid movie that went pretty much unnoticed.
