all rather boring

Rating: 3/10 (13 October 2015)

almost fell asleep in this film. cardboard characters, little or no plot except the obvious. 3d effects unimpressive and cannot understand why others rate it so highly.no excitement at all. the only person who may have been of interest was Doug the postman. why not build the film around him - he'd tried and failed 3 times before so how did he fail, what's his continuing motivation other than the obvious and where does a postman get the money to climb? that's how i would have approached the story. also Rob the leader says near the beginning that his decision is final and if they have to turn back it is his decision. but as soon as Doug starts whining he allows him to continue when conditions (the weather and Doug's) are so clearly against a successful summit bid. also the women in the film are an unnecessary distraction and have no real bearing on the story. at the end i couldn't have cared less who lived or died - just wanted to get home for a cup of tea.