Hope is A Wonderful Thing.

Rating: 5/10 (24 January 2016)

Hope is a wonderful thing. Hope was all they had. Hope from the families of the climbers who were far, far away begging their loved ones would return. Hope from the climbers themselves as the tried to find any way off the mountain. And Hope from me that this film would have been better.
As I went into this rather vague about how this film would shape up, I was eventually left with a feeling of disappointment and it all seemed so... anti-climactic.
Now When you watch the trailer for a film like this we all picture a tense, edge of your seat exciting movie but I found the overall lack of pace a let down. Now don't get me wrong we got that whole "Prepare for danger, be wary of the threat" idea luring over us but what it led to was a few Climbers losing their breath and freezing to death, Simple as that.
I guess I was expecting more... (Yes I'll be a fool and say it) Action. The build up took what I believe was over 2/3 of the film and when the final storm was'a'blowin I felt nothing for the characters and who survived or didn't. Now I know that seems harsh but we never really got an insight into their true personality and other than the obvious "We're having a baby" there wasn't much to push for you to care for these people.
In my personal opinion it lacked a more in-depth look at the people themselves rather than the over exhausted process of the climb which could have been cut down or turned into more valuable scenes. In the end I felt this is what let the film down and as much as I know this a true event and people lost their lives which is always sad, I have the opinion that these people knew the risks they were taking and they took them anyway which is on them. Because of this and the fact I struggled to care for the on-screen characters I was ultimately left feeling... Cold.