Too Much Like A Documentary

Rating: 6/10 (21 October 2015)

What killed this movie for me the most was their attempt at "docu-dramism" where they tried too much to be almost a documentary rather than a dramatic film. Things are told but never felt. You know some things about the characters but you never get to know them. There is little time spent in establishing them as people.
The biggest reason for that is that the film never really settles on a protagonist, but just sort of jumps from person to person. The film would have been a lot better if it had told just one person's story, then maybe it could have created some feeling in the viewer.
But besides all that Everest is by no means a bad film. What it does well is give you a sense of the experience of mountain climbing and the mind numbing danger of it all.
Everest is not a bad film, especially for a large screen experience, but drama wise it left me wanting more.