What an amazing story

Rating: Null/10 (21 September 2015)

This film was special to me. And watching it was an experiment for me. I have read all the reports of the eyewitnesses. And when you dig you can find that almost every person that climbed Everest in 1996 has written a book about what happened. Most interesting to me was that every single person had an own view on it. And as things went wrong - terribly wrong and ended in chaos everyone had an own truth. Some blamed each other - some blamed the nature, or the mountain. Most of them blamed the climber and adventure business and some came to a catharsis point of view on it.
Knowing all those stories, the shared emotions and views i was very interested how someone can adapt this complex story into a film. Is this even possible? I was sure that i will be disappointed at the end as i was sure that it's impossible to fit such a complex story in 121 minutes.
So i went to a blockbuster cinema, bought the obligated pop corn and put on the 3D glasses. In the end i went out and had the following in my mind: wow: 3D is really amazing. Maybe it has even more effect when i don't take seat in the 11th row. Maybe the 5th would be better. Some really great shots from the mountains of the great Himalaya. Some amazing and really good made Spezial effects that gives an impression of the storms. Really good actor performance and i also liked the cast.
But, well, the story. I think it must be really difficult to tell a story that was designed by reality and that is so complex. Krakauer really did that job. Even if we can blame Krakauer for his blaming against Anatoli Boukreev, even when we don't agree with all his point. His book "In the Thin Air". is the best source for getting an overview to the whole story.
What else is to say? Well, the film was Okay. Nice film - but the story is just too big for a single movie.