Simply Straight Forward

Rating: 6/10 (24 September 2015)

A simple and well told story of an actual event. My favorite thing about Everest is that the film makers simply tell the story. They relay to us what most likely transpired with the various mountain climbers on this death-defying excursion to the best of their abilities. This is a true story, and some climbers didn't make it down, so there were obviously some liberties taken as to why certain decisions were made and guesswork as to possible conversations between the climbers. There is sentiment but it's not overdone, there are incredible scenes of the challenges faced on the mountain without the over-the-top visuals so often created by Hollywood movie makers. The movie is like a documentary that's been turned into a movie without any unnecessary story lines added in.