Visually Stunning

Rating: 8/10 (14 October 2015)

Everest is one of the few movies of this year that I had waited a while for and it was well worth the wait.
It takes multiple accounts of what happened on the top of Everest and points towards the closest accurate account we are ever going to get other than the IMAX documentary filled at the time of the tragedy.
Listening to Rob Hall (played by Jason Clarke) speak to his wife while stranded on the mountain was epic. Word for word what he said when he said goodbye to Jan replayed for audiences with Jan Arnold Halls approval.
This is not an easy movie to watch and it shouldn't be. People died on that mountain. Some to never return home to their families and to never be discovered.
What makes this movie epic is the amount of time the actual cast and crew spent at base camp acclimating and preparing to file this rigorous film. Their dedication showed in every frame.
The story of Rob Hall and those with him on that mountain have helped change how Everest is approached. Those that were lucky enough to make it off that mountain are lucky to be alive.
Beck Weathers was an amateur climber with an extremely worthy resume but lost his hands and nose in this climb due to the story and the number of people in that mountain that year.
Jon Krakauer's story of a journalist making it to the top of the world and back and the journey of others who risked it all and more but this movie shows the missing information from his book Into Thin Air by adding in accounts from Beck Weathers, Anatoli Boukreev and another survivor who have since written about the disaster and this is to Krakauer's benefit. Krakauer leaves much to be desired in his account by taking potshots at other climbers and this account clears things and shows that disasters happen even when you plan.
Congrats to an amazing cast and crew on putting together a brilliant story of a tragedy that needed to be told.
I hope the families of those left behind are proud of this film as no one is made to be the villain. They are all hero's and fighters.
Beautifully made. See it as soon as possible.