Explorer: The Last Tepui

It was a great film and Alex H is amazing. That being said, was it really a first ascent? There were many climbing shots with ropes hanging from above and camera angles from above. It also looked like there were bolts above the climbers.

A once in a lifetime opportunity with the brilliance and daring of such great men at the top of their game can NOT be crammed into 55 minutes. NatGeo has become a corner cutting 'Hack' when it comes to exploring the many visual wonders that are deserving of far more time needed to show them properly, and with the richness they deserve. Instead of really showing us just WHAT was on top of the Tepui, which I am sure is what most people were waiting for, they attempted mainly to involve us in the emotional human drama that concerned mainly the assent, and lament of it being Bruce's last opportunity to do what he was no longer capable of doing. I know that distributors of videos prefer the 90 minute-or-less variety, but NatGeo totally wasted what could have been one of the most epic documentaries ever put on the screen. It was a hack-job of almost useless visual cliff notes put together by talented, but jaded amateurs. Such a criminal waste of so many VAST opportunities is both shameful and contemptible.

NatGeo needs to put together their own distribution standards for their own channel(s) and for export, and stop following the Hollywood's superficial playbook. This should have been at least 2, to 2 and a half hours long, and that still wouldn't have scratched much of the surface, but at least it wouldn't have been an insultingly short, disappointing mess that missed its mark right out of the gate. Anyway, maybe next time...

One of the most interesting and visual documentary i have seen, it's a really good documentary about modern day explorers which includes a 80 year old biologist and my big favourite Alex! Definitely recommend do see it.

Interesting documentary, worth a watch though. Despite its slow start this documentary very quickly becomes immersive and exciting for viewers. If you have Disney + and you are a documentary fanatic, it's worth a watch.

Really really liked it but but only a fraction was the wall climb and like 5 minutes was on top of the tapui. Not enough. Should have been a 2 hour documentary or cut out all the focus on Bruce. He's not the most interesting part of the expedition. I'd argue Alex Honnold is!