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Over 9,000 people died in the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Practically all of them nepal people. And this documentary focusses mainly on the rich western people that were in "need" on Mount Everest. And their "need" isn't like that of people in e.g. Kathmandu that were buried alive under piles of concrete and steel. Their "need" was arising mostly from panic and/or despair.

The main issue that I want to raise, is that this documentary has its priorities wrong. It should not be primarily focussed on the stories of the rich western people whom use sherpa's - nepali people that carry all the food and supplies like oxygen - as slaves. No, it should instead be focussed on the real suffering that occured in villages and Kathmandu.

In the current setup, it is like there being a major earthquake in San Francisco and a TV company making a documentary about a couple of rich Russian Oligarchs. Oligarchs that would have been visiting the area of San Francisco with their capitalist boats/ships during the earthquake. And it would be these rich Oligarchs, which would be portrayed in that documentary as being the ones most in need and as the major victims of that San Francisco earthquake... That wouldn't be fair, would it?!

So mainly because of this issue, I for once decided to NOT give a rating. Why?! Because although I was captured by the immensely beautiful videoshots of the Mount Everest landscape, I think that the priorities are wrong. Giving this show a high IMDb rating would not be fair to all the suffering and neglect of where the real pain occured after this earthquake: i.e. The poor nepali people that were buried under the debris in cities and villages. And giving it a low IMDb rating would also not be fair. Because the documentary clearly has some positive things. I therefore hope that you can understand my reasoning for not rating this show/documentary.

As Episode 1 of "Aftershock - Everest and the Nepal Earthquake" (2022 release from the UK; 3 episodes; total running time 149 minutes) opens, it is "Saturday, 25 April 2015, Mount Everest", as we see several climbers at the Kumba Icefall just before noon, and a devastating avalanche is descending Everest. We then go to "Three Days Earlier, Everest Base Camp", as we are introduced to several of the climbers... At this point we are less than 5 minutes into Episode 1.

Couple of comments: this documentary mini-series is directed by Olly Lambert ("One Day In Gaza"). Here Lambert looks back to the truly awful events that happened in Nepal. Please note that the documentary is misleadingly titled. Yes, Everest is featured, but only in about one-third of the movie, Another third deals with how people in Nepal's poorly constructed capital Kathmandu deal with the events. And another third deals with how people in the LangTang valley and village deal with the events. But of course "Aftershock - Kathmadu and the Nepal Earthquake" or "Aftershock - The LangTang Valley and the Nepal Earthquake" doesn't have the same ring to it... Along the way, people that survived it all now tell their tale. "We acted out of survival instinct", comments one. The documentary includes both amazing and frankly frightening footage. I don't recall having seen Kathmandu in such vivid detail. And we also get not only the very good, but also the very ugly (cue: the 3 Israelis... what in the world were they thinking?). Last but not least, please do not confuse this documentary with a 2022 documentary from the US simply called "Aftershock".

"Aftershock - Everest and the Nepal Earthquake" recently premiered on Netflix. I binge-watched all 3 episodes last night, and these 2 1/2 hours just flew by. If you are in the mood to see the devastation of a poor country (which also happens to have Mount Everest) caused by a massive earthquake, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.

Like most people, I remember the footage of the earthquake from Nepal in 2015. I remember seeing buildings collapse, fall apart and one or two avalanche videos. It was horrible. When I see this series was released on Netflix I figure I would watch it. Turns out its more then just some normal documentary where a narrator talks and they show you various things you have already seen before.

Instead it's a multi-episode series in which survivors share their stories, along with new footage from what it was like at ground level. Especially up on the various bases of Everest. At times you see footage and your heart races. In other cases you just see a person talking about something and you can see yourself in that situation and afraid.

This is an excellent documentary. You will get viewpoints from tourists to guides to the average citizens. It puts everything into even more perspective about how tragic the event was. And the pace of each episode is very nice. There are no rushed stories, no loud music trying to drum up emotion, just raw footage of people talking about the events and of course raw recorded footage from that day. I will say, while I don't think I could ever afford to travel to another country, nor handle mountain climbing, this documentary made me have zero interest in ever doing it. Seeing how dangerous it is. What happened literally happened in an instant on the mountain itself. People had zero warning or time to do anything but think their lives were about to end.

The ONLY thing annoying was in the last episode when the Israelis guys made excuses that they felt attacked and they were actually "good people". After a place was wiped out, they broke open a locked box and took all the money out. Then when caught people of course got mad. Then later then found a GPS device and didn't tell anyone because they were afraid for their lives. Give me a break guys, you are terrible people.

I love an adventure as the next person buy you have to wonder mindset of individuals who knowing there was a bad earthquake the year before, did not think to research more about the regularity of these.

As for the individuals interviewed, my thoughts:- The Iranian lady was over dramatic. Went from being quiet to extreme sport adventure, trying to prove what, only she knows. The Israeli's, was not surprised at their actions, we see these too many times, childish, arrogant and entitlement. Then the American who would rather die doing something adventurous than everyday chore. Well, he soon saw sense. Hope this was a lesson to all involved. It is the Nepalese I truly felt for, so sad.

This docuseries was extremely well documented and just completely riveting! The beautiful scenery and the power of nature was absolutely overwhelming and the editing keeps you on the egde of your seat the whole time.

This docu sadly also shows the worst in people. I will not spoil anything, but there are some young guys (three friends) that just made me extremely angry for what they did! I actually yelled at the screen at one point, because these guys were so selfish, rude and just outright a**holes.

The after effects of natural disasters are still quite impossible to comprehend sometimes and I feel so sad for those beautiful locals affected.

There were some things that I liked about this documentary and some things that I disliked. The first episode was the best, when you see how it all started. Then the documentary started to focus too much on the devastating aftermath at Everest, with a fair amount of the aftermath at Langtang, and very little when it comes to Kathmandu. Or maybe it didn't focus too much on Everest, but the documentary should have been longer and shown more of the destruction of Kathmandu.

The documentary also focused too much on the immoral and stupid people that was among the survivors of the Everest earthquake. Like the israelis people that stole the box with money, or the guy that can't climb Everest now and complained about not getting his money back... It is interesting though, to see how some people react and behave in moments of crisis, when greed and selfishness takes over. But if you want to show this in the documentary you can at least make the documentary longer, so we get to see more of the important stuff that actually matter. I wanted to see more of Kathmandu, especially from when it all started with more video footage of buildings collapsing, people in panic, and when the chaos begins. I wanted to feel more empathy and sadness for the actual nepalis people, and less anger against greedy, selfish and stupid tourists, if that makes sense.

Overall: This documentary could have been made better but is still worth watching. Just don't have too high expectations.

If you take nothing else from this documentary, take this: The absolute disconnect each of the visitors has to nature, self-awareness, personal responsibility, and their own humanity represented in this documentary is appalling. I've never remotely considered climbing Mt Everest an accomplishment but a crime against nature. The destruction of the mountain, the pollution, the garbage left behind, the learned lacked of humanity while stepping over the dead to get to an ego-driven checkbox on some egocentric list? Disgusting. If I were Everest I'd blow every week.

At the beginning, they tried to claim that "most ppl think it's just a bunch of rich ppl... some are just ordinary!" Ordinary?? How absolutely insulting and insane. Rich people are some of the most ordinary uncreative dangerously stupid inconsiderate creatures on earth. And this movie - while excellent- also leaves the viewer wondering why? Why make a doc about rich western ppl who have no connection to Nepal? The hotel owner, his employees and the reps of the govt and rescue effort, the villagers should have been the focus. Yes.

But I am also glad they showed the Israeli men too. They wear their victimhood like a badge of honor, continuously disrespecting the villagers who lost EVERYTHING, speaking as if the villagers were not equal to them, that THEIR lives were MORE important. They made me sick to my stomach Never once was there a mention - "if we are stuck here maybe we can find a way to help these people". Never happened once. Disgusting people.

Western culture has lost the plot. We are so beyond arrogant and ignorant this movie reveals that we, in our heart of hearts truly believe every mountain, every foreign culture, every THING belongs to us - to use and abuse at our will.

And the photographer? I'm waiting to see if she sells her photos and donates every penny to the villagers. Otherwise she's just as bad - and she never criticizes the behavior of her Israeli buddies either. The sorrow I felt for the people who lost their homes and loved ones still stays with me. The anger and grief I have for the selfishness of every visitor (except the HIV patient who gave compelling reasons for his decisions) still sickens me.

This is a 3 part documentary short series about the Nepal earthquake and aftershock when around 9,000 people died.

But the main focus is on a bunch of characters who pay a lot of money to go and climb Mount Everest.

In my view it would be difficult to find a group of people who are so selfish and irritating.

These people relate their experiences in contrast to the locals who are also interviewed who clearly also find these foreign individuals annoying in the extreme.

Those in charge of these climbs seem like mainly from the USA and Australia and the impression I get they are control freaks but fairly clueless and high on something.

One female from the middle east- climbing for the first time- harps on about the terrible experience she went through but no where does she (or any others from the mountain) show any real sympathy for the 9,000 dead.

Her schreeching moaning is so exasperating!

Another group of middle easterners are accused of trying to steal money from some local victims until they are saved by one of their own.

And equally many of the locals are portrayed badly as if they are criminals or former cons.

In some cases they are!

Even a government official is so full of himself and admits the overseas rescue team must not be given credit for saving a boy lost in the rubble.

Difficult to rate this picture as maybe the portrayals are realistic and honest.

Six and a half rounded up=

7/10.

Parts seem to drag a bit but for the most part, it moves along at a good pace.

There's a lot of skipping between locations and going back and forth in time- stick to a timeline and move forward. If there's backstory needed, then tell that first before moving ahead.

It's fascinating what people will rationalize in the name of survival, and at some point, for some people, surviving took a back seat.

I'll not give away one of the underlying plots, but will say that from the moment Yaar starts telling his version, it feels manipulative, gross and selfish. There's absolutely no reason to do what was done, and leaving items exactly where you found them would have allowed their family members to find it. I can completely understand the drive to survive and to find necessities to carry on but to do what he did should make him ashamed.

The personal stories in this docu-series really bring a tear to one's eye and i am not easily bought to tears. There's a mixture of rich mountain climber and poor local guide, all stuck in this natural disaster with ice blocks the size of cars and some bigger like the size of a house! Within this series it shows how much this kind of adventure costs lives but also bringing people together.

I was impressed with the story, I love a true story and this is up there with one if the most compelling.

Well overall i really enjoyed this docu-series and I think most of you will too, just remember it's damn scary place to start with, let alone mother nature having her say.

Interesting and informative documentary regarding the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Have seen other programs on this subject, however this program surprised me more for the behavior (and coverage of the behavior) of many of the "tourists" specifically the international climbers & hikers caught in the situation. Horrible, selfish (criminal) behavior without apology. While many are rush to help in the face of devastating events this program shows how for some its a race to the bottom in their attempts to achieve and improve, if possible, their own ends (whatever the end might be) without regard for/at the expense of anyone other than themselves. Horrible, but makes for good screaming at the screen...

The real interviews and footage are amazing. The reenactments, less so. It is very interesting from a human interaction perspective. It is also heartbreaking sometimes, as you might imagine. Ever since reading "Into Thin Air, I have always been fascinated AND repulsed by Everest climbs. For the most part, they are for people that just have enough money to add the climb to their "accomplishments," all at the expense of the brave and competent sherpas that eke out a living from what has become a tourist destination. It's absurd really. The Langtang village interviews are eye-opening, that people can find conflict even when they should be working together.

This is probably one of the best Netflix documentaries, but I was sure the woke crowd was not going to be happy with it, which must have been quite a disappointment for Netflix.

The documentary follows events in three main locations: the Everest camp, the Langtang valley, and Kathmandu.

The section about the Everest climbers features a number of Westerners, but also climber Gopal, a Nepalese national and an Iranian woman climber. It even features an arrogant white male climber, probably interviewed only to appease even more the woke crowd, but it didn't do the job.

The section about Kathmandu is only about Nepalese folks and their rescues and the section about the Langtang valley is the weirdest one, focussing on the misdeed of two Israeli tourists - the third guy did not do anything wrong - who perhaps made a clumsy attempt at looting the village. However, if they wanted to steal money and stuff, why did they use a transparent bag? Whatever happened, it was stretched way too far and the "good guy" of that story was also a Nepalese.

Therefore those who complained about the plot not being focused enough on the Nepalese may have been watching another documentary because 2/3 of this is just about the Nepalese climbers, villagers, and city dwellers.

The three strands of events are developed at a decent speed, although the ending feels a bit rushed. The photography is good and the interviews are less bad than usual. A good documentary, apart from the Langtang story.