evz1974
Joined Oct 2005
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I was curious to see this having heard about several cameos from legit climbers - who all are done within the first five minutes. What can I say, the climbing content is for the most part fairly realistic even if they suggest it's a deadly climb and then give a grade range that any half decent climber could climb. They speaking the danger of the approach then pull up in vans and you can see the cliff face behind them... The whole plot is a garbled mess that feels written by someone who's never seen a horror movie. Everyone takes every outrageous plot reveal with no questions. The acting is for the most part woeful. The ending, dear god, the ending, possibly written by someone who hadn't read the rest of the script. A shame as whoever is behind this clearly has a love for climbing but this is not a love letter to climbing, more hate mail. Tonnes of quality climbing content on YouTube that doesn't have a god awful plot attached for no reason. Shame, really wanted this to be a cracker of a film to show my non climbing friends...
Really looked forward to seeing this but I was left very disappointed. It only covers the 98-02 World Cup period and skirts around the injury prior to the final, doesn't address any of the rumours (was he on pain killing injections etc) there was nothing in the 90 minutes that makes it worth watching to gain any insights into the man. The absolute highlight of it all was Christian Vieri and I must admit I'd love to see a fly on the wall with him after watching this, he's hilarious and honest. Even for the hardcore fans this doesn't really offer anything new. 3/10 just for the goal clips and that's being generous, better footage on YouTube.
This has to be up there with Free Solo, Meru, Dawn Wall as one of the most inspiring and beautifully shot films about climbing yet. Whilst it doesn't capture some of most epic achievements he did, the footage that is captured is breathtaking, the story and the human aspect are fascinating. I'll be recommending this to everyone I know for the foreseeable future, can't see how anyone would think they'd wasted 90 minutes watching this, give it a go and just enjoy.