Skywalkers: A Love Story

Absolutely blown away by this one. The couple was so good on camera, that at times it seemed like a scripted foreign film. Their passion for climbing these ultimate skyscrapers and pushing the boundaries was so inspiring.

Obviously we shouldn't be promoting trespassing in any form, but these two made it an actual art. Their grace and dedication to this crazy "hobby" was so fun to watch.

Finally, the fact that it was paralleled with a brewing love story also contributed to its success. In a sport where "flying solo" was the norm, this couple made climbing so romantic. The drone and GoPro shots were magnificent and I'm so glad I gave it a shot. I think everyone should. It's really worth the watch.

Watched this at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Rooftoppers are a strange trend and the movie does a great job on exploring a well-known rooftopper couple Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus with gorgeous camerawork, breath-taking stunt angles, and tense style that is mixed with thriller and documentary elements together. The relationship between Nikolaj and Beerkus was interesting as the documentary does a good job on their relationship, their purposes and what makes them special for the stunts they do. Including some interesting insights on their lives outside of the stunt works they do.

Throughout, the visuals are amazing as there are some amazing looking camerawork where moments are high in the sky and dangerous and tenseful moments are in play. If this was in IMAX, this movie would be breath-taking but also very tense and nerve-wrecking.

I really did enjoy the documentary. I did found some of the editing choices to be a little poor as if it was something from an annoying youtube video. But overall, I never felt bored and I was captivated throughout.

Side note, if you suffer from fear of heights or vertigo, don't see this cause there are tons of moments of high heights.

...kids went to college, got an apprenticeship, learned a trade, became sportspeople if they had the talent or just simply got a job. Nowadays that ain't good enough and to get ahead you gotta go all social media and provide content that is gonna entertain, shock and/or mortify to get a rabid audience in sufficient numbers that you can make a living the 2024 way. This is stunning, impressive, compulsive and horrifying all in one package - yes they've got skill, sure they've got balls but yes they're also breaking the law and one slip and they're dead - but hey, that's just more content eh and sure Netflix will happily make a documentary out of that too, because why not? We're heading towards a dark and dystopian future for generations to come if this is the way entertainment is going - do we really need to give legitimacy to, not to mention glorification of, arguable lunacy..?

For the love of God, how the two of them w/o a big support crew take some amazing 360 circling drones views with no shakes or jitters...

Merkata climb, where did the heavy 6 ft steel platform appear all of a sudden when they reached the roof top. The entire climb from the base, they just had 2 backpacks. And boom on the roof, they have the platform made available with the exact measurement too..., so why not just place the platform on the very top, and a bed too !?

And the drama about chickening out was staged for sure.

This all has to be staged and financed by Netflix, as the interview with the Director shows...

So why make it appear in the documentary that these two guys are doing it all solo, unscripted, hiding from guards, camera, risking arrest, running out of money...all of that was def. Fake !

Disappointed. If otherwise, would have liked the documentary.

Ok, I admit, my first thoughts were, "I hope they fall." Yeah, I know, what kind of person does that make me? I just thought that this type of stunt was stupid and dangerous and they deserve what they get. I WAS SO WRONG!

The views were breathtaking and at times I was paralyzed by the fear of heights. Who knows why people do what they do. But the couples stories, and the 2 coming together to create the works of art, I was so drawn in and I only wanted to see them succeed.

A real love story about TRUST!! Absolute trust and confidence. Ignore the nay-sayers. The ending had me cheering for them👌