2 reviews
From a technical standpoint this movie is a layman's work in many regards:
* Music: Musical score doesn't enhance emotion in any of the scenes. It only serves as a boring, easily written, lame absense of silence. I cannot stand to hear this score any longer. Whenever my mind wants to compare this zero level score to a score of older films, like Luis Trenker's composer Giuseppe Becce's score, it becomes unbearable to me that this is supposed to be the new level of a composer's prowess.
* Actors: I brings me to tears that none of them apparently learned their acting skills. None of them shows appropriate facial expressions, none of them can speak like an actor. No emphasis, no stress, no accent, no innotation. Just a common man's speak. And no mimic. (OK, the priest at the end of the movie, Matthias Habich, is a well regarded exception to the crew.)
* Sound design: Too may slightly coughs, too many hissy fits. I guess they added them due to the absence of an appropriate musical score. It's like being forced to listen to Darth Vater infamously and inappropriately crying "Nooooooo" over and over again.
On the other hand: The camera is marvellous, illumination, color timing and post-production are great to watch, too.
The aeroplane should have been rendered more majestically. In the movie it's just "some vehicle", it's not an important, elevating begin of their dangerous journey.
Now that I've seen the movie, I wish someone gave me the raw cut, an editor, a decent composer, a small orchestra, and a bunch of good dubbing actor's voices! I would completely redo the movies audio to create a movie that's emotionally poignant and great to watch.
This current movie is a pain to watch and appears to be a laboured students' work only.
* Music: Musical score doesn't enhance emotion in any of the scenes. It only serves as a boring, easily written, lame absense of silence. I cannot stand to hear this score any longer. Whenever my mind wants to compare this zero level score to a score of older films, like Luis Trenker's composer Giuseppe Becce's score, it becomes unbearable to me that this is supposed to be the new level of a composer's prowess.
* Actors: I brings me to tears that none of them apparently learned their acting skills. None of them shows appropriate facial expressions, none of them can speak like an actor. No emphasis, no stress, no accent, no innotation. Just a common man's speak. And no mimic. (OK, the priest at the end of the movie, Matthias Habich, is a well regarded exception to the crew.)
* Sound design: Too may slightly coughs, too many hissy fits. I guess they added them due to the absence of an appropriate musical score. It's like being forced to listen to Darth Vater infamously and inappropriately crying "Nooooooo" over and over again.
On the other hand: The camera is marvellous, illumination, color timing and post-production are great to watch, too.
The aeroplane should have been rendered more majestically. In the movie it's just "some vehicle", it's not an important, elevating begin of their dangerous journey.
Now that I've seen the movie, I wish someone gave me the raw cut, an editor, a decent composer, a small orchestra, and a bunch of good dubbing actor's voices! I would completely redo the movies audio to create a movie that's emotionally poignant and great to watch.
This current movie is a pain to watch and appears to be a laboured students' work only.
- WinstonNoCGI
- Apr 7, 2018
- Permalink
It's an absolute shame that this movie is the legacy Reinhold Messner wishes to leave of himself.
Despite desperately trying to portray himself as an idealistic hero, he comes out as a shallow egomaniac.
If anything it makes you question the narrative protagonist wants us to remember, which under the guise of heroic achievement is just a bunch of baloney.
The movie itself is a bag of cheap tricks cobbled together on a budget. The play is dull, characters are flat, music is out of place.
Should you watch it? If you had any illusions about Reinhold, you should. Be prepared to have your childhood idol crushed.
Despite desperately trying to portray himself as an idealistic hero, he comes out as a shallow egomaniac.
If anything it makes you question the narrative protagonist wants us to remember, which under the guise of heroic achievement is just a bunch of baloney.
The movie itself is a bag of cheap tricks cobbled together on a budget. The play is dull, characters are flat, music is out of place.
Should you watch it? If you had any illusions about Reinhold, you should. Be prepared to have your childhood idol crushed.