Robert Markowitz
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Everest (2015)
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
influenced by Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
Plot
Telling the same story as, but not officially based on, Jon Krakauer's best-selling book Into Thin Air (perhaps changing things up because the book was already officially adapted for a 1997 TV movie, Into Thin Air: Death on Everest), the film hinges on the freakish conditions that led to the deaths of eight climbers on May 10, 1996.
En este viaje el guión de Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel y Katie Silberman (sumar sus experiencias merece un texto extra) las enfrenta a sus propios hombres de paja, a su león cobarde, a su ser de hojalata a través de los cuales Amy y Molly comprenderán su propio valor en medio de toques de comedia que a veces nos llevan a la camaradería del Trainspotting (Reino Unido, 1996) de Danny Boyle y otras al humor gamberro y mordaz, inclemente y veloz de las comedias de David y Jerry Zucker (“ we’ve done it a vagillion times!
…the mechanics of the series have become so numbingly familiar that the films have the stale feel of Pink Floyd cover bands.