Friday, August 06, 2004
Hi Guys,
I guess I'm the last person here to see Touching the Void. What a great, great movie! Brilliant the way they used Joe and Simon as narrators and nondescript actors to dramatize their climb and the aftermath. So, indeed, it is a documentary. I was thinking that it was a movie based on their true story and sometimes those can turn out kinda silly, like a movie of the week. Honestly, that's what kept me from watching it. But I think they did a great job cutting between the principles and the actors. Gorgeous cinematography and sound, too!
Whenever times get too rough and you think you cannot bear them anymore, remember Joe Simpson - a man who with a broken leg, who over three days climbed out of a crevasse and crawled, kicked, screamed his way down the mountain to miraculously find his friends. And of Simon Yates who made the excrutiating decision to cut the rope, then got a second chance with his friend.
I guess I'm the last person here to see Touching the Void. What a great, great movie! Brilliant the way they used Joe and Simon as narrators and nondescript actors to dramatize their climb and the aftermath. So, indeed, it is a documentary. I was thinking that it was a movie based on their true story and sometimes those can turn out kinda silly, like a movie of the week. Honestly, that's what kept me from watching it. But I think they did a great job cutting between the principles and the actors. Gorgeous cinematography and sound, too!
Whenever times get too rough and you think you cannot bear them anymore, remember Joe Simpson - a man who with a broken leg, who over three days climbed out of a crevasse and crawled, kicked, screamed his way down the mountain to miraculously find his friends. And of Simon Yates who made the excrutiating decision to cut the rope, then got a second chance with his friend.
