Everest Movie Review

A virtual snowy and mountainous experience on screen, thats what sums up the movie experience for me after watching Everest. With breathtaking visuals, here is something that literally makes you feel as if you are actually on top of the mountain in a snowy and windy atmosphere.
The last time a similar experience but a different one from the Everest was created is in the movie Gravity. Not comparable but both of them takes us to an altogether new experience; one of them transported us to the space while the other took us to another terrain, the mountains of Everest.
The film is based on a true incident that happened way back in 1996 where two groups goes on an expedition to the ultimate trekking experience for a mountaineer,The Everest. Though they started their mission separately, at some point of time, they have to unite for the successful completion of reaching the summit of the Everest.
Everest basically explore the journey of the team, the trauma they had to face battling adverse and unfavourable conditions on the climate front.
Since the film is based on a real incident, too much drama is missing from the narration. Still the makers are successful in maintaining the right amount of balance between real story mixed with the emotional aspects to make the audience experience what they see on screen as a cinema without compromising on real facts.
The best part is of course the first half of the movie where we are shown in detail about the expedition to the top of Everest passing through different phases and camps. It is almost a learning experience and more of an informative piece and the second half where the return journey from top is presented with more emotions without drama.
Jason Clarke as Rob Hall, leader of one of the expedition group was a perfect casting. The guy had it in him the attributes required for the character. Rest of the actors were equally upto the challenge of presenting their respective roles look well on screen.
Whatever that is shown as the backdrop whether in CGI or real stuff is topclass and makes you stunned. Some of the helicopter shots if I am correct are a visual treat in every sense. Another notable aspect is the sound design. Cinematography was brilliant especially the night scenes with the right colour tone and lighting while edits were perfect. Same with the background score also.
On a lighter side, for the Indian audience there is something to laugh at. While the story is based on a real incident of 1996, there is a scene when the team start assembling from various points through road, we can hear a song from the Hindi movie K3G (released in the year 2001)in a bus.
Overall, there is nothing much contentwise but the movie provide an experience that needs to be watched on the big screen itself. The strength, the courage, the determination and the feelings of the mountain climbers have been shown with utmost sincerity, care and perfectionism that deserves a good round of applause. So, my rating for Everest is four out of five.
Rating - 4 / 5