Into Thin Air: Death on Everest [DVD]

I really loved this book! I first read it about 20 years ago. I'd read about the accident so I purchased the book. It was mesmerizing. For some reason I was talking about it to a friend and gave her the book. I love reading about places that I'd never go to. So...I purchased the digital book and read it again. It was just as good as before. Jon is an entertaining writer and I've read other books by him since. The one thing that gets me is WHY??

This is worse than a Hallmark channel movie! The music score is horrendous...it's over-used and doesn't "fit" the movie at all. Seriously, if there was ever a movie where the music ruined a movie, this is it.The acting is terrible and the movie is rushed; I turned it off at 45 minutes.Side note: Read "Into Thin Air" and "The Climb"...both a great books if you want to know the story and the "why's" behind the tragedy. Also, watch the Hollywood version of "Everest"...fantastic movie! Stay away from the IMAX movie "Everest" - it's terrible and much of it was produced in a Hollywood studio (true fact)...they basically faked a lot of it, which is really sad being they were there in 1996 when the event occurred.

I first saw this film when it originally aired on TV. I enjoyed the film so I purchased it. I love mountain climbing and wish I could do more of it. Films like this remind me just how dangerous the sport can be.Overall, it you're into outdoors or climbing and want to learn from other's mistakes without making your own, this is a film to watch. What happens when arrogance replaces common sense? What happens when you don't obey your own rules?

I've read all the books on Everest's 1996 season (and many others) so I've read about this expedition from all the POVs who've written their recollections, and seen all the documentaries. So I had to see this too.Like many movies made of real events, it takes some real liberties with the truth, and to make it a better "story", consolidates and leaves out people and stories. Given events where so many people died, though, misrepresenting events to make a better story is well, disrespectful. In addition, Krakauer is made more central to the action -- the Sherpa leaders are shown appealing to him on various things, and he's mentioned as being involved in the rescues, when in fact, Krakauer was only a client, not involved in decision making, Sherpa leading, or rescuing. (A really embarrassing scene is when a Sherpa begs Krakauer to stop so they can rest). Not that Krakauer didn't perform well on the mountain, being one of the first to summit, but no way would he have a Sherpa begging him to stop so they could rest.Boukreev who was Fischer's lead guide, is shown in a fairly unflattering light. There's of course controversy on this. If you read the survivors accounts, certain of Boukreev's clients said they didn't want to be alone on the mountain with him, because they felt he wasn't responsive to their needs. Of course, Boukreev had a different perception of a guides duties. But when he was heading down the mountain he blew past clients that could have used his help, and as for his activities during client's acclimatization, Fischer was reported to have bitterly complained to his business manager that Boukreev was not attending to clients. So while the movie over-dramatizes that conflict, there really was some basis for it. And it also reportedly left Fischer overly stressed and overworked, which perhaps left him underacclimatized and contributed to the edema that killed him. On the other hand, even if too little too late, after the clients failed to return, Boukreev went out and saved many lives. Still, I think the script was overly hard on him.As far as accuracy on climbing details, there were some irritations - climbers not wearing goggles at times (when even a few minutes exposure could result in snow blindness) or gloves. Of course an actor covered in mask and goggles can be hard to discern one from the other. And don't think you'll see the Himalaya here, this was filmed in the alps. The long acclimatization climbs are more or less skipped over.OTOH, things like the logjam on the Step, the suddenness of the storm, the effects of running out of oxygen on climbers, are done well. It's only once the storm hits that things go far off accuracy again, with the Krakauer being involved in the rescues and coordination more than he was.So basically, if you watch this the first time, you might really find objectionable that it deviates in some respects from actual occurrences. and draws some characters and events with a too broad and thus somewhat inaccurate brush.. But it actually isn't too bad a movie, when you realize that all movies of true events deviate somewhat from the truth to tell a story. And while this has some deviations from reality that seem excessive at first, actually it really isn't too far off the mark, or too bad a movie.

This is a great movie based off of Jon Krakauer's book by the same name. The book is so much better but if I was to compare this movie to Everest which came out last year, this one wins. I like the actors, many you will recognize from the 1990's. This movie is a lot easier to follow than Everest and after having read many books on the subject, this one more closely follows the actual events.

I don't believe for one minute that Jon Krakauer was the best climber in the group and was in better condition than even the Sherpas as is portrayed in this film and the book. From reading everyone else's books about the same event. Mr. Krakauer has taken the poetic license he applies to every story to sell books I enjoy non-fiction but not when it ignores every one else's perspective with such a serious event. If you want a truer understanding of what happened on this tragic day please look into other accounts of this same event

My husband had recorded this movie and some how got deleted so we purchased it now it won’t get deleted it's a good movie.

I watched this the other day (included with my Prime subscription) I like real life dramas/documentaries (based on true story kind of thing) and most get me choked up and I feel for the people/families involved. However the Mt. Everest movies/documentaries actually just get me mad! Only watched a few and I think the same thing every time! Life is so very precious why on earth would you risk your life and devastate your family for the sake of a stupid mountain? Is it to brag? be closer to God? Whatever the reason is isn't worth risking life! I cannot feel sorry for those that die on Everest, they deliberately put themselves into a life threatening situation. It should be likened to a failed suicide attempt or a successful attempt.