Zaxxon wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:34 am
Rumpy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:47 am
Saw that one awhile back. It is pretty great. Conversely, 14 Peaks, which has a guy with a mission to climb all 14 8,000 peaks in a matter of 7 months, we felt was pretty crappy. The guy was a bit of an asshole and his constant 'me me me' attitude got a little annoying. The documentary should have been more of a miniseries with each episode detailing the climb of each of the peaks, as they really glossed over some of the major accomplishments, and never gave each mountain their due. It's a lot more about showing that he 'himself' could do it.
Agreed. And as someone with some mountaineering experience, it was extremely frustrating to see dude's constant disregard for anything resembling a respect for the safety of himself or those around him.
Ugh yeah, my Dad kept pointing out some of the basic mistakes he was making. Frustrating to watch too with so much glossed over. For instance, on Everest, he mentions the long line of climbers he encountered on the way back down causing a bit of a traffic jam, but why bring it up if he never explains how he did manage to get back down? Then, I think it was the next mountain after, where he spends as much as 15 seconds on the mountain. What?? Slow down a bit. This is why I feel it would have been better as a miniseries dedicated to each peak, including the planning and the actual attempt. None of the planning or actual logistics were ever included. Would have made the journey far more impactful. But in the end, it all felt like he was racing through it with blatant disregard for safety. It was the storyline of his Mother that made us keep watching. If not for her, we would probably have quit watching in disappointment. All those impressive vistas felt utterly wasted in the way it was edited too.
Speaking of disappointing documentaries on Netflix, we watched the Micheal Shumacher documentary, and we often watch documentaries to learn things, because who wouldn't? It's a natural environment to do so. But towards the end, they allude to something having happened while showing some ski slopes. They never specifically come out and say what exactly happened, as if they're tip-toeing around the issue which was highly awkward to watch. In the end, I had to use Wikipedia to figure out what exactly had happened and that he'd been paralyzed due to cutting a course and falling on a rock. Probably was done that was as a respect for the family, but as a viewer, it came off feeling rather frustratingly unsatisfying.
