Everest

I've just viewed the movie, Everest (2015). Normally I would give a more or less detailed commentary. But all I can say is: Wow. This has a grip and emotional wallop that is strong without ever being vulgar, wrenching without ever being manipulative or false. The reason that the climbers give for their drive is not convincing to anyone but their own group: but that's the way of many human drives, and the need to venture up heights is just one expression of our unwillingness, as a species, to stay shackled to the known if uncomfy cave. Yes, that sometimes irrational drive has often cost us dearly, but it's also part of the daring that gave us civilization. The movie anyway is a tour de force.