This is the live action movie based on the John Krakauer novel Into Thin Air, which is a must-read. I’m not sure why the IMDb doesn’t have Into Thin Air on the credits but the names are the same and they’re climbing Everest so how different can it can be? If told right, Everest should be a story of human folly, or human arrogance in thinking paying $50,000 and hiring sherpas will be enough to get one safely up that mountain but more importantly back down it. Into Thin Air is about how a few crucial mistakes lead to the (then) most deadly season on the mighty peak. Obviously the recent earthquake in Nepal obliterated that record. Everest, I hope, makes mention of what nasty and unforgivable human footprint has done up there, not just in the continual exploitation of the sherpas but the human waste left behind.
The book is brilliant. Hopefully the film will be as good.
