A poster on DCUM actually "spent some time in the Andes." Who spends some time in the Andes?

I want to see Alive to compare it, but this movie was good. I was surprised by the plot twist about the narrator.

It was important to the story to show how young, strong, and healthy these young men were, to be able to survive the initial plane crash and the remaining days in the Andes.

I guess I’m the outlier as I thought it was boring…

There is a great episode of the You're Wrong About podcast about this event.

Saw it on the big screen with theatrical sound system and I highly recommend it. Sound design was amazing.

Anonymous wrote:The pain and suffering endured by the passengers is just unimaginable. It’s a miracle anybody survived that long. But I keep wondering if they had started a huge fire (they all had lighters for their cigarettes) that just maybe they would have been spotted by rescuers?

apparently they tried but did not succeed so eventually gave up.

The pain and suffering endured by the passengers is just unimaginable. It’s a miracle anybody survived that long. But I keep wondering if they had started a huge fire (they all had lighters for their cigarettes) that just maybe they would have been spotted by rescuers?

An empathetic and well researched movie. Not sure why Alive needed to be remade though. I simply cannot imagine how these men survived even after having seen both movies, it’s unimaginable.

I had to FF parts of it because it was so intense I've spent time in the Andes and couldn't stop thinking about how desolate and cold it must have been for them. But, I loved the cinematography and I agree it was a respectful film overall. I do wish they had done more to build out the individual characters but if you're like me you can google all of their names and go deep into everything they've accomplished in the last 50 years. I also wish my Spanish were better so that I could read one of the survivors' books. I 100% understand why the survivors took the actions they did to survive but I also have so much empathy for the families whose family members never made it home. Such a tragedy.

Anonymous wrote:Was it better or worse than Alive?

I thought it was better than Alive. More accurate details, more insight into what the characters were thinking and how they came to the decision to eat, very honest portrayal of how animalistic survival can be. I don’t agree with PP about less character development. I thought there was more.

Was it better or worse than Alive?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought they honored and were very respectful to the real people who went through that nightmare.

Agree, and the craft that went into the film was great. However one big flaw was the general lack of character differentiation. They all read as basically the same.

I preferred Alive for the character development, this film for the overall technical approach.

I sobbed like a baby. The kind of movie I can only watch once. Really well done.

Anonymous wrote:I thought they honored and were very respectful to the real people who went through that nightmare.

Agree, and the craft that went into the film was great. However one big flaw was the general lack of character differentiation. They all read as basically the same.

I thought they honored and were very respectful to the real people who went through that nightmare.

I haven’t seen a thread on this topic. Anyone else watch it? It was actually really well done. I’m South American and I’ve always been fascinated by the story. What did you guys think?