I've seen a lot of films that focus on the beauty and magnificence of mountains. Other than what to me is some bizarre perspective in the narrative (at times) and a not completely successful attempt to create a 'poetic' atmosphere, I still give this film 5/5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for its absolutely stunning visuals, sense of adventure, and musical epiphanies. This is a must see production.

Great photography, beautiful scenery, a smooth and pleasant narrator's voice, and sometimes appropriate orchestral music. However, at no time is the location stated, no height, and no information regarding how many times, if any, a peak has been conquered, or how many deaths may have occurred while attempts to conquer were conducted. Don't watch this video if you're tired... it'll put you to sleep. Show it on your widescreen, flat, wall-mounted 온라인카지노추천 during your party -- it's good for background sights and sounds.

A visual paradise with wonderfully intelligent narration.

Great photography and sound track. Some of the climbing scenes quite disturbing as they are so extreme. Film questions and challenges our modern relationship with mountains. Thought provoking and interesting.

This film is dripping with beautiful footage of beautiful mountains. It is scored by a lovely suite of music performed by a wonderful orchestra. So far, so David Attenborough. What this film then fails to do, to continue the Attenborough comparison, is tell an engaging story or give some incredible insight into the world. It instead gives Willem Dafoe a poetic, ponderous voiceover that kind of tells you things, but doesn't go into detail. It's a mood piece, which I thought would be fine as it's only 70-odd minutes long, but I have to say I was pretty bored at points. There's also a section where it talks about adrenalin junkies who do ridiculous things on the top of or off the top of mountains. But again, by relying entirely on the dream-like narration and not speaking to these people directly to explain themselves, I had no context or meaning for what they were doing and had to make do with Willem's speculation. I was just left looking at these people and what they were doing and how expensive and dangerous it must be, and thinking ‘some arseholes have too much money'. If you're a fan of getting stoned, I do think it'd be a good one to watch when high. Us crazy carts who prefer to be lucid and switched on the whole time, it just felt like a poor man's episode of Planet Earth.

Absolutely stunning visual and audio combination to encapsulate the true essence of great heights. This documentary shows a variety of the worldâ(TM)s best mountains from wonderful perspectives. The soundtrack matches the screenplay perfectly, truly envoking deep emotions. A must watch to any outdoors enthusiast.

When I was really in the mood to unwind, I stumbled across this documentary. It's called Mountain, and it was meant to be sick! It had an excellent rating on Rotten Tomoatoes... CERTIFIED FRESH! In a brief summation: I fell asleep. The movie only goes for an hour and ten minutes... But, God, did it drag on. It was just so boring. It had no narrative (or any real thought behind it), just a whole bunch of stock footage of actual mountains, with Willem Dafoe saying arbritrary, philosophical and poetic things about mountains! Then to top it off, the sounctrack is random classic music. Now, I'm a huge fan of the musical arts, but this was the 'hot toddy' that put me to sleep. In hindsight, I might have been awestruck, had I been on acid. But in all honesty, 'Mountain', as a whole, is more fitting as a screensaver than a movie. (Seriously, turn the volume down so Willem Dafoe's voice is just a whisper, and I promise you... PERFECT SCREENSAVER!)

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As an advanced mountain / rock climber who has climbed a number of the mountains and faces featured in the film, I was extremely underwhelmed by this film. There was very little depth whatsoever to the film, and it came across to me as a completely incoherent mishmash of pseudo-intellectual dialogue, meaningless information, and overwhelmingly annoying and often ill-matched classical music. I found it completely disheartening how the filmmakers managed to completely fail to capture the feeling of climbing, and why we climb. The lack of context makes it impossible for the casual viewer to understand how ground-breaking the opening footage of the free solo of el sendero luminoso by alex honnold is, or how equally mundane the footage of the 5.4 Pigeon Spire route is 15 minutes later in the film - the utter lack of any context for any of the footage is a real disgrace.

Beautiful visuals but music drowns out the narrator. Issue with final mix? Would also have liked to know the names of the mountains.

- When cinematic poetry meets wild exhilaration in Mountain - There have been a few times in my life when I have felt truly privileged to view the world in a particular way, once while deep sea diving and another time while paragliding. Wow, I thought, not many people get to see the world this way. Mountain, by director Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa, Miracle on Everest), took me to that same place of wonder. "The mountains we climb are made not only of rock and ice, but also of dreams and desire," narrator Willem Dafoe crooned as my heart raced up a cliff-face, was dazzled by sunlight on crystal snowflakes, and shocked by the roar of avalanches. I was swept up in the majesty of mountains. While Peedom's 2015 BAFTA Award-nominated documentary Sherpa delves into the risks sherpa's take for wealthy thrill-seekers on Everest, Mountain is more of a tribute to both mountains themselves, and the brave souls who feel the call to conquer them. This is a tone poem of grand proportions. The documentary is a collaborative masterpiece. We are captivated by the extraordinary words written by Robert MacFarlane, the beautiful score by the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) and the incredible footage compiled and shot by Peedom and cinematographer Renan Ozturk whose partnership began with Sherpa. In a Q&A session at the New Zealand International Film Festival, Peedom explained that it all started with the music. The ACO came to Peedom with the idea to do something with mountains. Richard Tognetti, the principal violinist and artistic director, was fascinated by mountaineers and by Ozturk's mountain footage. The project was originally designed as a concert work, with the ACO touring with it across Australia. But it was important to Peedom that the film stood as a stand-alone narrative piece. During Peedom's early years as a climbing camera operator, she had been captivated by the book Mountains of the Mind by Robert MacFarlane. It explored the revolution of our feelings towards mountains, where only 300 years ago climbing a mountain was thought lunacy. Peedom invited MacFarlane to collaborate on the film and the themes of his book became the overarching thesis of the documentary along with Peedom's own experience. As someone who had felt the allure and siren song of the mountain, she wanted to express her experience as well. About 30% of the film was shot with colleague Ozturk, supplemented by his own incredible library of footage, as well as that of other mountain cinematographers, resulting in over 2,000 hours of footage, across 15 countries. The technology utilized in this environment was cutting edge, with the cinematographers pushing the limits of what drones were able to do. In the Q&A, Peedom explained that mountaineering is a "very blokey world." She said that she kinda becomes one of the boys in that environment as she is usually one of the only women on expedition. But while it might be blokey, she says many of the mountaineering men are beautifully romantic souls, including Ozturk himself. In saying that, she did try to put as many women in the film as she could and she herself brought a feminine gaze to it as well. Mountain is an inspiring, soul-nourishing, and at times clench-butt-cheeks scary, sensory experience. If you're lucky enough to see it with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, then you can count yourself very lucky. The rest of us will need to find the biggest screen we can in order to be fully absorbed into this magnificent treasure. ---------- This review was first published on Narrative Muse, http://www.narrativemuse.co/movies/mountain. Narrative Muse curates the best books and movies by and about women and non-binary folk on our website http://narrativemuse.co and our social media channels.

Visually stunning but run time drags on a bit.

Visually stunning. Incredible screen writing by Robert Macfarlane - brings up great insights on the evolution of human endeavors and the longevity/indifference of mountains.

A visually stunning and beautifully orchestrated feast for the senses, featuring breathtaking shots of some of the world's most dramatic mountain peaks and those who attempt to conquer them., all set to a moving musical score. While the voiceover narration is occasionally compelling and insightful, it nevertheless sometimes comes up a little thin in providing meaning and relevance. In all, a nice visual and auditory diversion for 75 minutes; just don't expect the heavens to part or the ground beneath your feet to rumble.

There were quite a few recycled clips I have seen before in this movie. The narration lacked information and was compromised of strung together inspiration poster phrases. My major disappointment was I learned nothing and saw nothing I haven't already seen.

Glad I didn't have to listen to warner herzogs voice.

Surprisingly enough this movie was not very impressive. Stunning cinematography but far to heavy on the orchestra and Defoe's monologue (both of which needed to just shut-up on more than one occasion to allow you to soak up the imagery.) As a mountain climber and a lover of the sport, documentaries and the outdoors I found the whole experience, except for 30 minutes near the middle in which the movie picked up pace and got more interesting, shockingly boring.

'Mountain' is one of the most beautiful movies you'll ever see. The music and the subtle narration by Willem Dafoe is exquisite. It's also one of the most boring documentaries of recent memory. It's a slog and at only 74 minutes that's saying something! Final Score: 3.7/10

Boring and the film score was blah.

Beautiful images but this documentary felt like spending 2h on YouTube watching mountain activities related videos, with no added value, commentaries or interviews.