Subject: A mountain climbing expedition gone awry
Director: Kevin MacDonald
As a lazy, uncoordinated person, I've always resented things like mountain climbing - sure, it's an amazing testament to the human will for (mostly) men to stand atop the world's tallest peaks, with both their own singular strength and dexterity and the rest of mankind's ingenuity at their back with hooks, ropes, and boots and the like to aid in their feat. However, it's also a giant waste of that ingenuity - there's no point other than to just climb up a big rock, while risking one's own life and limb in doing so.
Touching The Void's value as a film is in its reenactment of this harrowing tale - the film capably puts us into the situation via reenactment, letting us imagine what it might be like to be stuck in the same situation. Yet there's really no imagining it - it's simply amazing that someone who survived it could actually describe what they went through.
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