Seven Years in Tibet

Wow! I'm glad I watched this. I'm enjoying all the old movies they have on Netflix these days and this one was breathtaking. It fit right in with The Last Emperor for me, too (Watched this straight after). I didn't get the feeling though that the main character went on a true journey of self discovery and turn the movie into a boring predictable one, which is a good thing. Wonderful backdrops and Brad did a great job, even the accent wasn't as bad as some people were making it out to be. A definite, one to recommend!

To enjoy this film, you have to look past some boring parts, Brad Pitt's bad accent and David Thewlis' lackluster performance. However it is visually stunning, scored perfectly, and other than his accent, i felt for Pitt's character. The story is about an austrian mountain climber, who becomes friends with the Dai Lai Lama at the time of China's conquest of Tibet. The screenplay is not great, as the film has its boring parts, and does not flow all that well, the direction is decent, but apart from the great cinematography, thanks to Robert Fraisse (The Notebook, Hotel Rwanda), the direction isn't all that good and I thought the film could have been much more interesting, if only the same kind of effort that went into the cinematography, score and pitt's accent(only kidding), went into the direction and screenplay. It was a decent effort, enjoyable film but can't watch it too many times. 8/10 #209 on my list of all-time favorite films

Seven Years in Tibet is an excellent biographical film. Great cast and great real story. A unique film, because so few films about climbers, even less about Tibet.

Maybe it's a fascination with the Dalai Lama. Maybe it's the breathtaking Tibetan landscapes. Maybe it's the lively characterization of the Tibetan people. Any way you look at it, in spite of its faults this film is an engaging, intimate portrayal of a young spiritual leader in his formative years and the people of Tibet in a time of cultural metamorphosis and impending political subversion. Brad Pitt's performance as the Austrian Heinrich Harrer is commendable, if not the highlight of the film. The extroversion of his character is believable, humorous at times, at other times painful. This is a story of growth, change, evolution and upheaval on many levels; personal, spiritual, cultural and political. Though predominantly Western in perspective this film still takes a thought provoking look at Eastern thought, values and culture.

We never related to any of the characters. Technically speaking: it was an adequate production. With Brad Pitt starring one could say that it was basically a chick flick.

While there is some time that it feels more of like Kundun movie rather than Heinrich, the rest of Seven Years In Tibet is stunning, powerful, and incredible.