The Himalayas

1st hour of this movie is so good, it has all things that can make this movie reach the top. However, after 1st hour, the plot try to make more drama, yes it too too much, till this movie gone bad. If it can keep the 1st hour pace, it could have become over 7.5/10.

Compelling, emotional rollercoaster with best possible scenery. The main character is silent, huge killer covered with ice, snow and great expectations...

Beautiful scenery in a beautiful humanity story. The himalayas made them see their real self as truly human being where compassion naturally arises in hardship.

Less exploitative than 2015's Everest, this is impressively photographed, and it tells an interesting story (Sherpas searching for the body of their friend, following an accident which took his life), but it is uneven (largely a buddy movie) and it's so depressing to know that it is about a real death, and more people risking their own lives out of respect for their dead friend's remains. The filmmakers tried to counter that with humorous scenes of them bonding, unsuccessfully. Film is not *bad*, just mediocre, and depressing. Surprisingly, this Korean release made considerably more money in Korea than the new Star Wars did. http://m.themalaymailonline.com/showbiz/article/Himalayas-beats-star- wars-the-force-awakens-in-korean-Christmas-box-office Survival drama "The Himalayas" remained on top of the Korean box office during the three-day Christmas holiday weekend. SEOUL, Dec 29 — The South Korean movie "Himalayas" has broken national box office records and held onto the top spot at the box office, warding off competition from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Survival movie "Himalayas" has become Korea's most successful Christmas-period movie, earning US$12.2 million (RM52.37 million) between Friday, December 25 and Sunday, December 27. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" remains in second place with US$7.01 million over the same weekend.

This is the third film about mountain climbing I've seen in little under a year. First a documentary called Meru, then the Imax exclusive release called Everest. Now the Koreans tackle the subject. Interesting enough, story wise I feel the Himalayas is a mix of both movies. The best Korean mountaineer goes up a mountain to find the remains of his student who froze to death. Based on true events the story focus on mountaineer, Hong-Gil Um, a family man who loves to climb mountains. The movie has a lot to it as we go over Hong-Gil Um preparing for mountain climbing, training others for it, and what happens after it's all over. The Himalayas tries to be a tear jerker. It does have it's moments, but overall it tries hard and gets nothing. It's effective in making you not want to go up the mountain. The harsh weather was oh too real, and the visuals sometimes due what the story itself is unable. the movie is Just OK, no where near outstanding.

Interesting to see two films released in the same year with a similar theme and very much the same plot. First, 'Everest', and then 'The Himalayas'. I rather enjoyed the comical introduction to the characters. It gave me a chance to get to know them and care about them, especially keeping in mind the fate that awaited them. The film features some spectacular scenery and great photography, but unfortunately that's as much as I enjoyed about this film. The film is very slow paced, becoming boring and seemingly moving in circles going nowhere slowly. It was pretty much a case of deja vu, deja vu. The characters reasoned illogical and it was hard to believe the actual people acted this way. Then again, the beginning of the film mentions some characters and events were created for dramatization. Well, I suppose that explains it. The film eventually becomes a film about retrieving bodies instead of being about a rescue mission. Pardon me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't make sense to risk lives to retrieve bodies...

By far, this movie leaves every other Himalayan climbing movie in the dust. The images of the climbing teams were so realistic and depicted so beautifully that it left me in awe. Having been around tall mountains, I can safely say that the mountain scenes was very well done. The movie also captured the 'tank' personality of the main character Captain Um. He is a driven man, and the story reveals how much that impacts his life and work. It also smoothly depicts the age/stature value that is practices so clearly by Koreans. The lead actor did a tremendous job of getting Captain Um's character, his mannerisms and attitude. Of course the movie is emotional, I had to see it in two sittings. That emotional aspect of the film is what gives it its human quality - after all the whole expedition to rescue a dead teammate is very much a human reaction. I am very glad that the movie took in stride the god times, as well as the very sad times in a very realistic way. I loved the scenery of South Korea as well, the movie blended these city scenes with the mountain scenes in a balanced way. Fantastic movie! And yes, bring the tissues.