The main problem the concept of Vertical Limit had for me was how am I supposed to care about people risking their lives by doing stupid things. I'm sorry but if you decide to climb a mountain when there's safer and more interesting things to do - like seeing a movie - then I really don't care if you fall off and die. But despite being panned by critics the movie hung about my multiplex for weeks meaning it had good word of mouth. What could possibly be good about it that kept the theatre busy? Curiosity got the better of me.
To be honest after about twenty minutes I wanted to walk out. Not because the movie was lame but because I had began to care about the characters so much I didn't want to watch any of them die. The screenwriters had solved the major problem about why should we care by putting us in the shoes of someone who did care who wanted to rescue his sister. Other characters were humanised by being noble or funny or in love.
The rescue mission in itself is one story but within that there are other little stories going on, some majorly significant to the overall picture others personal ones with accelerated arcs. A shortcut to creating characters is to create stereotypes and Robert King and Terry Hayes are a little guilty of this but they gave the characters a fresh enough twist so they still work.
To be honest after about twenty minutes I wanted to walk out. Not because the movie was lame but because I had began to care about the characters so much I didn't want to watch any of them die. The screenwriters had solved the major problem about why should we care by putting us in the shoes of someone who did care who wanted to rescue his sister. Other characters were humanised by being noble or funny or in love.
The rescue mission in itself is one story but within that there are other little stories going on, some majorly significant to the overall picture others personal ones with accelerated arcs. A shortcut to creating characters is to create stereotypes and Robert King and Terry Hayes are a little guilty of this but they gave the characters a fresh enough twist so they still work.