Local "Twerk and Rescue"worker rescues Bernie Lomax in this mistitled Weekend at Bernie's III. Unintentionally hilarious. Blooper takes (they actually burst out laughing) included directly in movie.
I liked it. I’m no alpinist, but I do wish they fixed some basic outdoor things that didn’t make sense:
When escaping the tree well, why not wear the gloves she had hanging from her hands? Put your hood and goggles on to avoid snow going all over your face and down your jacket.
When finding the dude and getting him warm, you don’t rub frostbite appendages. It just breaks down ice crystals into shrapnel and damages tissue more than needed.
Wear your damn goggles. Sun blindness, the snow/ice blowing im into her face. Purely done to show their actresses’ face.
If she knows about rescue, she shouldn’t think he’s on drugs and should know people start to get loopy with extreme hypothermia - thinking they’re hot when they’re freezing.
After hearing some noises in the water, you’re just gonna waltz into it and get soaked when you could have gone around the edge of the water to look. Stay. Dry. She ended up finding him there so I guess she would’ve gotten wet anyways.
At this point in the nice clearing by the water without wind, maybe it was a good place to hole up, and leave him while going to get help. At the same time, how much confidence do you have in this guy’s mental state to not go swimming or something.
Yelling at the car that passed. Wouldn’t it be nice if she had a whistle or something - oh wait…she did.
I went into this movie with much higher expectations than I should have. I went in thinking A Perfect Storm or Everest, meets Wild, and it kind of was…but weaker in almost every way. It is still engaging and has similar beats if that is what you are into, but I can’t help but feel it sludges through a bit too long and doesn’t hit quite the emotional highs (or lows depending how you look at it). It is much more of a drama than survival adventure, and that will work for many, just not what I wanted.
Rating: 2/5 - 6.5/10 - Not Recommend to Everyone
A gorgeous film that is, unfortunately, a little too plodding for my taste. Naomi Watts gives a spectacular performance to go along with the stunning cinematography. I especially loved the shots of Pam going through the motions of life; it was very grounding. Unfortunately, the same deliberate pacing doesn't work well in the second act, where the rescue story develops. It just feels hollow somehow- especially since it's based on a true story and the ending is well-known. Also, as a New Englander, I know that the mountains of Slovenia don't look anything like the White Mountains of New Hampshire. (Or maybe I just know the region too well to suspend my disbelief and let the similarities overshadow the geographic inconsistencies.) All-in-all, this is an ambitious movie where the parts are greater than the sum, and that's too bad.
I really enjoyed this movie worth a watch
Not at all what I expected, as I was expecting a true heart pounding thrilling survival story, but really what it was was a very believable realistic survival story with a very deep meaning. As half of the film was a edge of your seat rescue/survival mission that could happen to anyone, the other half had some interesting twists as it was about the aftermath and reconnecting of the two main characters, and them getting to know each other officially for the first time, as they realized their stories are very similar.
Pretty decent survival film with a surrounding story that channels the infinite storm within those who grieve.
I couldn’t get past the fake snow. Especially after recently watching Society in the Snow. I know that probably sounds petty, but watching Naomi thrash around in styrofoam pellets just destroyed any believability for me. I didn’t rate it, but I turned it off after 20 minutes.
Has more of drama than adventure. It was ok, easy to watch.
Shout by Themanski90BlockedParent2022-08-17T00:50:23Z— updated 2024-02-23T01:14:12Z
The bones are here for a engaging drama/survival story exploring the deep agony of grief, but it doesn’t fully deliver. The bad styrofoam snow and storm special effects are distracting. Naomi Watts’ performance is solid but overshadowed by the peculiar characterization of John. Intimate survival films need to thread the needle as they do not have the typical structures that a traditional 3 act film can lean on, and this one just misses.