I agree with Tim about the movie "Touching the Void." I own a copy on DVD and it's one of my favorites. A good caving movie remains to be made along the same lines. Sanctum is not that movie. I even have used "Touching the Void" in my job to make the point of the differences between Strategy, Tactics, and Execution. It's fun to do with a management group. Bill In a message dated 2/2/2011 11:05:13 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Well glad to hear, Kurt. Although I have to laugh that once again you further the idea that it's impossible to make a film about caving that isn't "boring" without the kinds of stupid tricks most directors and writers add. "Touching the Void" for instance adds no extraneous plot devices or bad acting and it is quite watchable. It just takes some talent to pull it off and most directors and writers don't possess it. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Kurt L. Menking <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Several local cavers went to an advanced screening of Sanctum last night. It was much more like a real caving movie than the other caving related movies in the last 10 years. At least they didn’t have monsters chasing them around in the dark. It was of course over sensationalizing everything they did. Every decision was life or death because everyone knows “this cave can kill you in a heartbeat” and it was his/her choice to do whatever stupid thing that wound up killing them. It is not technically accurate in every detail. If it was it would be sufficiently boring such that no regular person would watch it. But for the most part they did use common caving lights, helmets, wetsuits, packs, etc. No ice axes, flare guns, machine guns, etc. It was entertaining and exciting. The cave passages above and below the water line were very nice. The 3D effects didn’t add all that much to the movie, I would have preferred just a good HD version. They didn’t have many 3D effects just for the oohs and aahs. The 3D did add a sense of really being there with the actors at times. I enjoyed it, will probably see it again, and will certainly buy the DVD when it comes out. Kurt
