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Summary: Alive- The Triumph Of The Human Spirit
Review: Alive is a powerful and controversial movie about the famous rugby team plane crash, in which the survivors had to result to cannabilism to stay alive. Alive is an excellent movie with a great cast, who present a moving tribute to the actual events that occured in the Andes Mountains. A must see movie which will reach into your heart and show the true meaning of the human spirit and what it can do in times of tragedy.
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Summary: ALIVE
Review: ALIVE IS GRIPPING TALE OF THE HUMAN INSTINCT TO SURVIVE NO MATTER THE COST. ON TOP OF THE ICEY MOUNTAIN WITH NO MATERIAL POSSESIONS TO BARTER WITH, THEY TURN TO EACH OTHER AND A HIGHER POWER TO SURVIVE. BASED ON THE NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, THE MOVIE CONCENTRATES LESS ON THEIR RELIGION AND MORE ON THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY BUILD WITH EACH OTHER WHILE TRAPPED FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS.
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Summary: A most amazing story of courage and survival
Review: Alive was by far the most amazing story of courage and survival that I have ever seen. It focuses on a horrific plane crash of a rugby team with family and friends high in the Andes Mountains and their incredible survival for 71 days until the remaining survivors are rescued. They used their cunning, practicality and resourcefulness to survive, which included eating the flesh of deceased passengers. They also experienced bitterness, despair, hopelessness and amazingly strength, courage and teamwork to guide them through their journey. They also had an incredible belief in God to guide them through the most horrible experience of their lives. The amazing journey of Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa breaching the Andes Mountains into Chile was truly enlightening. The two boys' journey wasn't in great detail but you could get the message. The events in the movie before their journey were far more disturbing. When the rescue helicopters finally flew over the mountains, it was truly moving. Just watching the survivors back at the fuselage witness this was exceptionally moving. After the film I sat back and was totally floored. It touched me like no other film has touched me, tugged at my emotions and my heart. Some parts were difficult to watch but I think it was a most amazing film.
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Summary: Survial in the Andes Mouintains
Review: At any point in a person's life they might have to decide just to live despite what they see as an impossible situation. Somewhere in-between a terrible tragedy and a realization of the temporal nature of life comes an awareness that you may just learn to live for the pure joy of staying alive. At what point would you lose your will to live? Would you face tragedy head on with an inner confidence and unstoppable will to live? Or would you give up in the face of impossible circumstance? Could it be said that tragedy enters a person's life in order to make them more aware of God. In those quiet moments when you cry out to God to give you the strength to go on one more day, are those the most beautiful moments in a person's life? That connection with the universe, that beautiful space of quiet where you are alone with yourself in the arms of God. This movie was intriguing to me for many reasons. For one, the impossibility of the situation is immense. The courage inspirational and the testing of human tolerance, tenacious. This is a true-life adventure which will challenge all your beliefs about survival, yet reinforce some of your beliefs about the survival of the fittest in body and spirit. When a plane crashes in the Andes mountains in October 1972. The horror of the crash is magnified by a avalanche and having to make the decision to become cannibalistic in a attempt just to stay alive. This is the part of the movie many may prefer not to see or accept. It is not graphic, but it is just the thought.
There are moments where you think the actors should have been more serious in moments of "horror." They seem at times to take a very nonchalant view of their situation while the dialogue calls for a much more serious approach. The moments of fear, anger and selfishness are balanced by
the moments of caring and courage. Watch this when you think your life is going downhill and you will soon realize you haven't a problem in the world. Incredible Story of Survival that will make you rethink your own concept of life.
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Summary: The best movie of the millenium
Review: Awsome scenery
Awsome acting
Awsome soundtrack
Awsome ending
Awsome special effects
bottom line....The best movie I have ever seen !!!!!!!
The best true life story you will ever see...James
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Summary: Tragedy In the Andes
Review: Based on a real story of a plane crash high in the Andes, this film portrays the story of the survivors who managed to stay alive for months in the grueling winter atop the mountains. I expect that the actual event was more frightening and difficult than what was portrayed in the film, of course, but it is still a compelling story. The acting is a little less than first rate, but the story here is the reason to watch as these people struggle to stay alive despite unbelievable hardship, forced to make decisions that no one should ever have to consider just to make it back to civilization. I could feel the icy coldness and the gnawing hunger and found myself wondering if I could do what these people did to survive. I found some of it hard to believe, but it is all true. A real testament to the will of man to survive despite the odds. I've seen this movie three times already, but I had to buy this DVD so I could watch it again. A compelling, heartwrenching, courageous and inspirational film, not to be missed.
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Summary: Tragedy In the Andes
Review: Based on a real story of a plane crash high in the Andes, this film portrays the story of the survivors who managed to stay alive for months in the grueling winter atop the mountains. I expect that the actual event was more frightening and difficult than what was portrayed in the film, of course, but it is still a compelling story. The acting is a little less than first rate, but the story here is the reason to watch as these people struggle to stay alive despite unbelievable hardship, forced to make decisions that no one should ever have to consider just to make it back to civilization. I could feel the icy coldness and the gnawing hunger and found myself wondering if I could do what these people did to survive. I found some of it hard to believe, but it is all true. A real testament to the will of man to survive despite the odds. I've seen this movie three times already, but I had to buy this DVD so I could watch it again. A compelling, heartwrenching, courageous and inspirational film, not to be missed.
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Summary: Beware Fellow Aviophobes. . .
Review: Before I saw this movie I was eager to step on an airplane and fly wherever. No fear involved. My parents rented this movie one night, and though I had other things to do, I decided to watch it with them. All I can say is, the plane crash scene disturbed me much, much more than ANYTHING about having to eat the corpses. It was seven years ago when I saw it and to this day I am scared to fly, though I have to since my college and my home state are 900 miles apart. And yes, it was solely because of the crash scene in this movie that my phobia developed. (BTW, I was not *that* young. . . I was thirteen, I believe) So although this movie is good, I'd be wary if you have even the slightest fear of riding in an airplane.
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Summary: Intense and uplifting
Review: Frank Marshall's celluloid recreation of Andes tragedy and the stupendous will of the survivors is intensely gripping and moving. As one of the reviewers remarked that if one wants to see a demonstration of human will and spirit, just watch this movie. I watched this movie on HBO and during the entire length was absolutely seized by it. I kind of felt myself going through the horrendous ordeal and was crying uncontrollably in second half. I was so stricken and moved by the tremendous ordeal(there's no stronger word than this)my heart pleaded for their rescue every second of the movie. Kudos to Frank Marshall for managing to create such a masterpiece....few movies manage to seize viewers....this belongs to that elite category. The cast is uniformly excellent in performances and special praise for the Latino looking guy and Eathen Hawke. Cinematography is absolutely stunning right from the plane crash, avalanches, majestic sunrises to seatsledge rides.Watching the movie was so emotionally stirring and I wonder how the real survivors managed to stay alive under horrific odds. Truly a tale of indestructible human spirit, strength of will to survive, courage to face the meanest of hardships. The basic plot is explained by other reviewers so I won't go into it. Please, please watch it and marvel at the strength of human Spirit. Hope Frank Marshall makes more such movies.
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Summary: Most important movie to see
Review: Great story, a true film, the director and screenwriter truely re-created the event that happened over the Andes mountains. I love this film for 3 reasons, very well casted, acting is great and added lots of life to the film and the story is so extraordinary. I own the video and must of watched it over a hundred times and im patiently awaiting the DVD release. I strongly urge everyone to see this movie its really a great movie and has a great message about the power of the holy spirit.
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