why do this again?
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Because the Frank Marshall version was a ridiculous film where the actors didn't care about the real life events enough to do what it took to make it believable. The actors and Bayona actually are Uruguayan and met with the members of the Old Christians who survived, and the families of those who died to do justice to the story. Marshall really didn't care to consult the survivors, but Bayona wouldn't do it without the survivors and the dead's family members sanction. He also wanted to make sure the actors looked like they were suffering malnutrition. They were all put on doctor approved diets. Ethan Hawke who played a Hollywood Hollywoodized version of Nando Parado, refused to grow the beard Nando had until the rescue 72 days after. The actor who played Nando, Augustin Pardella, actually looked like Nando and grew the beard. So that was the reason to "do it again."
shareThats small detailed no one cares about. I don't even start watching since I already saw documentaries about this case and movie. So I know what happened and how it will end. Nothing new they can reveal.
shareExcept this film has the blessing of the survivors and the families of the dead. That makes this one way better. And if you notice in the end credits, though you might have difficulty reading, Nando, Canessa, and the rest of the survivors are actually in the movie. Couple that with the fact that Carlitos Paez's son plays him in the film, and that makes this one closer to the actual events. Doesn't matter if you've seen documentaries on this. I've seen the same ones. This film put a bow tie on my fascination with this disaster. It may be a "small detail" to you, but the survivors and the families of the dead don't think it's a small thing.
shareSo the actors "actually are Uruguayan" and starved themselves. That doesn't make it a better movie.
shareThe fact that the survivors and the families of the dead feel this film depicts the true events and represent them all beautifully. That makes it a better movie. Roger Ebert said of Alive, "It's hard to go with the film when the actor's bodies look normal for people who'd been malnourished for two months." I agree with him. Totally takes me out of the film. This film, however, is truer to the events where Alive embellished for the American audience it was aimed at. This film was made for an international audience and for the survivors, who appear in the film, and the families of the dead.
shareAgreed.
This is a painfully realistic movie about true events...great actors! ♥
They make you feel the 'snow hell' the people went through.
With admirable strength, will to survive, creativeness and Team spirit.
Because its not really a remake of the movie but rather a true story being told again but this time properly.
I knew some of them would survive and some not. It didn't ruin the movie at all any more than knowing the same when I saw Titanic.
But sure if you'd rather see Spiderman 10 than this then by all means do that.