rodrig58 This movie is if not the best, one of the best that I've ever seen. And I've seen thousands of films in 57 years of life. Some better than others, many only kilometers of film, not to say bad movies. What's more important, a new proof that nothing is accidental, I've seen TOUCHING THE VOID exactly when I needed most to see such a film: in a very difficult period of my own existence here on Earth... This film gives you strength to live, to not let yourself beaten, especially when you're on the brink of death, when you go through the hardships of life and even you try everything, everything is hostile to you. It's not only the best film in the mountain climbing genre, but also one of the best of all possible genres. 10 out of 10.

Michael Radny Touch The Void was one of my earliest memories of watching a good documentary. It was also the first documentary I had seen on climbers climbing Everest. After watching it recently, it had a profound impact, being scary, daunting and beyond horrifying. The one thing I really love about this film is how more then one side of the story is told. It doesn't feel bias, and it doesn't feel cheesy and clichéd like more modern documentaries. Touching The Void is probably the best and most effective documentary ever made. Not only are the events recreated, the pacing is perfect; many documentaries fail at creating an evenly paced film without giving you too much too soon. Fantastic, that's all I can say about it.

hpabli Thouching the Void If you like extraordinary and real history, you have read this book Thouching the Void by Joe Simpsom in 1988 and watching the film created in 2003. This film is adapted the Bestseller and account the real history about Joe Simpsom and your courage and ability to survive in a very difficult situation. It's all about Joe's accident when he climbed with your friend Simon in Peru it's set on Siula Grande in Codillera Huayhuash in 1985. The main characters are Joe Simpsom and Simon Yates and it tell story of how Joe survive the terrible accident when they were down Siula Grande and when they thought that would die. Joe describes his terrible experiences on Siula Grande when he broke your right leg and after he falled on the cliff and waited your dead. The characters are strong and they had make important decision to survive. This film is adapted the book that is a important Bestseller. It is a very good story. I enjoyed the book and film. Its theme is challenging to many people. I chose it because I like a good story of the courage. You will like it.

lasttimeisaw This highly-praised documentary from Scottish director Kevin Macdonald (THE LAST KING OF Scotland 2006, 8/10, STATE OF PLAY 2009, 6/10), spunkily tackles the most inconceivable survival story in the mountaineering history, narrated by Joe Simpson and Simon Yates in propria persona of their perilous conquest to the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985, while faithfully re-enacts what had happened during the lengthy 168 hours. It is such an incredible and telling story which could eclipses Danny Boyle's 127 HOURS (2010, 8/10), Joe's destiny is as much indebted to his heaven-sent luck as his professional surviving skills and the tenacious willpower of staying alive. The talking-ahead forthrightness from Joe and Simon delineates their adventure in detailed nuance, carefully selected words without any bells and whistles, instantly brings audiences to the locale, we are fairly certain it is a mission impossible to do the copy-cat climbing and abseiling since it is unimaginable to transport a team of crew to accomplish such a chimera, still team Macdonald exerts formidable effort to show us what kind of beast Siula Grande is, a reverential task has been adroitly done and salute to the cameramen, two actors (Mackey and Aaron) and stunts. The natural immenseness, the icy whiteness and the fearsome precipices are soul-engulfing, and the forlornness is overpowering even we all know they all outlive the unthinkable misadventure (I keep imagining in the end of the film, Macdonald would show us a frontal shot of Joe with one leg only or a prosthetic leg). Myself is never an extreme-sports advocate, putting one's own life in jeopardy to pursue some kind of spiritual catharsis or mental orgasm (maybe physically as well) has never been on my agenda, notwithstanding which, the film fortuitously excels its reassuring ode of human strength and reaches a soul-searching incisiveness for every viewer to reflect on our regards of nature and life. When curiosity being satisfied, the film still imprints its indelible mark on the ectoplasm level, great work indeed! The film's 106 minutes running time seems rather short to me, when Joe finally reunites with Simon, the film also soon ends with succinct captions indicating their later life, which inevitably makes me wonder what is their rumination of that accident after the heaven-or-hell experience, I wish the film would be a bit longer to tap into that aspect, it would render us some revelation on a more humanized surface, then it would be an impeccable documentary feature for me. But anyway the film is the new entry of my top 10 BEST PICTURE in 2003, bravo!