THE 33

True story of 33 miners trapped underground for 69 days

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PreReview
Beside knowing the real story of the 33 people involved, Antonio Banderas is playing.
First Posted 23nov15
REVIEWED
This is one of the movie in 2015 that  thought I passed but then again decided to see it as it had good reviews. Also because I dont see much TV downloads like before.

This is based on the true story of how 33 miners got trapped in a gold mine in Chile. If wondering what is actually true and what are not just refer to IMDB trivias about the movie. BTW this film was directed by a lady director. The 2nd last movie score for James Horner (who did Titanic).

All survived in 69 days and without any aid for 1/2 of that time is a feat. One can think of how discipline the miners must be, respect one another and respect their leader's decision. In this case the leader is not JD Phillip who was the supervisor in the film. And that is an impressive and inspired record indeed. No need to resort to forced canibalism like Heart of the Sea did. But then it would be even worst to stuck on a boat for nearly the same duration of time. Imagine the dehydration and heat that can do to ones body. But lets talk about The 33.

Thou the film has its strength and can hold one's concentration it also has its weaknesses.

First the actors physique dd not trim down so well after "starving" for nearly 2 months. Banderas and especially JD Phillips has still got muscle when they were rescued.

Second they didnt look "homeless" enough. This coud be the fault of the make up department or just to compromise the looks for the big screen.

The third which is very glaring was the things that the surface managed to supply them through the first drill hole which I reckoned about 6in width ? Papers, ipod, Tshirts etc is ok but to see the miners got matress and water containers is another thing.

Overall not a bad picture if to classify as a courageous and inspired movie. The thing is they just cant make the plot heavy enough as it is based on a true account. what if some died in the movie, that could bring tears not only to thier family but the audience too.