2018 Directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
Alex Honnold, a 33-year-old free climber who scales the world’s tallest rock faces without rope or harness or anything else that might keep him from plummeting to an inconceivably awful demise, doesn’t have trouble justifying what he does for a living. “Anyone can conceivably die on any given day,” he said. He’s not wrong. But, on any given day, Honnold makes sure that he has a much higher chance of dying than the rest of us. On some June or July mornings, before most people are awake, Honnold has already climbed thousands of feet in the air and entrusted his existence to a bump of granite the size of his big toe.
It’s hard to imagine why someone would choose…
Ugh, hell yes. Alex Honnold is one of the most interesting people alive. I’ve been interested in him before this movie so I was automatically going in pretty excited. This doc did such a great job at tapping into the psychological impacts his passion has rather than just the “OHH SHIT DUDE YOU COULD DIE”. Very ethical film as well. Overall just felt super engaging and had me doing a lot of thinking. But MAN, he is the shittiest boyfriend of all time lmfao. Maybe my favorite documentary of the year so far.
Simutaneously a documentation of one of the greatest atheltic achievements in recent history, a story about one isolated man who lives on the edges of life seeking emotional catharsis, an exploration on how it has affected his personal relationships... and perhaps unintentionally a reminder of how fucking annoying it is to date men.
It’s like a Damien Chazelle film! Anyway I loved this. Especially seeing it in IMAX was such a treat and a nice escape from the rain.
The idea that the threat of certain death makes this a more impressive achievement than the version that's merely still wildly dangerous and difficult but survivable is egregious, just patently absurd. But at least he gets to use it as an excuse to be a total dick that gets lionized here. This guy's not a samurai, he's a stupid asshole.
Lucky to have caught it on IMAX and has to be one of the most stressful cinema experiences of my life
this is by far the most stressful, anxiety ridden and palm drenching movie I have ever witnessed. I was truly in disbelief by Alex Honnold’s bravery and determination to do what no one else has done before...
climb the face of El Captain in Yosemite National Forest with no equipment whatsoever.
this film does a good job with documenting Alex’s journey into this unbelievable accomplishment but also ties together his relationship with family, friends and one very worried girlfriend.
the cinematography in Free Solo is absolutely stunning, tack sharp and really showed the grand scale of Yosemite valley and how Alex was literally a speck climbing in the wall of this massive giant. the ariel and drone footage alone was…
This whole thing hinged on Alex Honnold giving the filmmakers as much access as he did (and them being able to pull of the feat of filming the big climb), my only real quibble is that I am not sure he was really interrogated enough about why he wanted this film made. It is pretty clear he does not care a ton about money, so I was just curious why he would go through the trouble and the added stress it would add to the climb to ask so many of his friends to potentially watch him die.
Other than that, I thought the documentary was pretty excellent. It was a technical marvel, but also did a pretty good job…
Girlfriend got in the way of the film. Could've been more philosophical and interesting but still good nonetheless. Technically great but maybe in more experienced hands it would have turned into a great movie
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