Review: The Mountain (1956)
There's a funny story behind this movie.
I was talking to my parents and my mom said that when she was a kid, she used to go to the movie theatres to watch cartoons. One time instead of playing cartoons, they played a movie. She recounted the major events of the movie, including a pair of brothers going up a mountain and then getting stuck at a bridge, etc. Based on that information I did a very rambly Google search and found out that the movie was The Mountain.
Keep in mind that my mother did not know English when she was a kid, so she had watched the entire movie not understanding any of the dialogue. So as I watched the movie, I tried to imagine what it would be like if I was just watching the body language and situational cues.
This was an alright movie. It's very straightforward and accessible. It's like, barely problematic, except maybe Anna Kashfi playing the Hindu woman. But I think I could recommend this movie to most people as something chill to watch, or even a movie you can put on while doing other stuff.
Spoilers, though the movie is pretty straightforward.
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I was talking to my parents and my mom said that when she was a kid, she used to go to the movie theatres to watch cartoons. One time instead of playing cartoons, they played a movie. She recounted the major events of the movie, including a pair of brothers going up a mountain and then getting stuck at a bridge, etc. Based on that information I did a very rambly Google search and found out that the movie was The Mountain.
Keep in mind that my mother did not know English when she was a kid, so she had watched the entire movie not understanding any of the dialogue. So as I watched the movie, I tried to imagine what it would be like if I was just watching the body language and situational cues.
This was an alright movie. It's very straightforward and accessible. It's like, barely problematic, except maybe Anna Kashfi playing the Hindu woman. But I think I could recommend this movie to most people as something chill to watch, or even a movie you can put on while doing other stuff.
Spoilers, though the movie is pretty straightforward.
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