This film is incredible, a lot of relatable struggles. Its a film that can change you view on life, or even the way you live it. I felt all kinds of emotions during the premiere, Congrats
I would love to see a recap of how the participants are now, a specially the filmcrew.
The commitment and drive of Anders is so amazing to witness, it put the limits you give yourself in perspective, it made me start to think about my life, which is really difficult to achieve in a film, the director as a good eye for storytelling, aspecially since it is one of his first documentaries.
Its not a slow story, by shifting between scenes which make it fun to watch.
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~ 3.9 km Swim ~ 180 km Bike ~ 42.2 km Run ~ The impossible journey to complete the first ever long-distance triathlon in Antarctica, The Iceman. To prove that limitations are perceptions.
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August 18, 2023 at 12:15 AM
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Incredible
Powerful, surprising and motivating
This documentary takes a place among the best documentaries I have ever watched. Everything about the movie is outstanding.
Starting from the inspiring story of a seemingly normal person willing to tackle impossible and unthinkable challenges. It shows you how important it is to always keep the child inside alive. It shows how motivating it can be follow the voice inside. It gives you limitless power to pursue your dreams.
And what I found it super innovative to show the actual process, how a super hero is formed, what journey does it take, what struggles to be taken over, rather than the glory and the superficial image of success.
When it comes to the technical challenges they had to overcome to film, to edit and to produce, it says a lot about the amount of courage, of creativity and of determination they all had to finish the project.
Project Iceman is a movie capable of motivating you and inspiring you to lengths you couldn't imagine.
Impressive, but felt like it missed the mark
The cinematic shots were beautiful, and Anders's feat and determination were awe-inspiring. But as a film, this felt like it could have been so much better.
I really wanted ...something more from it. Whether it was an epic soundtrack, or history of the sport, or real in-depth discussion of the philosophy driving this mission, or more and better-documented details about the ups and downs of his training - or, ideally, most of these things.
But for me it was the narrativizing of Anders's life story which really fell flat. It seemed like they were trying to portray a journey from struggle to triumph, but the content just...wasn't there. His struggles were: not being allowed to wear a hat in school, and not being good at football. As proof of his good character, they showed that he: likes his brother, and cares when a loved one has a panic attack.
And there's nothing wrong with this - I'm boring, we're all boring, but it felt weird and a little cringey to see minor/common life disappointments and baseline human decency dressed in the garb of the hero's journey. I think, in the absence of a cinematically compelling personal story, they should have added in more of the elements I mentioned earlier. Sure, this probably would have made it more like a traditional documentary, but hey, those documentaries do a lot of things right.
So yeah. I'm glad everyone loves it, and maybe I'm just dead inside (lol). Certainly there were things it did well. The whole Antarctic section was utterly stunning and mind-boggling. But something about it just hit weirdly for me.