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Actors: Chris O'Donnell, Robin Tunney, Bill Paxton
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Vertical Limit |
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A climb up a tall, snowy mountain!
--Greg Howell, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Vertical Limit |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- climbing tall mountain
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
- sad
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
- climbing with ropes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 6 (an above average amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- crushed
- frozen
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
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