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Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. The 33 is an excellent tale about 33 miners who just wanted to survive but also about the people who wanted to get them out. The perfomances from the entire cast are quite strong especially from Antonio Banderas, sure it has it's flaws as a whole but it's one of Banderas best films in recent memory and one that will definitely keep viewers hooked. (9/10)

The film The 33 directed by Patricia Riggen depicts the events of a mining incident that happened on August 10, 2010 in . The day started just as every normal mining day did, the 33 men suited up for work, got into their bus that shuttled them down 1,700 feet and got to mining. However, in an instant, disaster struck. The mountain in which they were mining collapsed around them, leaving them stranded with minimal food and water. The movie unfolds by describing the living conditions in which they must adapt to in the 69 days the men are buried. The movie also includes the efforts in which the Chilean government took to save the men, how the families strong and never lost hope that their loved ones were going to make it out alive, and the heartfelt, much anticipated rescue that ensued on October 13, 2010, almost 3 months later to the day. The film itself was extremely well down. The 33 stayed true to the actual events that took place, while also keeping the movie suspenseful as well as entertaining. The film did not seem to drag or get boring, despite the fact that being enclosed in a mine for over 3 months couldn't be very eventful. The viewer was constantly left eager to see what was going to happen. Were the miners going to be rescued? Will they starve before help arrives? Is the government going to give up on them? All of these thoughts race through the audience's head leaving them starving for answers. The director of this film, Patricia Riggens does a beautiful job in making the film both entertaining and realistic. Riggens is a Mexican film director who has won numerous awards for her work such as an ALMA Award for Special Achievement. Her credentials for making this film are good. Riggens has directed other popular films such as the Disney classic Lemonade Mouth in 2011 as well as Revolucion, another historical film which describes how the Mexican Revolution affects Mexico today. The movie also contained a 26 million dollar budget (US dollars), which is low for the national budget, however even with the relatively low budget, the film still has an authentic feel and is, in my opinion, very well done. The majority of The 33 was filmed salt mine of Nemocón, Colombia. Since the set actually took place in a mine, it brings the feel ad accuracy of the movie to another level. The viewer gets a taste of being stranded almost two thousand feet underground. When questioned, Riggens stated how directing The 33 was liberating for her since it was such a rough and traumatic event. She feels being able to tackle and create such a movie as a women is a step in the right direction. The overall goal of this film was to educate the world about the terrifying events that took place in a Chilean mine on August 10, 2010. The film was most likely made for the survivors of this incident and to honor how heroic they were as people. The director made sure of this by including the final scene in which the original 33 are together again, smiling and laughing portraying the bond they formed during their 69 days together underground. The film also was probably made to inspire and give the message of perseverance to its audience. When watching The 33, you can't help but to feel compelled to act as the survivors and keep going through the obstacles in life. The film itself held pretty true to the actual story of The 33 men buried alive. There were however, some small errors that took place throughout the movie. For example, there was one scene in which the drill finally breaks through the rock and into the area in which the miners are trapped, the movie shows a stream of light flood into the room, where as in reality there is no way that the sunlight could be seen from that far down. Also, the film states that the first man rescued is a miner named Alex Vega, however in reality the actual first miner saved was a man named Florencio Antonio Avalos Silva at 12:11 on October 13, 2010. After being rescued, the film also shows the miners running into the arms of loved ones, when actually upon rescue, the men were immediately shuttled to the hospital for medical care. Since the film stayed fairly close to the true story, it didn't really contain any biased views. Overall, this historical film was very well done. The actors played very true to their parts, making what they were going through very believable. The filmmaking and directing style also aided to the success of this film, by using dark, somber lighting and dramatic scenes such as when the mine first collapses it creates a suspenseful, informative, but yet entertaining feel. Everything dialogue and setting related seemed pretty true to what actually happened as well, another plus. The only thing that I wish I could change was the things that didn't stay true to what really happened. All in all, I liked this film and therefore would give it a eight out of 10, only losing two points for the occasional historical inaccuracy. I still thoroughly enjoyed The 33 and would recommend it.

The 33 Film Review The 33 was one of the better movies based off true stories that i have seen this year. The story of the 33 is one of perseverance, hope and sheer will. 33 miners became trapped in a mine over 700 meters below the ground. There is little hope that they will be rescued, because no miners trapped in a collapse have ever been saved. However, a new minister hears of the collapse and will not stand idle by as they die. He travels to the site of the collapse and demands that they attempt to rescue the miners, as well as offer all the resources the government can supply. This leads to the miners finally being rescued after almost 70 days.The director, Patricia Riggen, does a very good job of illustrating what happened to those 33 miners as they were trapped. Riggen as a director has been all over the place with the types of movies she's directed. She has went from romances to teen drama comedies. Then she made this intense very emotional and action feeling film. Despite the limited experience in this style of film, the quality did not suffer. The budget for this film was $26 million and it shows. Real equipment and sets that look real because the were added to the realism of the movie. Most of the scenes in the mine were filmed in a mine in colombia. The rest of the other scenes were actually filmed in chile.The film obviously was targeted at a specific group of people. The mining industry was made out to look negative in the movie, by letting the miners work in unsafe conditions and risk being trapped or killed.this is the second recent movie that targeted large companies for putting their workers in danger. This makes it quite obvious that the director and people involved in the movie were not fond of the greedy owners of mining companies. Especially the ones that put their workers in direct danger because of the risk of losing money. This film in my opinion was very accurate in the information used for the film, because of the facts that the miners the movie is based off of are still alive, this gave the filmmakers a very reliable source. Some scenes are dramatized or fabricated to add to the intensity, but overall the realism in this movie remains unencumbered. All in all this movie was exciting to watch while also being very informative and sends out the message that the filmmakers wanted to convey. The director never got too extravagant with the special effects and also still made it fun to watch. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone interested and a good, informative film.

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be trapped in mine; away from everyone you have ever loved? In this suspenseful film named "The 33", 33 miners go to mine for gold near the Atacama Desert when suddenly they find themselves all trapped where there is minimal food or water barely enough to survive for 3 days. The families of the miners become emotional and demand answers from the mining company, however the mining company is very vague and has practically given up on finding the miners. Fortunately a man named Laurence Golborne takes over the rescue efforts, joins with the government, and ultimately saves all 33 miners in 69 days. The movie was extremely entertaining and kept you on the edge of your seat, however the historical aspect seems to be a secondary aspect.The director of "The 33", Patricia Riggen, began her directing career since 1997 in which she was a secondary assistant director. Her big break began when she directed her first major film named "Under the Same Moon", and began to continue directing successful movies such as "Lemonade Mouth" and "Girl in Progress". As you can see, she is very skilled at directing dramatic, fictional films; which makes it more likely to believe that many of the scenes of "The 33" are over dramatized for entertainment purposes for her demographic audience. The movie was released in 2015, only 5 years after the actual San Jose Mine accident, and was filmed in Colombia, Chile, and the United States, so although some scenes may be more dramatized for ratings, Patricia Riggen made her film somewhat recently after the incident and brought the biography to life by shooting in the actual countries that were affected by the tragedy.Patricia Riggen's reasoning for making the film was to show how brave the 33 men were and how their families in Chile were affected by the possible and assumed probable loss of their husband, brother, or father. She also has made it very clear that she blames the mining company for the accident and does not give the president the credit for saving the men due to their presented lack of interest or interest solely to save themselves. The message of the film is very clear because the director did an outstanding job on presenting emotion and facial expressions throughout every single character, no matter a lead or in the background. The audience that this was intended for was Chilean citizens who either experienced or had a huge impact on the original incident since it not only shows how the 33 men were struggling on how they would survive, but showed the numerous amounts of citizens that were in panicking in fear because they believed that their loved ones would never make it out alive.Although there was no prior research before watching the film, I have done some additional research afterwards and there seems no to be no historical accuracies. The most important topics such as the mine trapping the 33 men and how the Chile and other countries were affected by the tragedy were all covered and displayed excellently, however there is a bit of bias. The bias blames the mining company and somewhat looks down upon President Piñera for his supposed selfishness in the matter, and although their portrayal may be accurate there should have been more scenes of the mining company and Piñera explaining their side of the situation or showing how this truly impacted them as a person rather than a corporation. However, the minor bias in the film does not take away from the overall focus of the bravery of the 33 men trapped in the cave and the path to their survival.In conclusion, this film was very exciting to watch. The characters did an outstanding job with their emotion and their dialogue; almost making you feel like this film actually took place during the real mining accident in 2010. The filming style was amazing and showed many different angles and different viewpoints between Laurence Golborne's dedication for finding and saving the men and the citizens fear and coming together to help save their loved ones. The director took an actual historical event, and made it a very pleasurable film that is all interesting, dynamic, and factual; a desired combination of a historical based film.