Review of Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul (2010) by John B — 09 May 2015

An unimaginable trip to the North Pole by two men who brave the inhumanly cold conditions of this vanishing part of Planet Earth. It's generally a fascinating story. But the limitations of the production hinder it a bit.

I found the narration by Sebastian Copeland to be awefully claustrophobic after awhile, like I was listening to him think the same monotonous thoughts over and over. Combined with some heavy-handed rock music, it just all felt too inauthentic to me at times.

This is one of those cases where the lack of documentary filmmaking craft/experience/adventure takes away a bit from the story, at least for viewers like me. But there's no denying the amazing accomplishment of this film even existing.

Glad I caught up with this one.