My daughter and I started watching this historical drama a while ago and found its beginning quite odd. For whatever reason we didn’t continue to watch it on that day.
Forward wind a few months perhaps and I resume the film.
The movie approximates real life events of early hot air balloon expeditions but the film had a lot of fun with many dangerous adventure action scenes. The film took many artistic liberties, but it didn’t take away from an interesting time of exploration and science discovery.
I found the action scenes rather stressful and wasn’t certain of the future of the protagonists. The chemistry between Jones and Redmayne worked nicely and the stunt work demonstrated the perils of high altitude balloon flight very effectively.
I really enjoyed the mix of history, science, aeronautics, adventure and heroic pursuits. Throughly entertaining for an inquisitive, adventurous type.
Watched a few YouTube bits afterwards - Redmayne’s interview on Colbert was delectable and provided some juicy insight into the making of the movie.
7/10
I was planning on using a beautiful still from the movie in this post, but I couldn't find a image that appears clear from copyright. Instead I chose an image from The Smithsonian.
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