Seven Years in Tibet

Pros: The second half
Cons: The first half.

Jean-Jacques Annaud's ``Seven Years in Tibet'' combines two interesting stories - the first the story of an Austrian who finds himself a stranger in the most isolated country in the world and the second, the coming of age story of the intelligent young...

Pros: Some of the most beautiful scenic photography ever filmed. Adventures with the Dalai Lama
Cons: Hint: Do you speak English with a German accent in Tibet? And your point is?

This movie, which features some of the most beautiful scenic photography I have ever seen, is a dud from the standpoint of dialogue, plot, and alas, even some of the performances. Understanding that it is a movie based on the book written by the...

Pros: lovely...just lovely
Cons: some may find that it drags on

“One of the year’s best films”- Jim Svejda, KNX CBS Radio

“A passionate, courageous, and chilling journey. Brad Pitt delivers a magnificent performance.”- Bill Diehl, ABC Radio Network

Through breathtaking scenery, first-class...

Pros: Long on personal growth, beautiful scenery, and music
Cons: The story's more global details are in fact true

To be nearly the best film of 1997 is going a ways; some readers will recall that I gave "Titanic," which was also released that year, five stars (and I didn't even think it was the best movie). It is in fact quite rare to find a Hollywood...

Pros: Gorgeous photography.
Cons: Short on passion and emotional connection.

Brad Pitt plays Heinrich Harrer, famous Austrian mountaineer and member of the Nazi party whose expedition to the Himalayas in the late 1930s and early 1940s eventually lands him in Tibet--more specifically, the holy city of Lhasa, home of the young...

Pros: Scenery, script, and history.
Cons: Slow at times, not an action flick!

This movie tricked me at first! I knew nothing about it before watching it and the first hour was looking like a prisoner of war movie starring Brad Pitt. Little did I know it was to turn into a spiritual quest with Pitt learning...

Pros: Wonderful Acting
Cons: confusing

Pitt, having pitilessly wiped the screen with Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire and Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own, continues proving he's a first rate actor as well as a hunk with his commanding performance as Austrian mountaineer Heinrich...

Pros: inspiring story, amazing landscape, great acting
Cons: film's length could be tiring to the impatient

I love movies for lots of reasons. Movies allow me to escape and sometimes they even inspire me. Imagination has to be the greatest gift besides life itself. After finally watching the film “Seven Years in Tibet” I have acquired a greater appreciation...

Pros: Inspirational, Historically accurate!
Cons: N/A

Seven Years in Tibet is a inspirational, heart-warming and touching film. Excellent directing, acting, and writing. Its a film I highly recommend to history buffs, due to the accuracy of the story. It takes place back in 1939 in the beginning of World...

Pros: Beautiful scenery and costumes
Cons: Takes to long for the plot to develop

The movie name “Seven Years in Tibet” doesn’t lie. The movie actually seems like seven years. The plot took a very long time to develop, and I think it was drawn out more than it had to be. The first half of the movie involved no action, and is mostly...

Pros: Scenery, music, acting, and plot.
Cons: Nothing i can think of.

Something about this movie really grabbed me, I’m not sure if it was the awesome scenery, the great story, the beautiful music, the touching story, or just Brad Pitt’s amazing performance.

Everyone should see this movie, because I personally...

Pros: moving characterization of an individualistic hero
Cons: somewhat mixed message

Unlike most ppl who deride Brad Pitt for being the pretty boy type, I think he's a great actor when he's not expected to play that role, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, and this, stand out.
Heinrich Harrer is the embodyment of principled individualism. He...

Pros: The film is mostly true to the book
Cons: The film must leave some things out

Long before a cast of trendy Hollywood celebrities "discovered" Tibet and the plight of the Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer, a renowned Austrian mountain climber, lived a real adventure in the mountain kingdom as thrilling and seductive as the...

Pros: Great Ending, good acting
Cons: Boring, uninteresting

Brad Pitt plays real life Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who is on the wrong mountain at the wrong time. Set during World War II, Harrer becomes a British prisoner of war, escapes, and roams the mountains of Tibet until he scams his way...

Pros: Challenging plot, scenery, culturally educational
Cons: Some parts made me really angry, though I'm sure they were supposed to.

And the reason I've watched it so many times is that it is a great movie. The story is moving. It tells of Henrich Heinn (pardon me, I'm sure I have mispelled his name!), and his journey to climb the Himalayas, which brings him to meet and become friends...