Society of the Snow

You guys, I'm afraid of snow. This movie did NOT help.

Movie: Society of the Snow

Running Times: 2:24

Nominated for: Hair and Make Up

How I watched: Netflix

When it had me: Well, I had to figure out how badly I want to survive.

When it lost me: It was long.

I saw this one on people's top ten lists for the year so I decided to check it out. At first, I thought it was a documentary. I thought the narration was an actual survivor's recounting the ordeal over reenactments. Then I got confused because they NEVER cut to the interviews. Then I figured out I was watching a movie. Quite the ride!

I didn't necessarily want to see a movie about Donner Party Style survival but this was really well done. I remembered this story a bit but I was shocked to see how much worse the whole situation was. They needed to survive, a plane crash, injuries, sub zero temps, a gnarly blizzard, being snowed in, an avalanche, starvation and dehydration. What a mess!

I found the whole thing pretty riveting, if gruesome. And, as a bonus, it prepared me to start watching Yellow Jackets.