The Wall: Climb for Gold (2022)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 80 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Nick Hardie
Stars: Shauna Coxsey, Janja Garnbret and Miho Nonaka
IMDb score:
7,2 (522)
Releasedate: 18 January 2022
The Wall: Climb for Gold plot
Four female climbers face the sporting challenge of a lifetime as they attempt to compete in the first-ever Olympic climbing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. “The Wall: Climb for Gold” follows four top climbers over an extraordinary two years. They battle through the Olympic qualifiers to earn their place in Tokyo, then face a grueling season of competitions and training that sees everything come to a screeching halt as the Covid-19 pandemic forces the Games to be postponed.
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The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The first time climbing was included, still in the somewhat strange and cramped format where lead, speed, and bouldering had to share one medal—with the effect that speed suddenly became a mandatory event for boulderers and rope climbers—but also that the speed climbers suddenly had their moment of fame.
For me, one of the strangest films ever to watch, because I know just about literally everyone who appears on screen. Not only the four who are the focus, but also their teammates, coaches, trainers, their parents, the officials, and the camera crew. I was at the majority of the events featured in the footage – except for the 19 Hachioji Games and the Olympics themselves, and before that, I was glued to the TV. I was there for Shauna's first World Cup win in '14, Janja's first senior World Cup in '15, right up to the last event before the 2021 Innsbruck Olympics.
The subject matter and the story of the film are somewhat strange – ultimately, it isn't actually about the Olympics, or even the run-up to them, but only about the four women under contract with Adidas for sponsorship. This results in a somewhat odd focus, causing a large part of the actual story of the Olympics to disappear. It is a shame, because there was quite a lot to tell about that, and now it gets lost between the lines in the charts tracking the standings ('1, 3, 6, 8') – but where various places are missing without explanation. That feels strange, incomplete, and however nice it is to see it all again, something is still missing.
That is why I will just call it a somewhat average assessment for now. Anyone else will certainly see something different in it than I do.
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