The movie gets an Oscar because Alex achieved a miracle. not because the director did a good job. I watched an interview with the two directors. It's totally Chai's idea to turn a climing documentary into a romantic love story. We can see it's Jimmy Chin who led the team shooting all the beautiful climbing footages. But Chai decided use only 20 minutes of the climbing footage. I can't imagine more stupid decision than this one. Jimmy Chin said he totally trust her judgement.
