What a travesty of yet again Hollywood and those desperate to make a quick buck! I by no means deny the fact that Scott was a flawed man, sensitive and prone to depression but this depiction is truly awful and based upon one of the worst biographies by Huntford. If you want to read a real biography of Scott read Ranulphs Fiennes book written by a man who's actually been to Antartica, shock, horror! Huntford himself has admitted in interviews that he imagined Scott staring at Oates till he left and even the very landscape of the Poles. If you're happy to take all his words as facts and not consider any other opinions then this really is the film for you. Recent weather takings of the area show a 10c dip in the temperature at that point so it's a wonder they got as far as they did. It's not about having a stiff upper lip it's about being able to separate fact from fiction and not accepting one biography as truth. That's naive and bad film making is a result.
Review of The Last Place on Earth
