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I am not a fan of bear but I wanted to see where an interactive experience would take me.
onze-kris27 September 2021
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So I am trying to be objective. Me not being a fan of bear just means that I was not going in excited.

So first of all he is not an actor. For a survival program that is kind of okay. But for an interactive experience that is a miss.

It is very poorly written.

He grabs a photo. And says something like this this must be my family, I don't remember them because I have amnesia so that is why I must get through this....

The choices you make. Well sometimes it is a coinflip. Other times it is because you might have watched some of his shows or know a little about survival. A lot is common sense.

But than again sometimes you which you could chose.... Disturbing for example something that is hidden by something that is stronger than you doesn't seem like a good idea. Than again he manages to turn a dead bear's skin into a good looking jacket in no time... Not how I would have spend my time... and that is the issue....

the options you have are few and far between and sometimes he goes to list the advantages and the disadvantages before your pick.... tunnels vs mountain. Using the light now or waiting with it...

the light source is actually also a joke. He finds a corroded helmet. Yet in the same spot the light source is as if it came straight from a shop...

Yeah it might be different materials. But I am sure there should be reasons why it was unlikely to work.

So the entire setup. The story and the execution in my opinion are very poor...

I watched a bear show once for about 15 minutes and than I got bored... that 15 minutes was a lot better because it didn't have a fabricated back story. And he didn't try to act as he does here.

If you want some family bonding. Because that is in the subtitles . Well just talk at the dinner table and ask how there day was. That is more meaningfull than reading this review or watching that thing...
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7/10
First Bear Experience!
RachelMary21 October 2022
I've never watched anything with Bear Grylls, though I've heard of him. This was really watchable and good entertainment. I enjoyed it, it was good fun.

There were silly moments but I think there had to be too keep that sense of fun in it, it's not a survival documentary based on a true story; it's an interactive film. There was one part where the wrong decision sent me way backwards, and that was a tad annoying rather than just go back to that decision. Viewers don't necessarily want to watch half the film again.

This is something a bit different to make you smile, I think it's a definite evolving from Netflix's earlier attempts at interactive films.
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3/10
Meh
danielmolloy-facebook1 February 2022
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The acting was poor, things were sometimes too convenient. His fur coat is way too tailored, the lantern was magically there with gas in it?

Then you get to the tunnels which are so brightly lit but he pretends they're pitch black

Something is in the tunnels with him

Got out of the tunnels and followed the blood trail

Oh wow! I got killed by a yeti. That's believable.

Tried to go up the mountain at another part and there a marker on the rock which he sits on to be perfectly in frame.
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10/10
A must see for anybody who likes survival shows and interactive movies
teddythewinne29 September 2021
I really liked the movie itself. The experience itself is quite customisable, there is a bunch of ways to go about surviving, the control pretty much is entirely in you.

It is quite fun to see where you will end up based on your choices. As it seems, there are quite a few ways to mess up.

The movie itself is very well made, and very well filmed. The movie feels very customisable.

Overall a must watch.
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