awful low budget attempt at a great story

Nevermind the fact they don't pick up the story until nearly the very end of the Donner Party's epic journey. They don't even bother to stay historically accurate and basically just throw a bunch of people in the snow in 19th century attire and have them say stuff they thought the Donner Party said. I thought the acting was mostly poor and the film completely unrealistic. The actors didn't appear to have even bothered to lose weight for the film and ended up looking like well-fed, healthy adults supposedly dying of starvation.
Terrible film that did no justice to this amazing story. I sincerely hope one day someone writes a beautiful script telling the WHOLE story of the ordeal of the Donner Party and the film is shot and produced on a proper budget and the story given the respect it deserves. This is an epic story that needs to be an epic film along the lines of Cold Mountain or Saving Private Ryan.