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Where did all the ski movies go?
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So, I just finished watching revolver, you know that dvd that poorboyz is selling for $30. Well I watched it, and then I rewatched War, that ski film that poorboyz sold for $30 five years ago.
The skiing is way better in Revolver. The quality (of whatever we call what replaced film) is way better in Revolver. But what the fuck happened? Revolver did not get me excited to go skiing at all. Unfortunately this is true for pretty much every ski flick I have watched this year.
When I watch War, X, Focused, Exact Science, or High Five, I get excited to go skiing (there are plenty of other films from that time too so don't hate me for now including 1242). Never mind that the film is grainy in Exact Science, or that you see them doing a 240 off of a flat rail. I was excited to go skiing after watching those. I have not really gotten exited to go skiing after watching any recent ski movies. Yes, I see a lot of the holy shit did that just happen stuff, and its in crystal clear detail, but fuck, its boring.
maybe I am just to old to get excited about ski movies any more, or nostgelica (however the fuck you spell that word) but I miss the old ski movie.
Sincerely,
cobra
P.S. What's this I hear about people actually watching ski movies at ski movie premiers. Thats gay, I never went to watch the ski movie, it was more of a social get together then movie watching event. I couldn't even remember anything about the movies so I had to pay the $30 anyway for the flick I just 'watched.'
P.P.S. STOP having skiers try and explain why they ski, most pro skiers were fucking retarded before they got ski companies to fund their weed smoking habits. They just look dumb when you have them talk in front of a camera. I don't care if C.R. is dead, what he said at the start of revolver would only make sense if you had also smoked weed for 10 years before having an almost fatal brain injury followed by 2 more years of funding mexican drug runners.
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revolver sucked. i skipped over more than half of it. nothing really kept my attention even the.... (dare i say it) .... park shoots.
yup
im a "park rat" and watching lj and matt walker do the same dubs over and over didnt keep my attention
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See you had a coherent thing going before you started rambling about CR Johnson and mexican drug runners. I agree with you 100% on the subject of ski movies not being about getting stoked and more about giant egos and bangers before fun. I also agree with you on the subject of way to much "Yeah bro" bullshit talk but please don't disrespect CR. He was one of the great Newschool innovators and his death impacted the pro skiing community pretty hard. And yeah, he was obviously a smoker of jah herb but your argument loses a ton of credibility when you spew bullshit like that.
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your last paragraph made you sound very very retarded after making a quality thread.
watch eye trip, gunnie season, network or like a lion. those all got me stoked too ski
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Xavier here gets off of troll posts and creating controversy, even before trolling was a staple in comman language. I wouldn't give two shits of attention to his direction if I were you.
Although I too believe that even if people are dead, they are not above criticism. In CR's case, not that I knew him personally, he was touted as one of the most positive and inspiring characters in the ski scene the moment he was flailing wildly off jumps in Squaw and I don't think I've ever read any bad things about the guy. So even for controversy it's kind of harsh to read a /b/esque "joke" about him on Christmas Eve of all days.
And yeah, I think it's the nostalgy factor with those films.
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If you knew CR you understood it. Or at least I did.
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the only movie i moderately enjoyed this year was network
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Yeah i agree on some posts especially the older ski/snowboarding flicks. Afterlame is when of my favorite films to watch before i go out and ride.
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this is somewhat true. i know revolver definitely did not hold my attention as much as some other movies (like the massive). but damn EDIAS was banger as fuck. that WAS a good movie. still gets me stoked. and refresh was pretty good too. i dunno. last year wasnt a great year for the west. no snow during midseason pow trips, then tons of snow when all the park shoots went down
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go watch some snowboard movies, they're better
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Have you watched Network??? Best ski flick this year.
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No hate on C.R. he was a great guy, RIP, and a fun guy to be around, but he, like all pro skiers, had no business ever talking in a ski movie.
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Alas, you forget about The Great Exception of Professional Skier Monologue. The One that many new skiers do not know of, the One that defined in few oddball words a persona, the One that still rings in our ears to this day:
Evan Raps' definition of Tanner Hall in Happy Dayz.
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also I think you all need to know that I really don't make a big deal out of death. People die, I get over it. No one is gonna get out of this world alive.
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I feel like "Reasons" was the PBP's best film. But that's just me.
I agree that the current movie format is getting stale. There needs to be some innovation at least. Maybe that's why I like "Reasons."
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
how could I forget.
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tehehe
But yeah, ski movies are lame now, they need to use 16mm again and not give a fuck.
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i get what youre saying but you lose respect when you start jjust talking shit
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