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Pretty Good: too much tail?

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Nooschoolers
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I bought Pretty Good yesterday, and loved watching it, but i got tired of seeing the same grab over and over again. Its almost every other grab. Just wondering if anyone noticed the same thing.

Peace

Nov 28 2009 9:48AM
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shintastic48
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um. aren't all the competitions won by dub cork 12's and 10's with a high mute? so what difference does it make seeing a movie with only tail grabs.
Nov 28 2009 10:19AM
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Nooschoolers
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I would just like to see a little more variety with the grabs
Nov 28 2009 10:27AM
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shintastic48
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Its still skiing you know...
Nov 28 2009 10:28AM
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fricino13
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very bad comparing... u dont see the diference??
Nov 28 2009 10:29AM
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Nooschoolers
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no way!
Nov 28 2009 10:29AM
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shintastic48
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You sir are stupid. I was comparing the fact that in the ski movies they generally have the same grabs, well most have different but pretty good didn't have much variety in my opinion too, and that at comps everyone does the same trick.
Nov 28 2009 10:31AM
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BroBrah
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that is the last thing wrong with that movie.... that shit just sucks
Nov 28 2009 10:34AM
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EMK
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 669
There are a lot of things i noticed there being too much of in Pretty Good, but tail grabs weren't one(not to say there wasn't too many of them, i just didn't notice). There was certainly enough good bits in there to make a good film, but I didn't like it cause of what there was too much of that i did notice- the following, shots from park shoots, shots from the same angle, the same trick on the same obstical, sections, riders...

Quality, Rage, not quantity! Thanks. =)
Nov 28 2009 10:36AM
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gaku
Posts: 225 - Karma: 64
yea it's the thing about dub corks, everyone's grabbing tail or mute only.

what i didn't like about pretty good was the part 1 - part 2 system.  i mean it's so boring to watch a obstacle get killed and then after half an hour you see the same obstacle with exactly the same riders again, stupid.
Nov 28 2009 11:30AM
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shintastic48
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That didn't bother me so much
Nov 28 2009 11:33AM
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ahmedthesailor
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no "sir" what you were saying was stop complaining that all the do is tail grabs because thats what they do in comps. Comps you do what needs to be done to get points. In a movie creativity is key, and non-existent in this case.
Nov 28 2009 11:39AM
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bananas
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i think thats why you have zero
Nov 28 2009 11:52AM
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VinniCash
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too much park and the tricks are really repetitive, they should of made the movie a lot shorter
Nov 28 2009 11:52AM
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Zoro
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it felt like endless big mountain line after big mountain line.  and the same tricks were done over and over again.  it got boring real fast
Nov 28 2009 12:43PM
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shintastic48
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The sad thing is that mutes aren't that hard of grabs.
Nov 28 2009 1:39PM
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DBeck
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i liked all the tail in the pretty girls bonus.
Nov 28 2009 1:59PM
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VANULAR
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isnt tail grab the best grab?
Nov 28 2009 2:07PM
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Billiards.
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Blunt is the only grab to be grabbed...
Nov 28 2009 2:12PM
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snowisholywater
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Jon olsson grabs double safety and japan but still almost all grab tail or mute
Nov 28 2009 2:18PM
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keenan.
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"If you're not grabbin' blunt, you're not grabbin."
Nov 28 2009 3:43PM
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ahmedthesailor
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your right their easy thats why they grab them in comps because its the only thing they can get with their increasingly difficult rotations. Think before starting arguments.

Nov 28 2009 4:33PM
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bob_dole
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im sorry but did you watch the movie at all? or what exactly is your definition of "big mountain"
Nov 28 2009 4:37PM
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shintastic48
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mhm i'm sure, im pretty sure there able to dub cork 12 or 10 with almost any grab...
Nov 28 2009 4:54PM
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Nooschoolers
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exactly. word
Nov 28 2009 5:09PM
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cool.
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exacatactly

i thought it was a sick ass movie
Nov 28 2009 5:15PM
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ButteredToast.
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after seeing refresh, i was really bored.

Same angles, same camera movements.

Is it really that hard to do a sick follow cam? Or a nice crane shot from waaaay above the rider?
Nov 28 2009 6:00PM
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johanblaze
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Nov 28 2009 6:11PM
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JsNeagle
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i dont know if i can go as far as saying that.  they sure are fun tho
Nov 28 2009 6:12PM
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VANULAR
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candide likes tail grabs
Nov 28 2009 6:39PM
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reedwj
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Tail grab is the gold standard dude... There can never be too much tail grab. Candide has been one of the best, and one of my favorites doing nothing but tail and the occasional mute for how long now?
Nov 28 2009 6:48PM
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jksl
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i don't remember too much blunt being grabbed. but i remember it being repetitive.
plus there's never too many blunt grabs. at least there wasn't too much tindy haha.
Nov 28 2009 6:51PM
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reBlocke
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This is the epitome of what is wrong with that movie:

They have shots of at least 4 people doing switch 12 mutes on that Mt Bach. jump.  The exact same angle. The exact same trick. 
Nov 28 2009 6:56PM
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spliff.Life
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then learn the grabs and do it yourself and stop being a bitch
Nov 28 2009 7:24PM
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slimbruddah
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i thought it was ill
Nov 28 2009 8:41PM
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Nooschoolers
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No doubt
Nov 28 2009 9:00PM
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SkiAlyeska
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pretty good well was, not so great. i enjoyed it and loved the soundtrack, but it was a little repetative.
Nov 28 2009 10:08PM
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[~_~]
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I'd like to see you catch that much tail!
Nov 28 2009 10:16PM
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AlexGaynor
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I like candide
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I like tail grabs
Nov 28 2009 11:44PM
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mr.green
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i liked pretty good, but then again i just really like watching skiing, the urban in it was ill, you cant deny that
Nov 29 2009 3:24AM
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yewwwwwww
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i enjoyed the movie but the first 2 shot were rubbish. especially the first. dude rolled off like a 10fter and made a right turn. yeah the pow was pretty deep but it was not a banger opening shot for a movie. it let me down.
Nov 29 2009 5:28AM
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Nooschoolers
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i agree with those who say that there were a ton of shots on the same features. not enough creativity
Nov 29 2009 5:33PM
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BootySpunk.
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Agreed...Except LJ...He shat on people

But since when does mute, nose, japan, and safty grabs = tail grabs? And anyways tail grabs are by far the sickest grab and much better than mute IMO

Also people are doing dub corks with different grabs. Guess you didn't see Colby's dub cork in the JOSS edit..or Kentworthy's dub cork with a mute to japan...And in comps people are doing double grabs with dub corks now...So I dunno what movies or comps you have been watching/reading about?
Nov 29 2009 5:41PM
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LiL-charger
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Even if it is a tail grab everyone does it a little differently, but if the riders are shooting together they should talk with the filmer so they are not doing all the same thing..
Nov 29 2009 5:49PM
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Nooschoolers
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the movie was just pretty good
Nov 29 2009 5:55PM
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mr.green
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im sure they were doing different tricks on different hits, but the editor should have mixed up the shots, but maybe those were the best ones, who knows
Nov 29 2009 6:33PM
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Nooschoolers
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Im sure rage will come out with a sicker movie next year. for shore
Nov 29 2009 8:39PM
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Johnson00
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They slayed the cannon box!!! It was my favorite movie of the year for sure
Nov 29 2009 8:49PM
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Nooschoolers
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like, hardly and inverts off it. cept for chug
Nov 29 2009 8:56PM
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crankdatsoljaboy
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what a poor argument
you just approved what he said ... comps are only with dub 12 and 10 with a high mute and thats whats making them boring
Nov 29 2009 9:01PM
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Brian_Peppers
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You kidding? Refresh was dope.
Nov 29 2009 9:30PM
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