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Like to see what you all think is the best climbing movie you've seen. A brief synopsis of something in it would be good as well.
I saw one where Dean Potter was soloing the nose, just running up it, which kicked ass. Forgot the name of it though.
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getout87
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billcoe_ wrote: Like to see what you all think is the best climbing movie you've seen. A brief synopsis of something in it would be good as well. I saw one where Dean Potter was soloing the nose, just running up it, which kicked ass. Forgot the name of it though.
It's either between dosage IV or first ascent. I can't get enough of watching Tommy on El Cap, and Ivo, Cedar, and Didier are awesome in FA. I love the trad aspect in both of them, which is lacking in most movies these days. Anybody else got any good trad related movies?
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Hard Grit
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Last weekend we watched Spray (they have it on Netflix). Too much talking, but some nice lines in some cool spots.
My favorite movie (about climbing) was that Vertical Frontier documentary with Tom Brokaw. I found the history way more interesting than today's modern films with huge dyno's and grunting.
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Jun 25, 2008, 3:43 PM
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I enjoyed "K2" but don't think it is on DVD.
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King Lines was a great one to watch because it was very well directed, but the climbing wasnt really doing it for me. My favorite was Dosage IV.
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first ascent and it's not close.
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First ascent.
Best ice video is the Petzl Festiglace video.
Did not care for King Lines.
Would like to see more trad.
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getout87 wrote: billcoe_ wrote: I saw one where Dean Potter was soloing the nose, just running up it, which kicked ass. Forgot the name of it though. It's either between dosage IV or first ascent.
wrong.
The correct answer is Masters of Stone V. Thank you for playing.
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Jun 25, 2008, 4:19 PM
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Yeah dat's it.
The best rock vid segment I have seen is of somebody...ummm Donahue maybe and then Heidi Wirtz on a 5.13 i think,trad climb in RMNP.
Uncommon Ground has some good stuff too.
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king lines, and first ascent are awesome. i think all of the dosages are good especially 3 & 4. and i think chris linder and joe kinder are are possibly the two biggest douche bags of all time but just watched spray and it has beautiful shots, lines and soundtrack
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camhead wrote: getout87 wrote: billcoe_ wrote: I saw one where Dean Potter was soloing the nose, just running up it, which kicked ass. Forgot the name of it though. It's either between dosage IV or first ascent. wrong. The correct answer is Masters of Stone V. Thank you for playing.
wrong
those were my favorites, not a guess at what movie he was talking about.
thanks for playing.
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American trad movies just don't mesure up to british death routes.
Commited, Hard Grit, Stone Monkey top the list.
See in stone monkey when he is chimneying and puts his foot above his hand??? wtf??
And the falls in commited... oh...
Commited pt2 should be good, and the film (I think "onsight") looks like it has some balls=falls sections in it, I'll dig up the link.
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sungam wrote: American trad movies just don't mesure up to british death routes. Commited, Hard Grit, Stone Monkey top the list.
Wrong.
First Ascent was a far better movie than any of those. I didn't think Commited was very well done at all.
Hard Grit was quite good, but no FA. Though I have a bit of a problem with the fact that many of those "British Death Routes" would be known as boulder problems if they were anywhere else.
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First Ascent is my favorite too. Return to Sender is really good as well!
Peter Mortimer rocks!
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1. Cliffhanger
2. Vertical Limit
I mean ... duh!
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tomcat wrote: The best rock vid segment I have seen is of somebody...ummm Donahue maybe and then Heidi Wirtz on a 5.13 i think,trad climb in RMNP.
Front Range Freaks I believe, another quality Mortimer flick.
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tomcat wrote: Would like to see more trad.
Parallelojams had a bunch of IC trad footage in it.
It wasn't my favorite, but it was good.
On a similar note, I'd love to see a movie of Dean Potter or Timmy O-neal getting punched in the face.
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Best movie?? That's like asking me to pick my favorite CD!! Here are my top ones, not to say there aren't other greats.
Higher Ground is my favorite all around climbing.
Front Range Freaks - favorite local movie
Committed. I think it wraps up quite a bit of the elements of the slackjaw films.
Sessions - the best bouldering dvd IMO. Super techy. It just seems to stand out from all the rest of them.
And of course First Ascent is awesome....
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sungam wrote: American trad movies just don't mesure up to british death routes. Commited, Hard Grit, Stone Monkey top the list. See in stone monkey when he is chimneying and puts his foot above his hand??? wtf?? And the falls in commited... oh... Commited pt2 should be good, and the film (I think "onsight") looks like it has some balls=falls sections in it, I'll dig up the link. -MagnuS
I'll help you out, american trad climbs = onsight, ground-up trad.
Hard grit (read british death routes) = head-pointing, rehearsal, rap inspection, high-balls with a ball nut.
Not to say there isn't any headpointing in american films or ground-ups in british films, more commenting on the overall styles, both have their place.
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Side note, have you seen the picture of John Varco on Bellyfull of Bad Berries? (feet above head in an over-hanging OW)
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irregularpanda wrote: tomcat wrote: Would like to see more trad. Parallelojams had a bunch of IC trad footage in it. It wasn't my favorite, but it was good. On a similar note, I'd love to see a movie of Dean Potter or Timmy O-neal getting punched in the face.
Even though dean is an arrogan SOB, he's alright, but Timmy, that is one annoying sumbitch, especially in FA. Gawd, I hate the urban ape part.
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PTFTW has to be my favorite Tard Movie, hands down.
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: sungam wrote: American trad movies just don't mesure up to british death routes. Commited, Hard Grit, Stone Monkey top the list. Wrong. First Ascent was a far better movie than any of those. I didn't think Commited was very well done at all. Hard Grit was quite good, but no FA. Though I have a bit of a problem with the fact that many of those "British Death Routes" would be known as boulder problems if they were anywhere else.
Also, plenty of onsighters in the UK! The only routes that get headpointed only are like 5.14 top end. How can you expect all the E10s to be flashed in the movie when no one has ever flashed E8???
Also, try calling a 45 metre arete a boulder problem. roff-alls.
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No, you right. Just thought about it, commited wasn't that good. I did enjoy the lord of the flys bit, and also Dave doing blind vision in the dark. And the moves on James Pearson's Gratcliffe groove were ridiculous.
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sungam wrote: Arrogant_Bastard wrote: sungam wrote: American trad movies just don't mesure up to british death routes. Commited, Hard Grit, Stone Monkey top the list. Wrong. First Ascent was a far better movie than any of those. I didn't think Commited was very well done at all. Hard Grit was quite good, but no FA. Though I have a bit of a problem with the fact that many of those "British Death Routes" would be known as boulder problems if they were anywhere else. dude, best clip in the movie is the FA of Meshuga at the end!!! Also, plenty of onsighters in the UK! The only routes that get headpointed only are like 5.14 top end. How can you expect all the E10s to be flashed in the movie when no one has ever flashed E8??? Also, try calling a 45 metre arete a boulder problem. roff-alls. -MagnuS
I thought FA had a great mix of good climbing, interesting and varied areas/rock, funny moments, a great storyline with the cobra crack, good music, and some good commentary. Yes, he can get a bit annoying. The makings of a great movie. I've also been able to watch it many times more than any other climbing vid before boredom sets in.
Actually I thought the headpointing philosophy was interesting. You just brought it to a regional debate and I'm calling BS on that. There's people from all over this globe doing some impressive fucking shit.
I didn't say all routes, but some of them were short.
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sungam wrote: No, you right. Just thought about it, commited wasn't that good. I did enjoy the lord of the flys bit, and also Dave doing blind vision in the dark. And the moves on James Pearson's Gratcliffe groove were ridiculous.
It had some moments for sure, I just didn't think it lived up to my expectations after Hard Grit. Some cheese factor too. I really don't give a damn about the kid living with his parents, their lifestyle, or his girlfriend watching him climb and how much she means to him.
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I really don't give a damn about the kid living with his parents, their lifestyle, or his girlfriend watching him climb and how much she means to him.ditto that.
I just thought that First ascent was a bit, I dunno, like...
Like in the movies I listed, it's like right there and not really planned just a phone call an 6 am saying "gunna gie it a whack" but then commited kinda lost that a bit I guess, though some parts of the other movies were put on, too.
Pehaps the fact that First ascent put all the good bits on line first ruined it, I saw the better half of that movie on posing productions before it came out.
Also did not explain what about some of the routes enough.
Thinking about it, I did watch it in the suirana refugio campsite bistro so maybe I was preoccupied by the jazzin' atmosphere.
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: sungam wrote: Arrogant_Bastard wrote: sungam wrote: American trad movies just don't mesure up to british death routes. Commited, Hard Grit, Stone Monkey top the list. Wrong. First Ascent was a far better movie than any of those. I didn't think Commited was very well done at all. Hard Grit was quite good, but no FA. Though I have a bit of a problem with the fact that many of those "British Death Routes" would be known as boulder problems if they were anywhere else. dude, best clip in the movie is the FA of Meshuga at the end!!! Also, plenty of onsighters in the UK! The only routes that get headpointed only are like 5.14 top end. How can you expect all the E10s to be flashed in the movie when no one has ever flashed E8??? Also, try calling a 45 metre arete a boulder problem. roff-alls. -MagnuS I thought FA had a great mix of good climbing, interesting and varied areas/rock, funny moments, a great storyline with the cobra crack, good music, and some good commentary. Yes, he can get a bit annoying. The makings of a great movie. I've also been able to watch it many times more than any other climbing vid before boredom sets in. Actually I thought the headpointing philosophy was interesting. You just brought it to a regional debate and I'm calling BS on that. There's people from all over this globe doing some impressive fucking shit. I didn't say all routes, but some of them were short.
Yeah, FA is the movie that I can watch over and over again and not really ever get bored with it. Come to think of it, I can do that with Dosage IV too. They both get me equally psyched.
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[quote "getout87
Yeah, FA is the movie that I can watch over and over again and not really ever get bored with it. Come to think of it, I can do that with Dosage IV too. They both get me equally psyched.I find the dosage films get very boring very quickly. Too much bouldering. A little bouldering is cool, like a few clips of a proper desperate, but too much just lacks flair.
If I remember correctly, FA had a bit of alpine stuff in it? that was cool.
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I'll also throw E11 out there, it was cool to see that top end climbers can get frustrated ("What the fuck do I have to do???") and have to work a route to high hell just to climb it, and still fail.
Do you get what I mean?
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sungam wrote: [quote "getout87 Yeah, FA is the movie that I can watch over and over again and not really ever get bored with it. Come to think of it, I can do that with Dosage IV too. They both get me equally psyched.
If I remember correctly, FA had a bit of alpine stuff in it? that was cool.
-MAgnuS
Well I like watching some bouldering with almost unbelievable burlyness in movies, it gets me motivated, and that's why I love them so much for the most part.
I have yet to see any of the UK grit movies, but I really want to. What is the best one?
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getout87 wrote: camhead wrote: getout87 wrote: billcoe_ wrote: I saw one where Dean Potter was soloing the nose, just running up it, which kicked ass. Forgot the name of it though. It's either between dosage IV or first ascent. wrong. The correct answer is Masters of Stone V. Thank you for playing. wrong those were my favorites, not a guess at what movie he was talking about. thanks for playing.
then why on earth did you quote and reply as if you were responding to his question?
oh, and I enjoyed Mortimer's films (return to sender, front range freaks, first ascent), but they just seem too much like an insular boulderado circle jerk after watching them too much.
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camhead wrote: getout87 wrote: camhead wrote: getout87 wrote: billcoe_ wrote: I saw one where Dean Potter was soloing the nose, just running up it, which kicked ass. Forgot the name of it though. It's either between dosage IV or first ascent. wrong. The correct answer is Masters of Stone V. Thank you for playing. wrong those were my favorites, not a guess at what movie he was talking about. thanks for playing. then why on earth did you quote and reply as if you were responding to his question? oh, and I enjoyed Mortimer's films (return to sender, front range freaks, first ascent), but they just seem too much like an insular boulderado circle jerk after watching them too much.
I was saying, for me, my favorite is either between Dosage IV or FA, not that the segment of Dean Potter was in them. Maybe that was a little vague, so I apologize. Besides the point, I defintely know that I haven't seen that clip of Potter, but the big time whippers he takes on the Tombstone in FA are pretty impressive, and the same noise he makes everytime he falls cracks me up.
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getout87 wrote: Well I like watching some bouldering with almost unbelievable burlyness in movies, it gets me motivated, and that's why I love them so much for the most part. I have yet to see any of the UK grit movies, but I really want to. What is the best one?
Anywhoozlebees, check out hard grit, stone monkey and perhaps commited. Also check out On Sight when it comes out, seems to be a goodun.
Also set in stone is ment to be good.
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sungam wrote: getout87 wrote: Well I like watching some bouldering with almost unbelievable burlyness in movies, it gets me motivated, and that's why I love them so much for the most part. I have yet to see any of the UK grit movies, but I really want to. What is the best one? I see what you say about the bouldering, but too much just gets boring. Anywhoozlebees, check out hard grit, stone monkey and perhaps commited. Also check out On Sight when it comes out, seems to be a goodun. Also set in stone is ment to be good. -MagnuS
I never really get bored with it, but to each his own I guess. Where I really get bored is when they just have interview after interview with incessant rambling.
I'm definitely going to be checking out hard grit, hopefully soon. When you say on sight, do you mean the sharp end, or am I confusing something?
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If you guys don't like bouldering, insular colorado circle jerks, way too many digital effects, and bad hip-hop, then you definitely should not watch "Colorado Dreams" or "Colorado Daydreams". My roommate had it, whatever the actual title, you couldn't pay me to sit down and watch the entire thing through. ugh.
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sungam wrote: Too much bouldering. A little bouldering is cool, like a few clips of a proper desperate, but too much just lacks flair.
This is correct.
I need to stop agreeing with you. Go back to saying things for me to make fun of.
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sungam wrote: I'll also throw E11 out there, it was cool to see that top end climbers can get frustrated ("What the fuck do I have to do???") and have to work a route to high hell just to climb it, and still fail. Do you get what I mean? -MagnuS
Agreed, and I enjoyed it a lot, but it's not something I can watch a lot of. They should have put more extras in there with other climbers.
Kinda takes a bit away from it watching all the repeat ascents as of late.
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Henry Barber onsight soloing Strand and climbing with Pete Livsey in England. Sums up what climbing is about. Good luck finding it :) (thedogfather)
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I've enjoyed the Squamish flick: In the Shadow of the Chief, the Baldwin and Cooper Story. Tells the story of how two local boys got their bahookies up the Chief. Juxtaposed are contemporary climbers doing the route free. Shows how the local community rallied behind the feat, despite all odds.
Also, although not specifically climbing, but a slew of old climbers were in it is "Fire on the Mountain." Documents the development and almost dismantling of the 10th Mountain Brigade during WWII. The movie shows a lot of amazing men who have left lasting impact in the outdoor world. It made an awesome Father's Day gift, too.
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the Petzl Festiglace video is my current favorite. I tend to enjoy anything that Andy Kirkpatrick and Ian Parnell are in as they have laugh at themselves and seem to be having the most fun. Ck out Psyche and Hard XS.
King lines is visually stunning but the narrative, storyline, whatever you want to call it just ain't compelling. Higher Ground is good too. Although I wish there was more depth to the interviews.
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Yeah, I found King Lines overly long and watchable only for the climbing porn.
I don't buy many climbing dvds, but I'll buy Stone Monkey. It was remarkably well done. I didn't find Committed nearly as engaging, although it was better made than most US climbing porn.
Touching the Void was much better than I had expected, a good deal better than the recent Everest flick.
And anyone who hasn't seen the classic Bergfilm of the 1920s and '30s should watch Arnold Fanck's Heilige Berg.
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"The Mountain" with Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner
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anyone see coldhaul? I've heard its very good but its only an import.
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irregularpanda wrote: dreadlock wrote: "The Mountain" with Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner Dude- the Eiger Sanction rocks. Good luck finding it on DVD!
Agreed!
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I love the climbing in the eiger sanction. the movie is dated though and I can do without the homophobia. Yay, yay, I'm pc like that.
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Netflix has it.
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: sungam wrote: I'll also throw E11 out there, it was cool to see that top end climbers can get frustrated ("What the fuck do I have to do???") and have to work a route to high hell just to climb it, and still fail. Do you get what I mean? -MagnuS Agreed, and I enjoyed it a lot, but it's not something I can watch a lot of. They should have put more extras in there with other climbers. Kinda takes a bit away from it watching all the repeat ascents as of late.
-MagnuS
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sungam
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getout87 wrote: I'm definitely going to be checking out hard grit, hopefully soon. When you say on sight, do you mean the sharp end, or am I confusing something?
On Sight is a new dvd coming out, I believe I linked the trailer earlier on?
-MagnuS
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sungam
Jun 26, 2008, 8:45 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: I need to stop agreeing with you. Go back to saying things for me to make fun of.
-MagnuS
(p.s. not true)
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stickyfingerz
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Splitter: An Alpine Rockumentary
Find it. Watch it.
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getout87
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sungam wrote: getout87 wrote: I'm definitely going to be checking out hard grit, hopefully soon. When you say on sight, do you mean the sharp end, or am I confusing something? Yes, you are. On Sight is a new dvd coming out, I believe I linked the trailer earlier on? -MagnuS
Gotcha, I was thinking of another movie coming out called the Sharp End. So we were both right.
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sungam
Jun 27, 2008, 1:24 PM
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getout87 wrote: sungam wrote: getout87 wrote: I'm definitely going to be checking out hard grit, hopefully soon. When you say on sight, do you mean the sharp end, or am I confusing something? Yes, you are. On Sight is a new dvd coming out, I believe I linked the trailer earlier on? -MagnuS Gotcha, I was thinking of another movie coming out called the Sharp End. So we were both right.
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getout87
Jun 27, 2008, 1:52 PM
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sungam wrote: getout87 wrote: sungam wrote: getout87 wrote: I'm definitely going to be checking out hard grit, hopefully soon. When you say on sight, do you mean the sharp end, or am I confusing something? Yes, you are. On Sight is a new dvd coming out, I believe I linked the trailer earlier on? -MagnuS Gotcha, I was thinking of another movie coming out called the Sharp End. So we were both right. Indeed, but clearly I was more right. ;P -MagnuS
Yes I will concede victory. You eked out an extra 5% right, so clearly you are the winner.
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camhead
Jun 27, 2008, 2:14 PM
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stickyfingerz wrote: Splitter: An Alpine Rockumentary Find it. Watch it.
I will never watch a movie called "Splitter." Never.
You've got to have standards!
the term "Rockumentary" loses points in my book as well. WTF is this? VH1?
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jrathfon
Jun 27, 2008, 2:22 PM
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stickyfingerz wrote: Splitter: An Alpine Rockumentary Find it. Watch it.
I'm still waiting for the sequel... splitterer.
This is no joke, that is the actual advertised sequel name.
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stickyfingerz
Jun 27, 2008, 5:54 PM
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camhead wrote: stickyfingerz wrote: Splitter: An Alpine Rockumentary Find it. Watch it. I will never watch a movie called "Splitter." Never. You've got to have standards! the term "Rockumentary" loses points in my book as well. WTF is this? VH1?
Cheezy title, I know. But check out the details:
http://www.chesslerbooks.com/...m.asp?idProduct=2161
It's a badass vid, trust me.
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wraith
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The best feature film about climbing is K2. Great film and it is the only film I've seen that didn't make climbing look stupid. U know, Cliffhanger & Vertical limit Stupid.
Dosage IV for non feature climbing DVD.
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Jun 28, 2008, 2:05 AM
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Eiger Sanction (posted above) is very good... the climbing is very dated (static ropes and body belays) and is on Netflix (again posted above.)
K2... is great, turns out I was wrong and it is on DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/...-Biehn/dp/B00005MM67
I know most the posting has been about climbing videos... which are fun... but other "movies" that are good.... I cannot think of any.
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sungam
Jun 28, 2008, 4:00 PM
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Aunor wrote: Eiger Sanction (posted above) is very good... the climbing is very dated (static ropes and body belays) and is on Netflix (again posted above.) K2... is great, turns out I was wrong and it is on DVD: http://www.amazon.com/...-Biehn/dp/B00005MM67 I know most the posting has been about climbing videos... which are fun... but other "movies" that are good.... I cannot think of any.
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c4c
Jun 28, 2008, 7:00 PM
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camhead wrote: stickyfingerz wrote: Splitter: An Alpine Rockumentary Find it. Watch it. I will never watch a movie called "Splitter." Never. You've got to have standards! the term "Rockumentary" loses points in my book as well. WTF is this? VH1?
You are missing out then because there is some splitter climbing in it!
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Probably no one has heard of it over here but a great Irish trad film called underdeveloped is definately my favourite and not just from national pride.
The site is underdevelopedireland.com, if you've seen the on-sight trailer this one is a low budget film mainly featuring the lad taking the huge upsidedown whipper in the onsight trailer.
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c4c
Jun 29, 2008, 1:54 AM
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no permanent address was pretty good.
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sungam
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janegallwey wrote: Probably no one has heard of it over here but a great Irish trad film called underdeveloped is definately my favourite and not just from national pride. The site is underdevelopedireland.com, if you've seen the on-sight trailer this one is a low budget film mainly featuring the lad taking the huge upsidedown whipper in the onsight trailer.
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VERTICAL LIMIT BABY
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crazy_fingers84
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touching the void
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sungam
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theirishman wrote: VERTICAL LIMIT BABY
Also, what was that film, sub-zero or sommat? wanna see it, looks epic.
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theirishman wrote: VERTICAL LIMIT BABY
I think I have spindrift in my lungs!
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phillygoat
Jul 2, 2008, 4:27 PM
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c4c wrote: camhead wrote: stickyfingerz wrote: Splitter: An Alpine Rockumentary Find it. Watch it. I will never watch a movie called "Splitter." Never. You've got to have standards! the term "Rockumentary" loses points in my book as well. WTF is this? VH1? You are missing out then because there is some splitter climbing in it!
Yeah, but it takes awhile before you see any splitter climbing because they have to wait for splitter weather and splitter temps.
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SPTFTWITTER.
(edit for spelling)
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sungam wrote: I find the dosage films get very boring very quickly. Too much bouldering. A little bouldering is cool, like a few clips of a proper desperate, but too much just lacks flair. If I remember correctly, FA had a bit of alpine stuff in it? that was cool. -MAgnuS
I agree, I get very boring with the Dosage films, and i think is because you just can watch the same thing... boulders, boulders, boulders...
FA is my favorite climbing movie too, and the reason is because is about climbing but every second on the film is just a climber climbing... i mean the film has a lot of fun moments, falls, sea, ice, interestins stories, a little looking back to the climbing histoty (Tim O'Neal teached that in awesome way haha), the music in the film is awesome too, the message that at the end after some Didier's words...
I've seen this film thousand times and i still love it!
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davidh100
Jul 2, 2008, 5:35 PM
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Mission Impossible 2 is certainly the best ever!
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theirishman
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isnt that dean potter doing the climbing? i just remembering hearding something like that for MI2
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justroberto
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mendou wrote: I agree, I get very boring with the Dosage films...
Well, I've never watched it with you, but I'll take your word for it. Are you boring to do everything with?
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higher ground was really awesome as well.
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fucking 'ell, mate. gotta see that one.
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My favorite is 'Return to Sender' (same guy who made First Ascent)
Close seconds are First Ascent and Vertical Frontier
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I would agree with you - except for the introduction of Action Adept...Done Son!
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The sharp end is hardcore and amazing and First accent was super inspiring.
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If you havent seen it - The movie Yosemite / Center of the Universe is a great movie! I love it and watch it all the time!
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the Sharp End. truly amazing
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rockclimber919 wrote: the Sharp End. truly amazing
I agree. The movie was put together very well. There's alot of badass climbs in this one. well worth the buy
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like many i think First Ascent is the best, i netflixed it a month ago and have'nt been able to bring myself to return it
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how is onsight and uncommon ground im getting ready to buy them and i didnt like hard grit but love higher ground and sender films so what do you think
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The Sharp End!
Lots of good climbing in that movie!
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rockclimber919 wrote: the Sharp End. truly amazing
I thought it was only so so. Pales in comparison to first ascent.
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Masters of Stone I-V good stuff
Uncommon ground was good
Dosage V
Hard Grit
THey're all good jeez, i can't name a best
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Alphaboth wrote: Masters of Stone I-V good stuff Uncommon ground was good Dosage V Hard Grit THey're all good jeez, i can't name a best
Hmmmm ... I'm not sure how I feel about that ... I liked The Sharp End and there were some clips I really liked (I actually would have liked to see a bit more of Steph Davis on The Diamond, but I'm probably in the minority on that one!). And I enjoyed watching Cedar Wright and gang in the Czech Republic.
But in the end, I think you're right. I think I liked First Ascent better than The Sharp End. Though I'm sort of in love with Squamish after spending 2 summers there climbing full-time (and I'll confess to having a crush on Sonnie Trotter too) so I'm probably a bit biased. But I also liked Return to Sender a bit better than The Sharp End. So the bias can't be all of it.
I still think The Sharp End is well worth watching. And I'll probably buy it and add it to my collection of movies to watch on a rainy day.
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Alphaboth wrote: Masters of Stone I-V good stuff Uncommon ground was good Dosage V Hard Grit THey're all good jeez, i can't name a best
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True, and I think in someways bouldering as taken on a seperate culture. But personally I think videos or pictures of bouldering are awesome. The really capture an aspect of climbing thats harder to get when your 200 feet off the deck. And for improving technique bouldering movies are great to watch.
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churningindawake
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Alphaboth wrote: True, and I think in someways bouldering as taken on a seperate culture. But personally I think videos or pictures of bouldering are awesome. The really capture an aspect of climbing thats harder to get when your 200 feet off the deck. And for improving technique bouldering movies are great to watch.
I just like watching the hard routes in movies! It's a lot more interesting! It's cool to see people doing really hard trad routes.
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