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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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May 12, 2010 - 02:02pm PT
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Festus: I had friends in that movie, too. I was on the debate team at Poway High at the time, and some of the people I knew from Poway, Patrick Henry, and State were in it. That was some stinker of a movie, but then, I can't imagine that wasn't its intent!
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Wack
climber
Dazevue
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May 12, 2010 - 03:24pm PT
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Lots of climbers made some good coin rigging for "Cliffhanger". One returned with a new Italian GF and put a down on a house. Eiger Sanction was the movie that got me interested in climbing with all of the great desert tower shots. Must admit I never met a George (Brenda Venus) while climbing.
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ochotona
Social climber
The Portal, CA
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May 12, 2010 - 03:53pm PT
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To stay on the topic of climbing movies, has anyone seen "Take it to the Limit"? It's about extreme toproping (seriously). F&$*ing rediculous. Don't buy it but if you have netflix, put it on your list!
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Mix a really bad horror flick with a really bad climbing flick, then throw in an English overdub on French speaking lips, and what do you get?
High Lane: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433562/
I tend to be particular about not taking the lord's name in vain, even though I'm not especially Christian. But I still like to be respectful just in case. Be that as it may, I don't know how many times I said to myself with disgust, "Oh My God" during this movie. I just couldn't help it. I was compelled to keep watching by how terrible it was.
You can stream it on Netflix.
Some nice mountain scenery, and the stupidest people on the planet doing a via ferrata with some free-soloing thrown in. They show free solo from below then from above with a pitch of bolts clipped and rope hanging from the person (and belaying hand-over-hand to bring up the followers). And weak dudes scared of heights that can't hang from their climbing harness on a bolt, but somehow they can hand-over-hand a 10mm rope hanging in free space.
From metal fatigue to bear traps to crazy grunting mountain men sharpening hatchets, this movie has it all. Well, shooting and explosions are missing. But there are safety flares, and that goes a long way.
High Lane.
Two bloody stumps up.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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I saw vertical limit at the theatre because someone who will remain nameless reccomended it. Because of that I still won't take any advice from him on movies.
When the father fell and died in the beginning, I was laughing in the theatre because it was SO lame. People were turning and looking at me, pissed, because it was supposed to be so dramatic. But I couldn't help it.
I liked how more people died on the 'rescue' mission than were saved, but they considered it a success.
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Chris2
Trad climber
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I was very entertained by Vertical Limits. The comedic value was classic.
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Barbarian
Trad climber
The great white north, eh?
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"Surf 2 - End of the Trilogy"
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DanaB
climber
Philadelphia
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Makes Ed Wood look like Antonioni.
What an odd coincidence. John Fahey composed some of the music for Zabriskie Point, and I just read his essay about the experience.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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VL was for sure a clunker, but the Scott Glenn character was really cool.
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Bad Climber
climber
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NO! NO! NO! Vertical Limit was GREAT! Totally stupid, idiotic fun. I think the climbers ripping achors at the beginning is classic. Then the quiet shot at the base--then SPLAT!--old man meat sack hits the talus. Hooo man, that's art. Dex and C4, jumping fifty foot gaps to hang on with ice tools, and all the other classic scenes, I tell you it doesn't get much better. The problem I'm seeing here is that, for some reason, folks want to take is seriously. Seriously? Just goofy fun. Kick back a few cold ones and laugh. That's the whole point. To be honest, I was gripped against my will during a few scenes, especially that nightmare scenerio of the climber hanging off the lip of the icefall with one tool. Stupid? Unrealistic? Of course. Still a good fun ride.
BAd
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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I saw VL in the theater and you could tell the climbers in the crowd, they were the ones who'd laugh out loud at what was theoretically and inappropriate time.
I never saw K2 the movie, but saw the play way back in the day up in Seattle, and I recall it as quite good.
I only recently saw Touching the Void, and while I really appreciated the use of period appropriate gear, I can't really recommend watching Joe crawling down the moraine all beat up and parched while one is running a 104 degree fever, it made my eyeballs hurt.
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Brandon-
climber
Done With Tobacco
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Judge Dredd.
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Barbarian
Trad climber
The great white north, eh?
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Caught "Sub Zero" on cable a while back. What a waste of film. I kept thinking: "They got some sucker to pony up the cash to make this?"
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Captain...or Skully
climber
The Seas of Stone.
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Man! That's even worse than "The Hills Have Eyes".
Yarrr.
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Pcutler
climber
Iowa
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Vertical Limit is almost as kick-ass as XXX. Almost.
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The Mayor
Social climber
Billings, Montana USA
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Meet Joe Black
The Black Swan
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Barbarian
Trad climber
The great white north, eh?
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I saw some movie on late night cable..."story" evolve about some soldiers who went through a cave and went back in time to a land with amazon women and a dinosaur. The dinosaur was rubber and, I kid you not, was waved right in front of the camera to make it look large.
Truly the worst movie ever made...just wish I could remember the title.
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