BeefyBoy50
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When Days of my Youth came out last week, it was free to watch for 72 hours, so I streamed the whole thing. A lot of scenes, especially those filmed in Alaska, were quite visually impressive- but I have to say, I felt kind of underwhelmed by the whole thing. Did anyone else get this feeling?
I'm not trying to sound like a Rotten Tomatoes movie reviewer here, but these are a few things I was thinking when I watched it:
First, the whole background narrative of the old man seemed tired, cliche, and kind of just thrown in. While i think the message is certainly important and probably resonates with a lot of people on this board (including me) the way they put it into the film seemed kind of last second.
Second of all, I found a lot of the skiing to be not much better than lack luster, apart from Bobby Brown's segment which was pretty awesome. The rest, except for the helicopter scenes, seemed like something put together by a couple of talented skiers with GoPros and enough money to buy lift tickets. What I guess I'm saying is, it didn't really reach the caliber I've come to expect from Red Bull. The company attracts some of the best athletes in the world in skiing, mountain biking, other extreme sports, but the film didn't really blow me away like I was expecting to be. I'm much more excited for TGR's Almost Ablaze.
Finally, regarding Cody Townsend's Line of the Year down the Crack- this was a cool line, but I don't consider it to be extremely impressive. Sure, it takes a lot of balls to straightline a narrow couloir with that great of a drop, balls that I almost certainly don't have, but the line didn't seem to require a lot of talent. It was something I looked at and thought, that line isn't so difficult if one has the courage to ski it. This is as compared with lines I have seen from other ski movies, where some crazy will jump a 60 foot cliff into a glade or ride some spine with avalanches cascading down on each side... these are scenes that I watch and think, these people are miles beyond my skill level and are able to ski/ride such incredible terrain because of their world class talent. Maybe my lack of amazement at Cody's line results from the shot having not the greatest camera angles. To be honest, I was more impressed with the line before I saw the POV- the helmet cam view made the crack seem wider and showed that he had room to scrub his speed numerous times.
If you've read all that, you probably do think I'm a rotten tomatoes type critic, tearing apart everything except for Toy Story just because I have no heart. I just would like to hear what you guys think, if you share my opinions or if you totally disagree with what I said.
I'm not trying to sound like a Rotten Tomatoes movie reviewer here, but these are a few things I was thinking when I watched it:
First, the whole background narrative of the old man seemed tired, cliche, and kind of just thrown in. While i think the message is certainly important and probably resonates with a lot of people on this board (including me) the way they put it into the film seemed kind of last second.
Second of all, I found a lot of the skiing to be not much better than lack luster, apart from Bobby Brown's segment which was pretty awesome. The rest, except for the helicopter scenes, seemed like something put together by a couple of talented skiers with GoPros and enough money to buy lift tickets. What I guess I'm saying is, it didn't really reach the caliber I've come to expect from Red Bull. The company attracts some of the best athletes in the world in skiing, mountain biking, other extreme sports, but the film didn't really blow me away like I was expecting to be. I'm much more excited for TGR's Almost Ablaze.
Finally, regarding Cody Townsend's Line of the Year down the Crack- this was a cool line, but I don't consider it to be extremely impressive. Sure, it takes a lot of balls to straightline a narrow couloir with that great of a drop, balls that I almost certainly don't have, but the line didn't seem to require a lot of talent. It was something I looked at and thought, that line isn't so difficult if one has the courage to ski it. This is as compared with lines I have seen from other ski movies, where some crazy will jump a 60 foot cliff into a glade or ride some spine with avalanches cascading down on each side... these are scenes that I watch and think, these people are miles beyond my skill level and are able to ski/ride such incredible terrain because of their world class talent. Maybe my lack of amazement at Cody's line results from the shot having not the greatest camera angles. To be honest, I was more impressed with the line before I saw the POV- the helmet cam view made the crack seem wider and showed that he had room to scrub his speed numerous times.
If you've read all that, you probably do think I'm a rotten tomatoes type critic, tearing apart everything except for Toy Story just because I have no heart. I just would like to hear what you guys think, if you share my opinions or if you totally disagree with what I said.
