I didn't see this in the day, but I bought this recently partly based on the reviews on here. It's not what I wanted. Whilst you cannot fault the skiing, setting or photography of this film. It has a few things that let it down for me.
1. Far too much of the skiing action is shown in slow motion, accompanied by medium paced music. Hey these are high energy, world class skiers. A bit of slowmo, yes, but not this much.
2. The stunt sequences left me cold. How many real skiers go down a bob run, ski under a piste basher or through busy cafes. And we'd already seen Bogner film that for James Bond.
3. The music is, with 1 exception heavy europop synth based, there is no variation to appeal to those with other music tastes.
4. The plot, such as it is, detracts from the film. We don't need to see Suzy driving her car, or John washing his face. The truck chase lift from Cannonball run being the biggest waste of time.
5. The break dancing, sand surfing, space skiing sections smack of filler, especially when backed with more europop.
So for me I prefer Blizzard of Ahhs to this, as it stands. I'm sure the footage could be made into a much better film. Might even have a try for myself.
1. Far too much of the skiing action is shown in slow motion, accompanied by medium paced music. Hey these are high energy, world class skiers. A bit of slowmo, yes, but not this much.
2. The stunt sequences left me cold. How many real skiers go down a bob run, ski under a piste basher or through busy cafes. And we'd already seen Bogner film that for James Bond.
3. The music is, with 1 exception heavy europop synth based, there is no variation to appeal to those with other music tastes.
4. The plot, such as it is, detracts from the film. We don't need to see Suzy driving her car, or John washing his face. The truck chase lift from Cannonball run being the biggest waste of time.
5. The break dancing, sand surfing, space skiing sections smack of filler, especially when backed with more europop.
So for me I prefer Blizzard of Ahhs to this, as it stands. I'm sure the footage could be made into a much better film. Might even have a try for myself.
