This is by far the best jib/urban ski movie I've ever watched.
It brought back something that's been missing I feel like in newer movies:
A sense of danger and consequence.
And, it's edited, paced and filmed (and....omg.....even NARRATED) perfectly in terms of impressing on the viewer what it's really all about. There's a crash segment that is literally painful to watch.....and a real tension builds, the brakes thrown on the whole flick....and it's followed by triumph—not triumph for an individual rider like we've seen in every movie ever to mention an injury/rehab, but for everyone collectively as a team, and not just in terms of riding itself, but the music crescendos, the editing gets frantic, and then REEELLLLEEEASE.
It's one of the few times in YEARS I've watched a ski movie and felt any sort of emotion or even been able to relate/empathize with the riders. It just went so far to show once and for all that you really can't convey experience by talking about it.
This isn't a movie stuffed with shots of kids doing as many possible combinations of spins on and off of dub kink rails that funnel onto a high school football field surrounded by grass, is what I'm trying to say.
I'm also trying to say that stept has now officially gone (over the last two movies) from "really amazing for an amateur jib flick" to, "really amazing professional ski filmmakers".
One last thing, this movie felt more honest and "true to the sport" than almost any other I've seen, and I think it benefits in a HUGE way from the mere fact that there's no "interpretation". What I mean is that the movie is made, top to bottom, by the same few people. There's no filter or barrier between filmmaker and subject....I think all of the best art, in any form, is made by people who use themselves as their own subjects.
Oh yeah, I truly believe the trailer was done last minute as it's really just the intro, and I'll also say that the tone and context of the "controversial interviews" seems to fit and make much more sense. Basically, it didn't come across like pandering to "thug life" or some dumb shit.
Thanks, stept. Don't know what more I can expect from a ski flick, honestly.
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