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One For The Road

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Inline.
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I just got back from a showing of TGR's new shred flick, and it was a great success in my opinion. The first shot of the movie blew my mind. Lets just say it involved a cliff of epic proportions, and a frontflip. The Baldface Lodge segment was really sick. There were a lot of things i had not seen a lot of, filming-wise. Sage is an animal. His segment blew my mind. Flat 3 this, frontflip that. He also had many creative lines this year, really liked that. The Iceland part was very different, but good. Nick Martini had a few good shots in it but Rory Bushfield! Holy Balls! That double off the fishing ship was nuts! Another interesting trip was to Macedonia. It was really just filled with standard pow-ski porn but in a different setting. Towards the end is a sweet gap session with Mike Riddle, Tom Wallisch, maybe Sage, and some snowboarders. Great slo mo. The Pemperton part was one of my favorites. It had great skiers charging super hard on some really gnarly terrain. Then, Ian Macintosh breaks his leg. A great redemption seggy follows. The final AK part was basically superpark for TGR. Alaska seemed tame compared to some of the gnarly shit the guys were skiing earlier.
All in all a great film with a very sick vibe that made me want to ski. Go see it!
The trailer for your viewing pleasure:
sorry if that sucked.
Sep 22 2011 11:34PM
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egg.
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im very exited to go see it!
Sep 22 2011 11:45PM
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extravert
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Any idea when it will be available on dvd or itunes?
Sep 23 2011 12:03AM
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Inline.
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No idea
Sep 23 2011 12:11AM
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MothaHucker
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you forgot the fucking spoiler alert. but i really wanna see this, looks so dope.
Sep 23 2011 1:29AM
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SKI.ING
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Really hope they throw it on iTunes. These 30 dollar movies are killing me
Sep 23 2011 1:35AM
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Thrash
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I'm seeing it tomorrow night. Looking forward to it.
Sep 23 2011 1:40AM
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Inline.
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Sorry. SPOILER ALERT
Sep 23 2011 2:24AM
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steezy.stew
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going to see it tonight. stoked!
Sep 23 2011 12:04PM
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ajax
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Good review. That movie really got me stoked for winter.
Sep 23 2011 1:16PM
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RubberSoul
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^
Sep 23 2011 1:21PM
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Inline.
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Thanks dude it means a lot
Sep 23 2011 5:54PM
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Bagels
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we watched the front flip go down live. trailer lives up to the movie
Sep 23 2011 6:27PM
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Z-Juice
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STOKED!! and on sportflicks.com I'm pretty sure it said ships Oct. 13th, so closer than you think.

Buy It!!!
Sep 23 2011 7:43PM
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Thrash
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So good.
Sep 24 2011 1:32AM
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LDV
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Pemberton*


Fuck yea, so stoked for this movie.
Sep 24 2011 2:26AM
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JacheOReally
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Just got back from the Alpine premiere FUCKING SICK!!!!! Best TGR movie in a while in my opinion, so fucking stocked, benchetler?! holy shit, Ralves slayed shit, the opening segment was banger as shit, canada segment was so damn sick, god im stoked hahah
Sep 24 2011 3:02AM
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UncleGerry
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To be honest with you, I thought it was decent at best, and this is coming from a longtime TGR fan. I thought the opening segment was banger, it gave me goosebumps and got me stoked, but something just wasnt right about alot of the rest of the movie. Benchetlers segment was just mostly him doing 180's off cliffs and buttering in pow, which you can only watch so many times. The park segments weren't really good at all besides Andreas' octo double which was pretty sick. The seggy with Wallisch was really bad because the slow mo was just SO overdone.

I feel as if they should have closed out the movie with Ian Mac's segment. Instead, they have like 4 segments towards the end that kind of drag on in AK. The soundtrack was pretty sick though, but i feel as if they could have done a little bit better in terms of cutting down on certain footage. Also, I really liked the theme too, I thought that was badass.

I dunno, its hard to describe, but it just didn't really do it for me. Martini's seg was pretty cool, Sage's was pretty sick, and Callum/Dana/Ian slayed as always. The opening segment definitely got me stoked though. Todd Ligare had a shit ton of shots in that movie.

Sep 24 2011 11:07AM
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powskier82
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Can't wait to see it when it comes to slc in November. Been hearing some crazy reviews!
Sep 28 2011 1:52AM
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snomaster
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I thought similar to you. IMO the skiing was better in their last film. I missed Sammy in Cooke City, Seth, etc. Though I'm glad that nabbed Bentchetler for a few shots.
Sep 28 2011 2:07AM
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borealridah
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ha me too
Sep 28 2011 9:32AM
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BroBrah
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iTunes anybody? i'd really like to see this. heard great things.
Oct 2 2011 5:34PM
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SurfaceHoar
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Oct. 4th - itunes
Oct 2 2011 8:44PM
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Ski_ftw_qc
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I must watch it. Best and free way : Get it buy torrent :)
Oct 2 2011 8:51PM
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RJ_Res
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Yeah fuck off. That's nothing but grease.
Oct 2 2011 9:45PM
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benk
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it's up in itunes as of an hour ago..great job TGR!
Oct 11 2011 5:20PM
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SKIER_666
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It was so sick now wheres MSP they said it would be out by now.
Oct 11 2011 6:13PM
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Squaw6
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Such a sick movie. Loved the use of the phantom camera.
Oct 12 2011 4:10AM
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Squaw6
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Also, so much better than Light the Wick.
Oct 12 2011 4:11AM
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brennanmidwest
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I thought the movie was sick, i still cant get over that first shot

Oct 12 2011 10:29AM
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Session
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REALLY good movie. I like how it started with Todd Ligare, and ended with him getting the call for his first AK trip with TGR. Griffin Post is also a solid addition to the TGR team.

Sage Kills it...duh.

And Ian Macintosh goes so fucking hard.
Oct 12 2011 12:20PM
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casual
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Ian is the realest out. No quit in that guy, and he steps to the gnarliest shit available and just. points. it.
Oct 12 2011 12:46PM
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ms_uk
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Really impressed with this movie, first TGR film for me, normally a PBP, MSP, L1 kinda guy. So good reviews led me to giving it a go. Overall I thought it was sick, the opening segment sets the bar high, massive cliff + frontflip = win. Sage kills it everytime he shows up, Ian Macintosh goes huge. Loved the soundtrack thought it complemented the skiing perfectly. Only downside for me was the park shoot, some killer skiiers there in Riddle and Wallisch but all we got was slowmo 5's. But overall a sick movie and TGR has definatlely won me over
Oct 13 2011 2:30PM
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extravert
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As a whole I thought it was one of their best films. It flowed well and the music was on point. I was also disappointed by the park shoot though. I wanted to see more whole tricks, not 2 seconds of super slowmo.
Oct 13 2011 3:25PM
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Gypsy_Skier
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torrents are dope but you gotta support the industry dude
Oct 13 2011 3:51PM
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.jon
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Great flick over all. Sage, Ian, and Ligare really killed it.

My only complaint is that the movie felt like an elongated form of the teaser in that they reused both songs from the teaser and just about all the shots (including the voiceover). I found at least one shot that was in the teaser, movie intro, and a segment in the movie. Putting a shot out there 3 times is just too much.
Oct 13 2011 5:37PM
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S.RUZYCKI
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watching it at freshtival tonight!
Oct 13 2011 7:22PM
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iSmokeweed
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it was pretty good.
Oct 13 2011 10:06PM
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Inline.
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yes it was
Oct 13 2011 11:07PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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pretty much the oposite of this is what i thought. didn't feel any flow at all and the music didn't seem to fit well either. just my opinion but i lol'd at sage on top of the AK line as nigggga please is being sung in the background. i guess tgr is trying to target a younger crowd with this one. 
Oct 14 2011 11:29AM
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Session
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It pretty much told the story of the season of TGR athletes. How it didn't flow to you is beyond me completely.
Oct 14 2011 11:54AM
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Piste.Off
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Saw it last night in Fort Collins. Definitely TGR's best movie since Lost and Found. Soundtrack was on point, the opening segment gave me chills. Sage goes crazy as always, Ligare rides easily the craziest spines I've ever seen. Martini's urban part in Iceland was cool. Rory Bushfield does more stupid things. Ian's femur x ray is super gnarly. TGR has the absolute best skiers in the world, I don't know how you can hate on it.
Oct 14 2011 12:05PM
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zavskier
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Probably TGR's best film in a long time, much better than LIght the Wick. Thought their editing/filming was a huge step up from the past few years, and made it flow really well. For a mainly big mountain/backcountry film, one of the best out ther in my opinion. Got me super stoked to ski.

Oct 14 2011 12:06PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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well thats ok because to each their own right? i bet a ton of people will love the flow/music, i couldnt stand it. buddy somewhere above said he got sick of benchetlers pow 180s and butters, to me I could watch that shit for hours on end. opinions are great only because they are different.
Oct 14 2011 12:54PM
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pow314
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ya the park shoot was sub-par, but that's not what you buy TGR for. i can firmly say that this movie showcased the most insane innovative big mountain skiing on the planet. TGR is the only company leaving haines and searching for even bigger lines, they're the only company skiing spines like they are. rhalves, mac, and sage are doing things on spines that absolutely blow my mind. i really liked the theme as well.
Oct 14 2011 1:57PM
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SKI.ING
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Ready to pull the trigger and buy this movie, but on a couple of user reviews they said there is too much narration and not enough skiing for the runtime of the film. Any truth to this?
Oct 14 2011 2:00PM
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Session
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Anyone who says there isn't enough skiing isn't looking for a good movie, they just want to see "bangers" and listen to shitty rap.

The amount of shit that made my head explode more than made up for 5 minutes total of non skiing.
Oct 14 2011 2:05PM
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pow314
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^the narration was sick. had the best skiing i have ever seen. buy it.
Oct 14 2011 2:09PM
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J.D.
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They needed to cut it down a bit. The vast majority of footage that didn't entail shreddy steep lines dragged on. Macintosh's seg should've finished the movie, instead it was followed by a baffling hip / park segment with non-stop slowmo phantom shots including one that didn't even have Tom's (I believe) head in frame. Bonus material if ever there was any. Griffin Post and Todd Ligare have like 3 segs each, which is fine because they killed it super hard, but a weird choice of organization. I found the soundtrack pretty good. Cinematography was generally really solid and they didn't overuse the POV shots.

Overall it was a very enjoyable flick in usual, what you expect from TGR form. But it could have been improved and made about 10 minutes shorter.

Oct 14 2011 2:11PM
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Session
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I agree, the park segment could have been cut. If they wanted to have Tom Wallisch in their movie they should have taken him to hit some BC booters or something.
Oct 14 2011 3:41PM
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stolitonic
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D+ or C- work in my opinion.  there's some great scenes but overall this will be a movie that is average at best.

The trailer for the movie Further was to long especially if they cut scenes. From start to finish just to predictable. Old west narration just doesn't fit with the  dirty techno scenes and by the end of the movie i was annoyed with the whole thing.

Walking away from the movie I wasn't inspired and a little disappointed almost glad it was over.











 
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