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This dude's Few Words review...

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UncleGerry
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http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2012/11/movie-review-few-words-2012.html

For those who have seen it, what do you think about his two cents on the movie? Sounds like he just isnt really in touch with the ski community and was expecting straight up ski porn. I'm interested in hearing what you guys (who have seen it) have to say about the movie in contrast to this review. Feel free to offer your own review as well, I'm getting the movie in a couple of days and super stoked about it!
Jan 13 2013 8:08AM
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.Roockley.
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i loved the movie, the soundtrack was awesome

it was as if like a lion and tita had a love child and that lovechild is Few Words

slow mo got a bit tiring but wasn't as widely used as taof, the cinematography was banger and the interviews added a nice touch

Few Words is easily in my top 3 favourite movies of all time
Jan 13 2013 8:22AM
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maximiliaan
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only seen the trailer and was already in love
Jan 13 2013 8:36AM
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I_Am_Mod
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personally speaking, few words was pretty much what i expected ....

friggin awesome !

and yeah, it isn't the everyday skimovie some might expect/hope for but imho it was one of the most beautiful pieces of freeskiing media ever created !

however i do agree somewhat with him, few words was often anticipated as being 'skiings Art of flight' which in some way it is since it was a beautiful multi year project which will blow your mind. But on the other hand it's not just a collection of mind blowing footage like in AoF, instead it provides you with more of a documentary style approach and a beautiful inside look in what freeskiing is all about ...

my personal 0.02$ go watch it/buy it, you won't be disappointed!

and, having been to both the AoF premier and the Few Words premier and enjoying snowboard movies just as much as skiing movies, i have to say that personally i found Few Words a whole lot better !
Jan 13 2013 8:40AM
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UncleGerry
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Awesome feedback guys, thanks. What was the soundtrack like? Like what genre mostly?
Also, I feel as if people were expecting it to be AoF for all the wrong reasons. It's only about one dude so people need to realize that it's not gonna be banger segments the entire way through and that it's gonna be documentary-style focused on one guy's accomplishments.
Also, were the past shots (x games, super park, chads, etc) in pretty good HD quality?
Jan 13 2013 8:45AM
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I_Am_Mod
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older shots were in best possible quality but not HD, which is pretty normal, you can't make old footage into HD footage ....

soundtrack was spot on imho, i really loved most of the songs but also in soundtrack choice they didn't go as expected and put baller tunes under a segment rather (at least thats how i perceived it) they played tunes to it that could have very well been blasting through candide's ipod when he was riding ....

just to give you an idea, this is a song that i immediately downloaded to my mp3 after seeing the movie:

Jan 13 2013 9:01AM
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LC.
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I kind of agree. It wasn't promoted as a documentary and I was expecting pure ski porn, like a one-hour Candide Kamera. Really there's about 15 minutes of new (very good and very well edited) footage, but I was expecting more.
Jan 13 2013 9:05AM
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UncleGerry
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Did they use a lot of the Kamera footage? If not, I don't know why they wouldn't. Was it just all brand new footage that they shot specifically for the movie itself?
I feel as if they should've included a lot of the Kamera footage and made it into an hour and a half/two hour documentary that had a ton of banger footage in it.
Jan 13 2013 9:31AM
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.Roockley.
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in all honesty just watch it, don't go in with opinions already

it's a great ski film
Jan 13 2013 9:34AM
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edai
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Reviewer obviously does not understand the mystique surrounding Candide's life and media presence during the last 10-15 years, which for me, was the major factor in enjoying this movie.
Jan 13 2013 10:01AM
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.[sanhedrin].
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The reviewer obviously expected the movie to be just like The Art of Flight, which is unrealistic. TAoF had a $10,000,000 budget. No one can compete with that. They had helicopters flying just to film other helicopters flying. Simply retarded. Nevertheless, that standard has been set, especially since Quiksilver was behind both projects. Who cares, tho. Candide is a boss and the movie should stand alone as its own thing. Stoked for its release on iTunes within the Monty's end.
Jan 13 2013 10:41AM
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Matty_C
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Few Words is fucking spectacular.

Anyone worried that there's not enough new footage, worry not. There's loads of new footage which is all fucking rad. But the highlight for me was how well the story of Candide is told. All the big moments are worked through brilliantly. Anybody who had never seen snow could watch this, love it, and understand how epic Candide is. But they manage to avoid making it cheesy.

As a rule, I detest listening to skiers/snowboarders/surfers talking in films. 90% of the time they just sound retarded. There's none of that bullshit here though. Candide has 1 line in the whole movie and everyone else is eloquent and to the point. And the point is that Candide's story and skiing are incredible

The music works great, and it's beautifully filmed. Lots of slowmo but it works well most of the time.

Favorite parts-

-dspin at Chads- that would hold up in any film today. So fucking stylish and crazy.
-Douglas and Dav losing their shit as they try to commentate on his 2003 Xgames pipe run
-the whole of the rest of the movie

Without a doubt this is a must-own dvd. I think getting it on itunes would be a shame. This is the film for sure that I would have if I had to choose 1 ski film for my desert island.

Oh and guys, next time someone makes a thread asking what ski film to show their non skiing friends? Now you have the answer.
Jan 13 2013 5:07PM
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Matty_C
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"there is too much talking, too much describing, too little momentum and not enough avalanches".

In case you were in any doubt as to whether or not the reviewer is fucking retarded, doubt no longer.

Quite apart from the reviewer's utter inability to write grammatically correct English, almost every sentence of his/her/its review shite.

No it's not The Art of Flight. Who the fuck ever said it was? It's Few Words.
TAOF/TITA are rad but they're just porn, and every spoken word in both is the kind of contrived bullshit that makes me want to leave the room. Candide's skiing in Few Words is amazing, and his story is genuinely amazing and not in the least bit contrived.

To compare them is totally missing the point and to conclude that "it is however quite important to state that this is not a ski movie" is absolutely delusional.

Candide is the best freeskier of all time and the argument that this is the best ski movie of all time would be a strong one.


Jan 13 2013 5:18PM
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RubberSoul
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"this isn't like the art of flight"

"not enough avalanches"


yeahhh uh you have no idea what youre talking about mr reviewer. maybe next time you want to write a review about a ski movie you should have a clue what youre talking about
Jan 13 2013 5:35PM
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