sacco1 Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 So I went out and saw the most recent Warren Miller concoction. It certainly got me excited about the season, but I was disgusted by the intense level of product placement. I've seen a couple of his others, but never noticed this. Have his movies always been this way??? I feel used and abused. I will certainly never buy another ticket to a glorified Jeep/CamelBack/Nature Valley/Grand Marnier commercial. I left that theater feeling like a corporate whore... Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 did Zudnick have a Jeep logo shaved on his butt Quote
cj001f Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 Wow. You managed to elevate yourself out of the coma inducing bump segments enough to register disgust. I'm impressed. Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 did they have a dog helping people load chairlifts Quote
cj001f Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 did they have a dog helping people load chairlifts Most chairlifts have ugly bitches working Quote
Geek_the_Greek Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 Have his movies always been this way??? Yes. WM is in a sellout league of his own, although some recent Banff world tour flicks have been trying hard to compete. Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 no one, and I mean no one, has better syncronized one-piece groomer skiing than WM. Quote
korup Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 I think every year gets worse and worse. There used to be reasonably subtle product views. Now, there is a gratuitous Jeep or granola bar in every possible shot. Not to mention the voice-overs, cooing about the amenities of Resort X, straight from the promo brochure/marketing department. Yes, I felt insulted last year, paying to be assaulted by a sales brouchure? The Alaska money-shot sequences almost make up for it though... BTW, the TGR film is touring too (Seattle, 11/3) and should be a good contrast! Quote
JayB Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 WM sold the company to his son several years ago. I don't think he's been all that involved in the production since the late 80's Scot Schmidt NF one-piece era, but I could be wrong. Even then, Greg Stump's movies were better IMO. Now there's abouta dozen different companies cranking out ski movies each year. "Booter Crunk" and "War" had a good mix of park and big-mountain footage, and you can download them for a week's worth of viewage at www.totalvid.com for $4. "Teddy Bear Crisis" had lots of huge-air-off-giant-cheese-wedge-into-powder footage, and lots of bad European techno, and a bit of big-line footage - but way less variety than the other two. "Booter Crunk" also features lots of Oregon talent if I'm not mistaken. Quote
tomtom Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 Shoot. I thought this thread was going to be about Western Mountaineering's latest Extreme Sleeping movie. Zzzzzz's of Death. Quote
Couloir Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 I saw it too and I agree. That one Jeep segment was over the top with the skiers and they're Jeep Logo on their backs. JEEP...JEEP...JEEP...blah blah blah. And $25 a ticket?? That's it for me. The music wasn't too bad though. Quote
sweatinoutliquor Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 That movie sucked. The clip where the dude with little hands eats the giant nature valley bar!? I mean, that was totally shameless. What a load of crap. At least I got the free ticket to meadows. I had just finished watching last year's matchstick movie yearbook too. There was a cool avy clip though. Quote
ketch Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 WM sold the company to his son several years ago. I don't think he's been all that involved in the production since the late 80's Scot Schmidt NF one-piece era, but I could be wrong. Even then, Greg Stump's movies were better IMO. Now there's abouta dozen different companies cranking out ski movies each year. "Booter Crunk" and "War" had a good mix of park and big-mountain footage, and you can download them for a week's worth of viewage at www.totalvid.com for $4. "Teddy Bear Crisis" had lots of huge-air-off-giant-cheese-wedge-into-powder footage, and lots of bad European techno, and a bit of big-line footage - but way less variety than the other two. "Booter Crunk" also features lots of Oregon talent if I'm not mistaken. Jay B your are close with this one. Warren sold the rights to his son, they were later sold to Time-Warner. Warren has been narrating only, for several years. I had the pleasure of doing the World premier with Warren recently. He was not involved with this one at all. I talked with him afterwards. Kinda interesting and sad at the same time. He was obviously pissed at the movie that had been produced and then had his name stuck on it but he was an absolute gentleman about it. I'm goin to wait a bit as I would forsee changes. Other than that the advertising was worse and has been so since Time-Warner bought the rights. Quote
sweatinoutliquor Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 "You want your ski... Then go get it..." still makes me laugh. Quote
kioti Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 The movie didn't really help me get my stoke on. It was all relatively uninspired. Did have much good humor in it. The lines weren't all that impressive. They speak of a higher ground, but that feeling isn't really conveyed. The music was OK, with a few good choices. Also, you can't get a Meadows ticket until April, as the voucher is only good for April 2006. Weak. You only have about a week to use the US Outdoor Coupon, not that I would want to go in there anyways. Plake was good as usual. It was cool seeing him reinact the decades, I could have done without the poker game though. Quote
korup Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 The Time-Warner connection was new to me, did some googling, and found- "The fees they ask for are a great value as a customer and as a partner," said David Perry, vice president with Aspen Skiing Co., which paid the movie company around $50,000 to include its Snowmass ski area in the latest Miller flick, "Impact." Andy Wirth, vice president of marketing for Steamboat and The Canyons in Utah, said Miller's brand "carries a great deal of credibility and is really a key device in jolting people into thinking about skiing." http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041115/NEWS/411150302/1011/BUSINESS So, it is far, far worse than I expected.... Quote
pindude Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 The movie didn't really help me get my stoke on. Try this one, then, if your lookin to get your stoke on. Many of you have probably seen it, but it's still good on a tenth, etc. viewing. And done relatively locally (by Bill Heath of Nelson, BC). Snow Falling on Sinners select clips from above movie Quote
lancegranite Posted October 28, 2005 Posted October 28, 2005 "You want your ski... Then go get it..." still makes me laugh. You said it! Quote
snoboy Posted October 29, 2005 Posted October 29, 2005 Snow Falling on Sinners Watched it four times already this year. Quote
snowbank Posted November 22, 2005 Posted November 22, 2005 Come on guys. Who didn't laugh when they were all sitting around eating granola bars after a hard day of filming? And resort amenities are entertaining enough. The big problem with this movie was that the clips were boring. When I wnet, the bellingham crowd tired to get stoked, but couldn't. Glad I got my free lift tickets... wish I would have won the raffle. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 yeah, they've definitely gone ... downhill. but at least they have nice cameras. it wasn't any worse than at least one other ski movie i've seen this season. actually, it wasn't worse than that one ... and i'll leave it unnamed. i wishe they'd bring the others around again now that it's snowing ... Quote
RocNoggin Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 did Zudnick have a Jeep logo shaved on his butt Zudnick is dead. Quote
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