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Steep
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Ingrid Backstrom, Bill Briggs,
Doug Coombs, Stefano De Benedetti |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG |
| Distributed
By: |
Sony Pictures Home Enterttainment |
| Web Site: |
www.steepfilm.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Only if you want
them jumping off mountains. |
| Date Movie: |
If she likes
skiing, beautiful scenery, or both. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
There's no action
in the ski lodge here. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Only skiers
crashing. |
| Action: |
Lots of
fast-action following the skiers. |
| Laughs: |
A chuckle or two. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
I liked the dude
combining skiing and base jumping. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
"That's gonna be
the next big mountain, skier chick. |
| Directed By: |
Mark Obenhaus |
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Cool Things About the DVD |
| Learn French! |
You get some
subtitles. |
| Buy a New TV! |
This movie is made
for the big screen. |
| Anything Else! |
I liked the
"filming" portion and the Q&A session was alright. |
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Steep
A Movie/DVD Review |
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If you like to ski you might know names like Bill Briggs,
Doug Coombs, Ingrid Backstrom, and Stefano De Benedetti. If
you like to ski and you don’t know those names your skiing
probably sucks, at least in comparison to those named. The
DVD is "Steep," it’s a documentary about skiing, but it’s
not your "Weee, we’re going down the bunny slopes!" Nope,
this one is about extreme skiing, you know, the skiing where
you get to the top of the mountain by helicopter or mountain
climbing and then come back down, hoping for total
exhilaration and that you don’t die.
All right, maybe that first paragraph was a little
extreme, but "Steep" is a fascinating look at a bunch of
extreme skiers, how the sport evolved over the years, and
that yes, it is as dangerous as it looks. Now, I wish I had
more to say about the documentary, but for one, I don’t ski,
although I do appreciate the skills needed to do what these
folks do. The other thing is that along with hearing the
stories of the skiers, "Steep" is one beautiful movie, as
you would expect of something that pretty much takes place
along virgin mountain ranges.
If you like skiing, watching "Steep" might give you
delusions of grandeur, of a new challenge, but I’m thinking
until you can conquer the black diamond slopes you might
just be better off dreaming of the challenge and live
vicariously through the lives of the skiers found here; If
you like a documentary about the beautiful scenery of snow,
ignore the skiers and enjoy the pristine nature and
destruction of the snow slopes as the dudes and dudettes
make their way down; And if you hate skiers and don’t give a
damn about beautiful scenery, rent "Ski Patrol" to further
your hatred.
The DVD has the normal commentary stuff I didn’t listen
to, but I did enjoy the section showing how parts of the
movie were shot using cable cams, you know, those cameras
that drift over the football field nowadays, and how
difficult that challenge was in itself.
If you appreciate skiing, "Steep" will be a great rental
for you, probably even 5 stars, but if you’re just the
casual person who watches skiing on TV just to see people
crash, it’s probably about 2 stars. I’ll average them
together and give "Steep" 3 ½ stars out of 5. You can
probably know if it’s for you just but the subject matter.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
