Friday, January 14, 2005
Courage Mountain, a review.
Well, I'm not sure how to critique a children's movie--I'm a bit removed from what would be found appealing to that audience. So, sticking to the climbing portion ...
There is no climbing. Tiny bit of scrambling and one segment of Charlie Sheen's stand-in catching significant air on (allegedly) wooden skis circa 1915. Some nice scenery though.
I surmise that this got included in a list of climbing movies by someone using a "key-word" search.
This is the end of my review.
P.S. Either Oliver Stone is a genius or I was mistaken in thinking that Charlie Sheen could act (in Platoon).
Well, I'm not sure how to critique a children's movie--I'm a bit removed from what would be found appealing to that audience. So, sticking to the climbing portion ...
There is no climbing. Tiny bit of scrambling and one segment of Charlie Sheen's stand-in catching significant air on (allegedly) wooden skis circa 1915. Some nice scenery though.
I surmise that this got included in a list of climbing movies by someone using a "key-word" search.
This is the end of my review.
P.S. Either Oliver Stone is a genius or I was mistaken in thinking that Charlie Sheen could act (in Platoon).
Thursday, January 13, 2005
well magoo, I'll post something just so I don't get "timed out" and have to remember my password.
Digging up old lists from rec.climbing of adventure books and climbing movies, I procured from the library IN SEARCH OF THE FORTY DAYS ROAD by Michael Asher (good stuff) and from Netflix, "Courage Mountain," which will be fun to critique from a climbing standpoint (it's the sequel to "Heidi"). Review to follow.
Digging up old lists from rec.climbing of adventure books and climbing movies, I procured from the library IN SEARCH OF THE FORTY DAYS ROAD by Michael Asher (good stuff) and from Netflix, "Courage Mountain," which will be fun to critique from a climbing standpoint (it's the sequel to "Heidi"). Review to follow.
So quiet in here, I think I hear an echooooo.
