Don't you hate getting stuck on the chairlift?

Wooooow.
I can't believe they actually considered making this movie, let alone went through the whole process of filming and producing it without someone pointing out that it was a stupid idea!
 
From what I understand this was a "Park City at Midnight" selection at the Sundance Film Festival. But if you look at the statistics quoted in that trailer, 30 million Americans ski or snowboard (not sure on the accuracy of that, but it seems pretty reasonable). That's 10% of the country--a very large market for any film production to tap into. It seems they are trying to appeal to the weekend warriors, the once-a-year skiers, the gapers, really. And it will work. I bet anything that it gets pretty good reviews and is a box-office success. Something about it reminds me of Paranormal Activity. Could it be the low-budget horror film genre? Yes.

That said, the entire premise doesn't make sense and is downright stupid. But I'm sure it will be a commercial success. And it's going to cause controversy. I bet anything that come this film's release, news outlets are going to be crying for more "safety" on the mountain, on chairlifts, on trails, etc. Kind of like what Natasha Richardson's death did for helmet use advocates. I fear what will happen once this movie is released. No, I think we will see a good number of people clamoring for more on-hill safety--similar to the California bill that essentially proposed a law that required resorts to basically place pads on trees, clear other obstacles (like cliffs, trees, bushes, etc.) and anything that you wouldn't find on a groomed trail. Which is again, stupid. And really I'm surprised the ski industry isn't speaking out against this movie yet. It will be interesting to see what happens.
 
Why would you care if it's original or not? Since when was I being marked for creativity?

I expressed my apparently generic opinion, now you may express yours. And no offense, but I really don't care if there are like 1 000 000 other similar posts to mine.
 
You're right; I'm misinterpreting the way that the media misinterprets the inherent risks in skiing. Because the media outlets weren't going crazy over the need for mandatory helmet use after Natasha Richardson's death. And they weren't attacking the industry's safety track record after the Quicksilver accident at Whistler, or the Teller/Ruby accident at Keystone. I'm completely wrong.

You mark my words; the media will have a field day over this--which will encourage even more gapers and weekend warriors to go and see it.

I'm not at all saying it looks like a good movie; the premise is laughable and really stupid. But overall, I think it's just going to cause more media misinterpretation of skiing's inherent risks and safety track record.
 
A patroller at Whistler got stuck in a Gondola for a while at night after a liftie closed down the lift, luckily they had a radio... he got fired.
 
i dont think this movie will even make it to theaters. it will be seen by like 20 people when it goes straight to DVD. thats not really enough exposure for a massive media/public outcry for more ski resort safety...
 
so true, i never call last run it's either i'm skiing until get kicked off or i land what i'm trying.
once i called last run on my bmx, 30 seconds later i had a broken collar bone, still went to MacDonalds then to the bike shop before i though went to hospital, getting my priorities straight.
 
wow I forgot that when the lights shut off at mountains wolves begin to scour the landscape looking for people left on the lift, thus making climbing down or jumping off fatal...
 
theres a reason they cant jump off- did anyone else see the wolves- hello- wolves attacvk skiers on chairlifts everyyear- but seriously there were wolves in the trailer
 
they called last run - they deserve everything they get.... ha ..... Never call last run.
seriously though, that looks like a crock of sh*t.... whoever agreed to fund that movie when it was pitched to them must of been as high as a kite.... on crack....
 
all i can picture u as is a little dexter bitch
was that even real and do they actually expect tomake money that looked like a straight joke until it got kinda serious idont know what to believe
 
haha it seems as though halfway through making the film someone pointed out that its very possible to jump off a lift so they had to throw some wolves in to cover up that loophole
 
jump off the lift and land on em. it solves two problems, the wolf is now dead, and you got a nice cushy landing.
 
Love it. The sad part is that people will actually get scared of lifts because of this shit. Besides. Don't they run the lift through all of the chair like twice after the last person gets on?
 
ture story this happened to a friend of mines dads friend. The lift stoped just like that when this girl went up to check out the top of the lift she jumped broke her back and crawled a quarter way up the mt to the top and then phoned in for help
 
Yeah it also happened to the friend of the friend of the friend of the friend of my sisters friend when she was 12. I'm 100% sure that there is no way that the story changed by the time it came to me....
 
ya. except this is realy nothing like jaws. this would def not be as scary cause its not real. If it ever happened, I'd be cold, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. Ski patrol would come eventually. ITs not real!!!

But...I'm still going to see it!
 
claim: i saw this being filmed last year in UT. they had a really cool fake chairlift set up that was like 100 yards long but the chairlifts got smaller and smaller the further down the line they were so it looked like it was super long.

It was filmed at snowbasin in like marchish.
 
dude i layed a brick this is going to scare everyone on the mountian and did the women like put her hands in dog shit because he facail expresion look liked it
 
DO NOT PANIC! SIMPLY FOLLOW THESE CRITICAL SURVIVAL STEPS AND YOU WILL SURVIVE ANY CHAIRLIFT PROBLEM LIKE THIS
 
That's the first thing I noticed. He goes "last run" and I'm like "well now your fucked."

This is real? How long could a movie about being stuck on a chairlift be? Hopefully not over and hour.
 
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