no one is really saying the same thing, becuz not everyone likes the same thing, hence not everyone likes the same movies.
I believe a ski movie should be inspiring more than anything, if it's quality of film, good editing, music that gets you pumped, sick style or sick trix, it doesn't matter. In the best of worlds, we would have every criteria in a film.
I like to see segments where effort was put into them, but I dont like flashy artwork that may be difficult to create yet not so impressive to watch (aka Steele Spence in RFA, the building was cool, but that graffiti junk looked like crap). Super slow motion shots are good as long as the music flows well too. For example, Phil belan in RFA, one of the best segments ever, Simple, well edited, original music and pure style.
As for park, pow or urban. I think it should be a pretty even mix of all of them, then again different riders do different things. Lifestyle is always cool to. One thing few companies focus on are comps!!! For those of us who cant travel 1000 miles it's cool to see the highlights on a Tv instead of a computer.
What I dont like to see are segments that were put together somewhat quickly with limited footage. If you didnt get the footy or the shots didnt come out, dont bother putting them in the film. i.e. Seth in 1242 or Mike D in RFA. And if you got a trick that wasn't really all that great from 3 different angles, we only need to see one, for example seeing the same plain cork 7 over and over again in Versys.
All in all, after watching the film you should feel like you just feel like you just won a billion dollars. If possible the film should build the whole time, saving best for last, so you come out feeling great. For example, Pep and jon had great segments in 1242, but they should have ended with pep.
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Skiing or sex?
'honeslty for me skiing, while I'm having sex I think about skiing, but when I'm skiing I don't think about sex at all'
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