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  4 of 5 02/10/2005 @ 19:22 |
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| Price Paid |
| $5 (premiere) |
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| Bought From |
| Milosport, sort of |
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| Times Watched |
| Just Once |
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| Review Detail |
| Um, it was pretty typical. Guys shredding, lots of rails, long Mikey LeBlanc part (2 songs) and some other cool folks. Travis Parker making funny noises, yelling at MFM, JF Pelchat running through the woods in an orange jumpsuit, lots of good stuff. I didn't think it was amazing, or really even close to Robotfood's stuff or even MTN.LAB from DC, but it was still pretty good. Some of my friends adore this movie. |
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| Strengths |
Darrel Mathes' part
Mikey LeBlanc's part
MFM's part (MFM! MFM! I'll see you on the lips!)
JF Pelchat/Travis Parker being weird and funny
A few cool songs |
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| Weaknesses |
Overall weak soundtrack
I like more freeriding, but that's me
Felt like the music overpowered the movie at times |
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| Similar Movies Watched |
| One Love, Chulksmack |
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 5 of 5 25/09/2005 @ 21:02 |
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| Just Once |
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| Review Detail |
Burning Bridges is an interesting little movie, it certainly has numerous good parts but there's also a few questionable aspects to it as well. Firstly, the soundtrack is a bit dodgy, one of the few releases I've watched and not felt the need to get hold of any of the tracks. Don't let that put you off though, that's only my taste of course, there's plenty of people out there who'll like the music included. The second indifferent part of Burning Bridges, for me, is the attitude/personality of the riders themselves, there's a lot of angry men in there and while seeing them ride makes my feet itch for some snow, I'd probably pass up on the opportunity to actually go riding with any of them.
But lets move on to more positive things, because this is still a very good snowboarding film, the points I've raised above certainly wouldn't make me go running back to the shop receipt in hand demanding a refund. The production is solid and filming of very high standard, the editing has a slightly different feel to other movies I've seen and this is always a good thing, who wants every release to look like a clone? The stand out part is easily MFMs, his riding is a cut above the rest in my opinion, so smooth and technical, a joy to watch basically. The whole movie is very rail and jump heavy, those of you who don't enjoy this will want to avoid because there's minimal big mountain lines. However if you're like me this won't be a problem to you.
So, definitely worth getting I think, if only because it's a bit different to the type of things Standard Films and Absinthe produce. In the promotional blurb Mikey LeBlanc claimed this will be the last movie you're watching at the end of the season once everything else has been consigned to history, I wouldn't say this will be the last I watch this season, but it will still be going strong by the time all the snow is starting to melt. |
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| Strengths |
- Great riders, MFM is a jor to watch
- Quality camera work and editing
- Feels a bit different to the rest |
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| Weaknesses |
- Riders attitudes doesn't come across well
- Music not to my taste |
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