Reel Rock 9- Valley Uprising
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Just some thoughts for folks who may be thinking of going to a show. please post corrections and additions! |
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Thanks for the review Mark. I'm excited to check out the film tomorrow in Denver. For those of you who haven't seen, there's an interesting perspective from Andrew Bisharat here: |
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Good review of the movie Mark. I attended the showing last night as well. The film definitely got me stoked to get stronger and make a trip to the Valley in the near future. |
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evan h wrote:Thanks for the review Mark. I'm excited to check out the film tomorrow in Denver. For those of you who haven't seen, there's an interesting perspective from Andrew Bisharat here: eveningsends.com/climbing/v…Much better and more interesting review than mine, y'all should read it. |
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Is Valley Uprising Boom or Bust?? |
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The Valley Uprising was a brief overview of the colorful moments in Yosemite climbing history. That is what it claims to be. That is what it is. |
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Nice info on the film Mark..I've been hounding ReelRock and other online threads about this 'film' for almost 11 months now. The ReelRock 8 'tease' led us to believe it would be a stand alone film,,,released directly to DVD, in Spring of 2014 I was eager to get a copy long ago,,and I wanted that 70-80's story, the drugs, the plane, the spirit of how climbing was maybe a 'death sport' to many way back then. |
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As usual the film making and story telling is top notch. I found the history (even though I'm pretty familiar with the stories told) to be interesting. I like how the film makers incorporate humor and tension at all the right times. |
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Thank you for the info. I was really curious about this, as the advertising confused me a bit because I'm used to the multiple shorter film format. I didn't love RR8 and am pretty certain Valley Uprising won't pull me in. I wasn't crazy about the Stone Masters preview in RR8 for some of the reasons you mentioned, including glorified risk, drug use, and promiscuity, and generally painting the climber population as a haphazard group of law-breaking vagabonds. I'm constantly trying to promote climbing as a sport, and I didn't feel as if Stone Masters painted climbers in the best light. |
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Kari Post wrote:Thank you for the info. I was really curious about this, as the advertising confused me a bit because I'm used to the multiple shorter film format. I didn't love RR8 and am pretty certain Valley Uprising won't pull me in. I wasn't crazy about the Stone Masters preview in RR8 for some of the reasons you mentioned, including glorified risk, drug use, and promiscuity, and generally painting the climber population as a haphazard group of law-breaking vagabonds. I'm constantly trying to promote climbing as a sport, and I didn't feel as if Stone Masters painted climbers in the best light. I LOVED Reel Rock 7. I showed the videos to teenagers I teach climbing to, shared the films with my climber friends, and watched the films with my mom. My mom is a non-adventurous lady, who would probably die of a panic attach or at least start crying if I tried to make her rock climb. But she really enjoyed the films and was sad when we watched them all and I didn't have any more to show her. Overall the RR7 films were uplifting, inspiring, creative, funny, raw, well crafted, and artistically filmed and edited. They captured real human interest stories and made emotional connections to even non-climbers, so everyone could appreciate the films. That's why they could be shared with and enjoyed by a wide range of audiences, and I think films like that really bring positive publicity to climbing. Of course I'll still make an effort go see Valley Uprising, but I really hope that Reel Rock goes back to showcasing multiple shorter films that highlight a variety of aspects of the sport and are appropriate for diverse audiences.Kari, I understand how you feel..but it's just THAT story, that side of the vagabond Stonemasters that I REALLY want to see and hear. I know all their climbing records, and their foolish behaviors and park rules broken,,etc. It's the old preview from a year ago that hinted at a revelation of the TRUTH , the whole story, of the crashed airplane and drugs incident, that's the story I want to see. I don't think we will get it now..think it all got watered down,,and much of the footage left on the cutting room floor as they say. But understand that most climbers today want to see 3 or 4 short films about various topics,,and if the one topic is of old traddies who were climbing 25 years before most climbers were even born these days,,well it won't get the attention of the usual ReelRock tour filmfest. But us old guys were eager to see that film we saw previewed last year...now I'm not sure what we will get. It's playing in Chicago on Oct.2nd,,I've got tickets and will go to at least review it. Hope its very entertaining. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |
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Just got back from the showing in Chicago tonight.....was a very complete and fun history of Yosemite's boldness, from the origins of Harding and Robbins, through the Stonemasters era,,and into the present day speed climbers, solo climbers and climber=BASE jumpers. The theme was the every new generation pushes the limits further,,much more than the previous,,and always under the scrutiny of the older generations. I think it got a mixed reaction from most of the small crowd here to see it. Also got a few freebees, some raffle give aways, and hours of climbing on their very nice featured concrete Enterprise indoor wall. A fun outing....Over all, I will buy this DVD when it comes out next spring for sure. |