Gripped Movie Released

JaredG wrote:

They're not wearing helmets.

Impressive detective work there Jared. 

This will be 2020's answer to Vertical Limit

For what it’s worth the directors Instagram looks like he actually climbs...

carla rosa wrote:

All I want to know is what climbs they filmed on...anyone?

Confirmed on the imdb page: "Gripped was shot over the the course of 3 weeks in the Mt. Whitney area of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. The crew rigged over one thousand feet of rope on the side of the Whitney Portal buttress."

JaredG wrote:

They're not wearing helmets.

This will be a weekend whipper

"Killer Pillar is not just a couple pitches. It's a commitment. It's a grade 5."

Shit! A grade 5???   

The website says to "check the link for streaming platforms", but I see no such link...

Go to w w w 1 <dot> moviesjoy <dot> net and search "gripped climbing the killer pillar" and you'll find it in all of its infamous glory! 

Royal wrote:

Go to w w w 1 moviesjoy net and search "gripped climbing the killer pillar" and you'll find it in all of its infamous glory! 

Oh, and you'll want an addblocker to use this site without winding up totally frustrated. And yes, the movie is every bit the thing you think it is. 

Cole Darby wrote:

I'm so sick and tired of the film industry perpetuating cultural myths. Like the idea that dirtbag climbers would know what to do with an avocado. Those things cost, like, $2! Each!

Andrew Hess wrote:

"Killer Pillar is not just a couple pitches. It's a commitment. It's a grade 5."

Shit! A grade 5???   

At some point he says it’s 1000 ft route with over an hour approach, which would more likely be a grade IV, or even a grade III depending on the rating. 

Anyone have any good GCU (gripped cinematic universe) observations to share?

so far some notables I’ve seen:

-Jackie Blackstone is Lynn Hill, i think
-multi pitch trad climbing with strangers on your second day outside is a-ok
- gri gri instruction consists of “just lean back it will do the rest”
-40L Patagonia packs are pretty standard to carry on 2-3 pitch routes
-ditching your gym climbing friend to go climb trad with a dude you wanna bone is cool because all she wants to do is drink beer and complain
-Peter Croft exists in the GCU
-a green 1L nalgene should be good on water for two people climbing the killer pillar.
-long hair or Blue bandannas are usually fine as a helmet substitute.
-really good holds are called bombers
-when climbing the killer pillar, no matter how many pitches you climb, or how many pendulums you do, you’ll always end up back on the same dihedral. anytime you look down you’ll be on el cap, anytime you look up you’ll be in Whitney portal with rain rolling in, but as long as the people shooting your climb are at your side, it will be clear and sunny skies.
-Rose taking the lead on the killer pillar > Honnold Soloing the freerider

Cole Darby wrote:

Anyone have any good GCU (gripped cinematic universe) observations to share?

so far some notables I’ve seen about 10 minutes in:

-Jackie is Lynn Hill, i think
-multi pitch trad climbing with strangers on your second day outside is a-ok
- gri gri instruction consists of “just lean back it will do the rest”
-40L Patagonia packs are pretty standard to carry on 2-3 pitch routes
-ditching your gym climbing friend to go climb trad with a dude you wanna bone is cool because all she wants to do is drink beer and complaint
-Peter Croft exists in the GCU

It's accepted that you can free climb a grade V Bigwall in 2 days and not need any sleeping gear or food aside from an apple. 

Cole Darby wrote:

Anyone have any good GCU (gripped cinematic universe) observations to share?

so far some notables I’ve seen:

-Jackie Blackstone is Lynn Hill, i think

I thought Jackie Florine did the only good acting in the movie, and her character was the only one you’d want to know IRL. 

To add to your observation list: when he’s ascending the rope with long runners - because naturally he doesn’t carry any thin cord with him on a long route - he never bothers to use the gri gri on his harness for progress capture. He just slowly and painfully loosens and moves and retightens the runner. 

We watched it last night. My wife's comment: "Strangely amateurish, but good fun."

Sure, we can nitpick it to death, but overall in the spectrum of full length fictional climbing films it really isn't all that cringeworthy. Compared to the big budget Hollywood movies, they actually did get most of the details and terminology correct.

One of the little surprises I liked the best were the behind the scenes inserts during the credits, like the close-ups of the end of the pendulum being filmed 4' off the ground.

it would have been more accurate if they reached the top and he said “you can pay me back for that dropped #4 cam whenever you get the chance...”

overall the biggest disappointment in this movie was that it wasn’t worse. i wanted cringeworthy and terrible. this was watchable and not ridiculously inaccurate... 

I thought it gave a dangerous and unrealistic (one might even say Rose-colored) view of how good date climbs can be. From my limited experience, and the stories I've heard, date climbs generally go far far worse than this. 

Can we rename this thread to "Gripped Spoilers" or "Gripping Reviews"?