Now that was a boring climbing film. It was quite well shot, but there is very little else to recommend it. Too long, not enough story, uninspiring choice of music.
On 19/09/2011 davidn wrote:
>Are you trying to compare them WWS? The vegemite music was very inspiring imo. One of the best tunes I've heard on any video.
I agree. I love the background music that plays in our Vegemite clips. I have it on non-stop rotation in the cafe
On 3/10/2011 Wendy wrote:
>Did you catch the almost cut off response after "so you don't shower for
>several days?"? "ooh that's gross".
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>hmmm, not sure that's a key to success with her then.
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>She was weird. In fact, that whole film was kinda weird. And the ads
>were annoying. So i didn't bother with the other two.
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>But hey, Simey and i agree on something. He really does have amazing
>eyes.
The other two only had the 15 sec ad at the start....and his eyes are amazing....
I reckon Honnold was feeding of her attraction to him. She was simultaneously captivated and repelled.
On 3/10/2011 Wendy wrote:
>(snip) the ads were annoying. So i didn't bother with the other two.
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I thought the Alex Honnold vids were very well done.
I didn't see any ads though I watched all three, ... a filter thing on the host server?
Given that the interviewer was not a rock climber, I think the interview was about as genuine a glimpse into what the fellow is like in 'real life' as we are ever likely to get, and to that end John Long's explanations of what was going on for the non rock climber viewer, were an enhancement.
I don't know about others, but (like alluded to in the vid), I found my fingers/palms going sweaty watching him climb the crux roof of that north face of Sentinel solo effort.
I am also amazed that he can zone-out the techno geekery and filming bods watching his every move on something that is already hard to do without further distraction being added to the event.
>But hey, Simey and i agree on something. He really does have amazing eyes.
I braved the ads again and the 2nd one was fun. It showed lots more personality (esp on behalf of the presenter) - i would have thought the actual segment would benefit more from the sections of joking together. I didn't know she was the reporter assaulted in Cairo. Kinda pertinent to the cameraman's discussion of risky work in the 3rd vid.