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Title: Valley Uprising
Post by: susan on January 19, 2015, 10:36:29 pm

Anyone see Valley Uprising? Finally just saw it. Really enjoyed the movie and the extras. A very good purchase. Would love to see it with friends interested sometime.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: mungeclimber on January 19, 2015, 11:02:58 pm

I wonder if I could make my Surface tablet hook up to my projector, then we hang a sheet off Miwok's Volkswagen, and power the rig off the truck inverter.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: John on January 20, 2015, 06:31:26 am

Yeah, pretty cool video. Lots of photos I had never seen before like from the pot plane crash. Great stuff.
We watched the raw footage in the extras of Honnold free soloing the Phoenix and found that hard to watch.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: Dave on January 26, 2015, 04:33:23 am

Saw it in Encinitas with Bonnie and dah Mucci's back in November. Highlights: The Bird and his fledglings, Harding VS Robbins and that goofy guy Alex.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: YETI on January 27, 2015, 08:14:43 am

Watching Honnold 3rd class my 6th pitch (C1) on Scarface was pretty funny.

Fucking guy.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: mungeclimber on January 27, 2015, 08:56:15 am

I'm afraid to shake his hand. He'd crush bone.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: NateD on January 27, 2015, 01:29:35 pm

Finally going to see this at the Royal Robbins SF office tomorrow.

Trailer looks pretty overdramatic and amped, but I suppose that has become typical for movie trailers and hopefully the movie is more interesting and even-keel.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: John on January 28, 2015, 08:18:58 am

Well Nate it is a pretty "flashy" movie with constant movement, tons of animation and such, much like the trailer. They even have some well known music artists like Bob Dylan playing in it so they spent some money on production for sure.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: susan on January 28, 2015, 07:33:41 pm

Would be great to hear your take on it, Nate.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: susan on February 05, 2015, 03:29:55 pm

So did you see it, Nate? What did you think?

I could see what must have prompted the Cliff Bar response. 

Also, I would hope that someday there'll be a fuller, richer history depicting Warren Harding. He's a fave climbing hero as well.

Title: Re: Valley Uprising
Post by: NateD on February 09, 2015, 05:08:29 pm

Sorry for the late response! I liked it more than I expected I would, and was surprised at the depth of the history covered about some of the key players, though they certainly had to gloss over and omit many others. But they definitely seemed to pick the most entertaining or extreme stories. Lynn Hill is still so amazingly inspiring and although her accomplishments are familiar, she was a highlight in the film for me.

Yes, Honnold is always hard to watch. Saw it with a handful of non-climber coworkers and was very curious about their reactions and if they thought it made all climbers seem like law-breaking, high, dirtbag adrenaline junkies (certainly not the climbing world I've known...or really care to know).  They didn't think so, and some were actually inspired to learn more or maybe get out there sometime and give the rocks a whirl, which surprised me.