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So bad, they're good... Movies about climbing

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Tia Stark · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined May 2006 · Points: 185

I love bad movies about climbing,

youtube.com/watch?v=AVUnNc_…

The Call Of K2 Lou · · Squamish, BC · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 20

^^^ The music. Ugh.

And where's the nitro? Or maybe a sinister albino?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEc1aEYmiA8

Kristoffer Schmarr · · Boulder, CO · Joined Feb 2008 · Points: 838

I've been waiting years for this thread! Those movies are cute, but you don't know bad climbing movie until you've survived:

youtube.com/watch?v=s_dEdpF…

MojoMonkey · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 66
Kristoffer Schmarr wrote:I've been waiting years for this thread! Those movies are cute, but you don't know bad climbing movie until you've survived:
Wondered how long that would take :)
Jes R · · Loveland, CO · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 160
Kristoffer Schmarr wrote:I've been waiting years for this thread! Those movies are cute, but you don't know bad climbing movie until you've survived:
Holy S$!T! That's a real movie, thought it was a total joke based on the trailer but IMDB'd it and it's an actual movie... that people have paid to see. Judging from the reviews, sounds like some cheesy fun.
Tia Stark · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined May 2006 · Points: 185
steverett · · Boston, MA · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 105

Vertical Limit, my personal favorite

youtube.com/watch?v=uxtg7ra…

Paul Merchant · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 10
youtube.com/watch?v=9B7tjXb…
Not really a climbing movie just a scene. I think it's worth mentioning though.
Mike Pharris · · Longmont, CO · Joined May 2007 · Points: 125

Were it not outdoors it could have happened at Movement.

20 kN · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2009 · Points: 1,346

I dont remember the name of the movie, but a few years ago someone made a movie about via ferrata and zombies, or some mysterious person that wanted to kill them, I forget which.

Edit: I found it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQsw7P_-ars



Love the epic music.
Rubber Tramp · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 5

A little off track from the "So bad" part and I can't find a clip of it either, but the scene where George and Kramer go rock climbing in Seinfeld episode "The Stall" is a favorite of mine.

Nick Votto · · CO, CT, IT · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 320
Kristoffer Schmarr wrote:I've been waiting years for this thread! Those movies are cute, but you don't know bad climbing movie until you've survived: youtube.com/watch?v=s_dEdpF…
Holy crap that looks like the most terrible/awesome movie ever!!! The trailer is completely ridiculous it makes me want more
Craig T · · Chicago, IL · Joined Apr 2010 · Points: 0
Nick Votto wrote: Holy crap that looks like the most terrible/awesome movie ever!!! The trailer is completely ridiculous it makes me want more
$4 on Amazon, or $0.01 used. Hell, you could probably get someone to pay you to take it away.

Troubled kid from the city moves to the country to straighten up, but falls in with the wrong crowd....top ropers.
Adam Reinhardt · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 0

For your amusement, Storm and Sorrow 1990. Free streaming with Amazon Prime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRTYWKJG_c8

Tia Stark · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined May 2006 · Points: 185
youtube.com/watch?v=URdSD8U…

Can't forget this classic gem.
Todd Townsend · · Bishop, CA · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 522

How about a little Christian propaganda disguised as a climbing film?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDXAb3O36U

Todd Townsend · · Bishop, CA · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 522

Not a movie, but still awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4qh_9vH1Ww

Jason Wong · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 10
youtube.com/watch?v=gwvXtfR…

Contains inappropriate language.
Todd Townsend · · Bishop, CA · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 522

Who could forget this "gem"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58JbY73_fOA

Paul Merchant · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 10
youtube.com/watch?v=YC7Nb_6…
Scream of Stone. Acting is not great but it usaully never is in climbing films.
Pete F · · Denver, CO · Joined May 2012 · Points: 3,443
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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