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Gripped Movie Released
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I watched it (free) last night. It was amazing. With all that's going on in this country right now, it felt great to laugh so much. |
dullah m wrote: “2 day guided climb of Cathedral or Tenaya” ??? Making either of those climbs an overnight would be painfully more trouble than it’s worth. |
Gumby King wrote: I’m hesitant to reply to anything because I think you can only post like twice on a thread in a day now. That said, don’t worry Gumby King, literally everything discussed so far is in the trailer. (Other than the dropped #4, which Brett really needed). Start a new thread so I can post all my sick gripped memes! The current gripped memes thread is more geared towards the trailer and pre release. We need at least 2 more threads on gripped, post release, but still full of memes.
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Cole Darby wrote: I'm planning to watch it tonight. If I find something meme worthy and take the X moments to create a meme I'll attempt to start a "Gripped *SPOILERS*: Movie Meme" thread |
Gumby King wrote: Psst, there already is a memes thread. https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/114035154/memes-gripped-movie?page=9#ForumMessage-119390621 |
Cairn War Machine wrote: Psst |
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dullah m wrote: yaaaassssss for looking at distributions instead of averages! Story time: I have been ridiculously anxious about this movie for absurd reasons. A year or two before the Gripped trailer came out, I was dirtbagging fairly egregiously and fecklessly in Bishop. Temps were a bit toasty. I wasn’t getting much done other than sweating and slipping off of V1s. Buried in my stash of clothes, I found an old bandana that had been part of an attempted Metal Gear: Solid Snake halloween costume, and thought it would be a fun way to try to keep the sweat out of my eyes while trying to look cool. Well, that afternoon/evening, I was flailing around solo on the Ironman Traverse, wearing a bro tank top and my bandana. As the evening progressed, I was growing more and more dejected and frustrated with the ego-beating the Ironman was doling out. A loud, jovial group came strolling over from the Hero Roof. I don’t remember being overtly rude, but internally irked by their presence, and I probably had a bit of terse edge on my attitude. I don’t remember the limited interaction exactly, just that they seemed fun, jovial, social, and carefree, but I was eager to put up some kind of guard and assert some kind of staked claim on the boulder, and not have gumbies or crushers - whichever they were - step on my fragile ego. I remember being unfriendly enough that I pretty immediately felt a bit shameful. Well, their curiosity apparently sated, they went back around the corner to Hero Roof. I think I overhear “bandana”, and, with my confidence in my fashion choices flagging, I’m on alert for insults. Moments later, I hear one of them start singing “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, turtles in a half-shell!” and my tired soul is struck by a bashful, seething rage. They MUST have seen my abysmal performance on Ninja Warrior. Surely everyone knows how shameful my inability to ascend the warped wall truly is. The ignominy is but a shameful cross I must bear everywhere I go. There’s no way that they could simply be acknowledging that my intensity and bandana-wearing resembles someone trying a little too hard to look cool, or that looking like a Ninja Turtle is just a fun way to spend a vacation day. How dare these recreational climbers have silly fun amidst these boulders, while I am struggling to SEND?!? They clearly don’t love climbing as much as I do. I was right to bat away their attempts at conversation! Who needs friends, anyways? Certainly not dudes who can sometimes send V4! Well, my guarded guilt for not being more friendly and for missing out on some good fun with the “ninja” jocularity gets filed away in my overstuffed memory bank. A year or so later, and I’m stoked that another absurd climbing movie is coming down the pike. Watching the trailer, I feel a painful twinge. The first scene is a blonde bro in a bandana being a bit poser-esque immediately adjacent Hero Roof. “Well that’s odd... haha hitting a little too close to home...” Well, sure enough, our bandana’d chevalier gets in over his head and ends up obstinately injured. Son of a bitch! That’s pretty much my name. I see what’s happening here! Those assholes turned the stupidity of my persona into a movie!?!? And worst of all, I won’t see any royalties! It stings a little, but I’m sure I’ll get over it... ...just as soon as I get Over Myself.
(Hopefully obviously, I don’t sincerely believe that I had anything to do with the production of this movie. I have spent an embarassing amount of time trying to make sure that’s truly the case, though. Hopefully hollywood will think a little harder about how their art will be received by privileged, insecure white guys.... ) |
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This moment had me dying watching the film. So much meme potential. I'm new to meme-ing, did I do it right? One day I aspire to be like F Loyd      |
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I thought this movie was better than free solo. It should win an academy award. There are some recent threads on this site about male toxicity in climbing culture and this movie totally nailed it! Brett is such an asshole, and the depiction of his character manspraying (did I just coin a new climbing term?) to overshadow his insecurities was very well done in the first half of the film. And then after "the whip" he becomes a whiny little bitch, just in time for a badass girl-power lead climbing montage. The ending would have been so much better if Rose told off the jerk, found some partners who respect her as a human, and kindled her newly discovered lead head and virtuoso trad climbing skills. She learns that happiness only comes from within, not from boys or outward measures of success. She quits her job in LA, trades the X5 for a sprinter, becomes a crusher, follows in Jacki's footsteps, and puts up FAs in the valley on "point five ali-ans and brass nuts!" Meanwhile Brett is left behind futilely wooing women in the Alabama Hills and climbing the same 3 pitch 5.8 every weekend. |
Michael Vaill wrote: Just thank you, thank you, thank you for this, I laughed so hard! |
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Shaniac wrote: meh |
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I can watch any episode of The Office without cringing (even Scott's Tots), but ten minutes into this movie, I was about to throw something at my TV to make the pain stop. After calming down, I think the reason why it upset me so much is because it's so damn accurate. Not regarding technical climbing, but it just completely nails climbing culture, interpersonal relationships, and the drama that's found in climbing circles. It's dramatized slightly... but only slightly. I still can't figure out if this is supposed to be a satire and a wink to climbers who are in on the joke. There are plenty of technical errors, but sometimes they almost seem too perfect to be accidental or be made out of ignorance. Like when (spoiler) they top out on the 1000-foot route, and then are back on the ground after only 1 rappel. Or any time somebody drops something, the route they're on changes from The Killer Pillar to what is clearly The Nose of El Cap. When the 2 main characters get into peril, the actors play it really seriously, teetering on that line between really-serious, and so-comically-serious-it-has-to-be-a-joke. I just don't know what to really make of this. Is it a serious attempt at making a low-budget Vertical Limit? Or is it a just a really really high-budget Top Rope Tough Guys? |
Justin Headley wrote: This alone makes me want to watch it. |
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snowing today in new paltz so we are changing our plans from Mac Wall to Gripped on Youtube. Love america. |
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I have young children, does anyone know if this is suitable for them to watch ? |
