New Movies?

[theshadowrider]

So I am kind of turned off to the sled movies. I sometimes feel that the trailers are better than the actual movies. I have bought sled necks 12, mountian mod mainia 7 and boondockers ?, the last one. Kind of all seem the same to me with not that great cinematography. I have never watched a 509 film, or momentum, 208 productions. They have awesome trailers but am I going to be let down with the film like the others let me down? Is 509 making another film this year. What are your thoughts and does anyone feel the same way I do?

Thanks

 

[Braaap12]

You have a point I feel the same way. I was let down lots last year.

 

[tdblakes]

I feel the same. Slednecks videos have been going downhill. I am going to try the thunderstuck 9 video and see how that is. Momentum looks pretty good too, we'll see on that one. But I still find myself watching the older videos like Slednecks 7 and 2SCS6, those are still my favorites and they'll be hard to beat I think.

 

[HANDSOME]

Go buy Fourcast, its last years movie but its awesome.

 

[Braaap12]

I agree fourcast was awsome, I liked slednecks 12, I kind of like the way sled movies are going tho. They are following more like ski and snowboard movies and the film quality and riding is getting better. Should be interesting to see this years movies!

 

[Timbre]

The ones i like best are: Fourcast, Thunderstruck, 208 productions, 509 films, Summit HD films, and Schooled.

Now...having said that, There are a few things that are a bit disappointing to me.

1) the use of the same footage in multiple films. I know of 3 films from last year that used the same footage. Though it was a small portion of the DVD, it just seemed very odd to do this.

2) Music. I despise "head banging music" or that with political under/overtones, or words that refer to drug use!!. I know this is a personal preference, but just to give credit where it is due....Summit HD (2009), Thunderstruck (2009) and Fourcast (2009)....in that order...have the best music. Also i really, REALLY like the fact that some DVDs offer the ability to choose between "sled sounds and music", "music only", and "sled sounds only" (without any music). Sometimes i like to choose the last option so i can hear the throttle control these guys are using. That has been a great learning tool for me.

3) angling the camera to make things look steeper than they are. It makes me laugh sometimes when you see the trees in the background laying on their sides...and someone sidehilling across a near vertical slope...LOL. Sledheads 5 was a prime example of this last year. Had to tip my head sideways to get the real perspective....then i had a neck ache

4) Highlighting only one brand of snowmobile. There is 4 of them out there guys, and they all are great machines.... Need i say more?

Lastly, i want to give all of the film makers a big pat on the back!!! The bar has been set very high, and the competition is fierce in these economic times! They do a FANTASTIC job of getting awesome footage that inspires us all and gets us ramped up for the season when the weather is still hot.

CHEERS to you all!!!

 

[HellClimbRacer]

I agree, you get kind of tired of camera tilting and headbanging-music after 5-6 movies . The riding is awesome tho... going bigger and harder every year it's almost sickening (most thank's to turbozz...)

The movie I like most of all from last season is some amateur riders from Finland called R.O.C.K (Riders Of Cold Kingdom). No camera tilting or headbanging music. something completely different from what I've seen the last 2-3 years.

http://www.ridersofcoldkingdom.com/videos_eng.html

Can't wait till their next video is out ))))))