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Dancing the Bear Review

Dancing the Bear
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Most people would never find the strength it takes to run a 100 mile race up and down mountains in a lifetime. I'm not a long distance runner / ultra-runner, but I do enjoy running. This film let me know what it would take to compete in such an intense endeavour. This documentary takes place in the beautiful Northen Utah mountains. The movie has interviws, and it cuts to the chase about what it takes to run the Bear. It covers the entire race, from early morning until the next. If you're a long distance runner that competes / or a jogger that wonders what it might take to be one, than this film is for you. It's the type of film one would expect to come across at a Banff Film Festival.
Deffinitley a worthwhile short film.

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The ancient tradition of long distance trail running continues in modern times, stripped of its mythology but still potent as a transformative event. The Bear 100-Mile Endurance Run is the backdrop for the story of two women and their emotional journey through southern Idaho's Bear River Mountain Range. Pushing their bodies to the limit, they strive to accomplish the impossible, to run 100 miles of wild mountain trails in less than 35 hours.

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Battle Warrior Review

Battle Warrior
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After being majorly disappointed by Spirited Killer, I set my expectations much lower for this movie. Unfortunately, it is even worse than Spirited Killer. The story is not really worth going over. Basically there is some guy who knows where a valuable stone is. An evil General and his men want the stone and are trying to get it. There is also a group of good guys trying to find the guy who knows where the stone is. That is the story.
Tony Jaa plays one of the bad guys and looks pretty good in his 2 fight scenes, but all of the other fights are really bad. Some of the stunts are good, but not on par with most of Panna Rittikrai's other movies. The good guys have a Rambo type person on their side and he kind of drags the movie down because his movements are very slow. But overall the main reason this movie is so bad is because there aren't many fights. I can stand a bad story as long as the fights are good, but this movie doesn't provide that. Even the big finale isn't worth sticking around for. Thre are some decent explosions, but nothing to get excited about.
Rating- 1/5. This movie really makes you appreciate how much effort was put into Panna's 2 Born to Fight movies.
Picture quality is surprisingly good (well, good for Videoasia). There is a HORRIBLE English dub track, but luckily there is also an original language track and subtitles. The only reason this 2-disc DVD set gets more than a 1 star rating is because of the special features.
4 minute interview with Tony Jaa talking about Tom Yum Goong. No new information here, but while he is talking they show a really cool demonstration he did on some TV show.
6 minute interview with Jaa talking about his inspiration for getting into films and a few other interesting topics.
10 minute interview on some Thai comedy TV show with Prachya Pinkaew, Jaa, Panna, and Petchtai Wongkamlao. Mildly entertaining.
5 minute demonstration and interview that Jaa did in Hong Kong. Good stuff here, but nothing you haven't seen before if you are a Jaa fan.
22 minute interview with the producer of Pechpanna Films and a director/actor for the company. Awesome interview! They talk about some really cool stuff, such as a new Thai movie called The Brave. It isn't subtitled and the dubbing is really cheesy, but that actually makes it more enjoyable (to me at least). And there are some good action scenes mixed into the interview.
3 minute Tony Jaa interview. It seems like they are just trying to pile on the special features with this. Only thing to talk about is a 1 minute demo they show at the end of the interview.
Last but not least is an interview with Christoph Kluppel who is a big German Rambo guy that stars in Battle Warrior. He talks about his film career. I suppose this would be interesting if I was a fan of him.


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Greg Stump's Foursome - Greg Stump Box Set Review

Greg Stump's Foursome - Greg Stump Box Set
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These are four of the finest examples of ski film making in the history of the genre: "The Blizzard Of Aahhhs", "License To Thrill", "Groove Requiem In The Key Of Ski" and "P-Tex, Lies & Duct Tape". The unique character of Greg Stump shines through on all of these films and he is truly a gift to the world of skiing. Each of these films posesses the soul of a Stax recording. In fact, a big part of what sets these films apart from the myriad other ski films available is the carefully researched soundtracks. Stump doesn't stop at the obvious, but digs deep into the catalogues of such record labels as London's ZTT to uncover some real hidden gems. As a young, budding musician and music lover my life was changed by watching these films and for that I will be eternally grateful to Stump. While others produce ski "flicks", Stump actually produces films - works of (gulp) art which, I sincerely believe, will endure. The sensitivity he has displayed in his work is certainly worthy of admiration. Thanks, Stumpy.

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