Free Solo

the reddit thread on this says Alex says Fuck.

Yeah, I know it’s in there. Just not sure how prolific

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Originally Posted by KenJongIll

Hey, I want to see this, and it’s now in IMAX here. Question, wanting to take the wife and kid. 8yo daughter. We are pretty strict on language and do not use profanity around her at all.
She’s well aware of “bad words”, but my question is how bad is the language in this movie? I know there are F-bombs dropped, as I read it in a review, just curious how frequent they fly?

Thanks

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I took my 8 y.o. and his friend to see it. The F-bombs are fairly few and far between. He hears far worse in the lift line at Brighton or at the skatepark.

Dude. You're taking your kids to see a movie about a...oh never mind.
They don't say fuckity fuckity fuck-fuck, but there's probably more than one fuck in the whole movie. It's also inferred that he screws his girlfriend in that van of his. He also parks the thing near the Tuolomne River.

Saw it this past weekend, damn. What a movie. Definitely going to rewatch it. Not sure if anyone's posted it here lately so I'll toss in my second-favorite AH soloing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phl82D57P58

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Originally Posted by plugboots

Don't know if his TED talk has been posted.
I almost like this more than the movie: Alex TED talk

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Seconded. Great to hear him go into a bit more detail about the training—physical and mental

There was a little bit of cursing, IIRC, but it's not full of curse words. If you're truly a puritan, maybe it would be bothersome, but I don't recall much.

The bigger issues (for me at least with my 7 year old) are that the subject matter deals a lot with relationships and with (potential) death. My usual go-to for this info, commonsensemedia.org, doesn't have it listed, but overall I don't think bad language should be the reason not to see it.

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Originally Posted by mall walker

Saw it this past weekend, damn. What a movie. Definitely going to rewatch it. Not sure if anyone's posted it here lately so I'll toss in my second-favorite AH soloing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phl82D57P58

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fucking nuts

Thanks all.
Danno, glad to hear you, as I, consult CommonSense, unlike beece, raising his heathen offspring. J/k, but yeah, saw it wasn’t listed.

Anyway, it’s now a non-issue. Showed the kid the trailer and she was terrified! Haha. Said she would think about dying. I said , sweety, you aren’t gonna be climbing with no rope...
Didn’t matter. So will probably be Me Solo...which is fine, just gotta catch it in IMAX before it’s gone...
And I have zero interest in climbing myself. Weird. Actually watching valley uprising as I type.

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Originally Posted by Danno

fucking nuts

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that hand crossover move is so insane, makes my palms pour sweat. can’t recall the exact time in the video it occurs but I’ll rewatch and post it later.

One of my good buddies is a critic for Common Sense. I'll pass along that a bunch of skiing dirt bags read the site. He'll be stoked.
:)

Thank him for his service. We use it.

If I don't know squat about something she's watching or wants to watch, I use the site. Nice to know what to expect.

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Originally Posted by KenJongIll

And I have zero interest in climbing myself. Weird. Actually watching valley uprising as I type.

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Same here, zero interest. But Honnold's achievements at what he does have captivated me for years.

Legendary

Just won an Oscar too. Such a good movie.

So rad. Can’t believe a ski bum from JH won an Oscar.

Saw this on Friday.

Surprised it won, but at the same time, the human achievement centered on in this film is really hard to comprehend. I sort of "get" RGBs story -- or at least I feel like I do.

I don't get how you solo something like El Cap. And I've spend a lot more time climbing than I have in law. (Maybe thats why Honnold seems so much more far fetched.)

The meta-ness of importance of filming the act I thought added to the drama.

Also -- fuck anyone who thinks Sanni is just a wet blanket. She's asking the questions any person who cares about the continuation of life would. Honnold's choices are mind warping.

Hope they find happiness. Really enjoyed the film.

Best part of the film: the moment he sends the boulder problem. He's not serious at all -- gets a bit cheeky with the camera setup. Sure...just sent an crazy insecure sequence 2500' off the deck...I'll smile and laugh at the camera. Then climb Enduro corner.

I just love there is an Oscar winner that skis on Armadas.

Network premier on NatGeo in 2 minutes.

Cool to see it again at home.

My palms sweat watching this shit.

Sweet. I had missed it in the theater.
Just caught the last half. My 101yo dad didn’t believe it was real.

Such an intense movie, even knowing he made it I was still worried about a fall. The air under the Enduro Corner seemed unreal.

I don't think I can be ever impressed by anything in a movie theater after I saw this one.