Friday Analogy: Going to see the new Warren Miller movie is like...

[Lani]

...sex with fat chicks?

Seems like the answer around here. Had to post that.

[alto]

.... is like working on a shitty term project. You know should be doing it, its part of the value system your parents taught you when you were young. But realistically, it has very little to do with anything in your life.

[truth]

But realistically, it has very little to do with anything in your life.

Except for the train wrecks getting off the lifts. That's pretty much spot on.

[mtaylor]

i go to the WM premiers to steal shit from the sponsor tents.

[KungFu Eddie]

...like nailling your eyelids to your knees then going tap dancing.

[NeigeÉternelle]

It's funny as most of the replies are on the main easy thinking side.

"No ski film can be nearly as good as TGR'ones."
"Warren Miller is 81 y.o. All his stuff is old school."
"Any Star Wars instead of any Warren Miller's film"
"Who is Warren Miller ?"
"FTSU anyone who like Warren Miller's films"

O.K. he is not the best-though some shots are amazing.
But he is certainly not among the worst.

[gramboh]

I just got an email from some of my friends to go to the Calgary show. They made fun of me for going to all 3 nights ($30) of Freshtival to see the 'good' ski movies, now they want me to pay $25 to see Warren Miller. The Calgary show deals are useless as well (2 for 1 Norquay lift ticket, $50 off RCR 'vacation package' and $20 ski cellar gift cert with restrictions (probably no sale items or total purchase > $500).

The worst part is, I'll end up going, even though sitting at home watching Lost & Found/SSD/Believe/Optimistic on DVD would be a better evening.

[alto]

... is like getting to college your freshman year and finding out your roommate is a Mormon.

[idavidcrockett]

...trying to masturbate to softcore pornography.

At least that is what I read on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_...;28director%29

[splat]

riding a moped....?

Make that two guys riding on a moped.

[G]

Is like joining dozens of your skier friends to enjoy some nice skiing and travel footage. Sitting back and enjoying a beer and some decent stoke before the snow has arrived. And It's nice to pay respect to one of America's original hardcore ski bums, a guy who's been ski bumming since before your parents were even born.

While the rest of the HARD CORE wanker faggots stay home and bitch to their internet friends because they are way, way more extreeeeeeeme than anything WME will produce, and then therefore his movies suck.

[splat]

It's like getting sentimental and crying at a Michlle Pfiefer/Tom Hanks/ Billy Crystal movie.

[G]

I like this - Found in the Wikipedia entry listed above:







Warren Miller's movies are known for his wry narration and one-liners. Some of his one-liners are simply jokes, while others are profound life-statements. Many of his best lines have been used in several films, and a few have been used in nearly every film. The following is a list of some of his better-known quotes.

• If you don't do it this year, you'll be one year older when you do.
• Don't take life too seriously, because you can't get out of it alive.
• Adventure is the invitation to common people to become uncommon.
• You want your skis? Go get 'em.
• On the other hand, you have different fingers.
• If you saw your dog doing this, you'd take him to the vet and have him fixed.
• If your parents didn't have children, odds are you won't either.
• See you next year, same time, same place. Thank you, and goodnight. (Warren Miller's signature sign-off at the end of a film)
• If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
• If you can afford to go to college, then you don't need to.
• Definition of Extreme is to go past your known limits by an unknown amount.

[splat]

It's like a dude-umentary. Without the dudes.

[skierX]

like booking stein for a private, but jerry shows up instead.

[splat]

Ah, c'mon, Geoff.......

I showed (yes, showed) my first Warren Miller film when I was in the fourth grade. Strung up the 16 mm projector in class so my classmates knew wtf it was all about. And that's what it was about - then. I just won't get my tit in a wringer defending the films I couldn't sit through as of late, though. I have all the respect for the athletes in them.
Just not the overall finished product anymore.

[montanamike]

"...mountain people" (which is a crap "lifestyle" term...You want "Mountain People"? Go live in the bush in Alaska. But living in Breck or Park City or Jackson or whatever other enclave of crackerdom is NOT Mountain living...it's suburbia with better scenery.)

Nanuq

hahahahahahahahahahahah fkna nicely said

[MTT]

I have been enjoying Warren Miller movies since the 1970's.

Now there are more choises for ski porn, BUT!

I still like to go to Warren Miller screenings

The movies are fun! I like them and it says winter is here!

I am not going to let you guys somehow convince me that Warren Miller movies are (Unfun)

Just like apple Pie, Levi's and Christmas some traditions never go out of style.

[SkiOrDie]

Rather than go to a Ski Movie - why not ride a bike or run some stairs or do anything that gets you ready to do the Real Thing. What is it with us that we watch other people do things, rather than doing them ourselves? What's with watching Skiing? Baseball? Football? Golf? What's with Watching?

I'd rather "DO"

I'd rather not "WATCH"

(Now I'm in for it.)

[G]

IDC, what are you, twelve years old? Grow up.

[Buzzworthy]

... is like getting to college your freshman year and finding out your roommate is a Mormon.

That happened to me.
But he smoked pot daily.
And ate lots of acid.
And drank lots.
And snowboarded.

Fuck, he was gay wasn't he.
Not like there is anything wrong with that.

[SailCat]

...is like part of the ritual. In my area the film is a benefit for a worthy charity, and the midweek tickets are well worth the price. I must have seen 30 or 40 of his shows since the 60s when my folks took us to the show to kick off thier ski season. I already got my tickets , but don't expect to be blown away by it....

[bostonski]

stupid, cause you can rent it for five bucks or less when it comes out on dvd. And Ptavv's correct too. Most of those free lift tickets have so many blackout parameters that they are useless. And you can't do bong hits during the movie when you go to the theater.

But,

FWIW, I know I will be seriously jonged, I think the Gulmarg and Doug Coombs stuff in Off the Grid, which I just caught, are quite good pieces of ski cinematography.

Next season, 2 weeks in kashmir.

I agree with this. Nows the time to hit up Gulmarg because I've got a feeling that place is going to blow up soon (no pun intended). Did you see the "Seven Sunny Days" Gulmarg segment? Epic.

[TeleHoar]

• Don't take life too seriously, because you can't get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard
  
• On the other hand, you have different fingers.Stephen Wright
  
• If your parents didn't have children, odds are you won't either.Old joke, known as second theory of reletivity
  
• If you come to a fork in the road, take it.Yogi Berra

The Actual authors of these lines.

[twodogs]

Going to see a Warren Miller flick is like...

...watching a lightning storm from a distance. A whole lot of flash but no thunder.