It's very sad when we see movies like this - expensive (and the money have obviously not been just "spent") but ruined by amateurish people in the crew.
In this particular case photography is top class: the movie is filled with action, there are a lot of interesting shots from helicopters and filming takes place in several locations, sometimes abroad. Some scenery is so beautiful that it is actually worth to watch this because of it just once.
The problem is that, well, storytelling is almost non-existent as if the purpose was just to show the locations, insert some fancy scenes here and there and cut everything so that it has an unobtrusive rhythm. Scenes follow with little drama and I checked how much time has passed several times. I mean, editing really seems to be done by someone who never did this before in projects more serious than cheap erotics. Music choice is also unsatisfactory - it is primitive and aggressive. The rock guitars just don't go well with high-altitude mountain scenery.
Compared to other movies: "MDP Picture this (Snowboarding)" is made from inferior footage shot sometimes in much less interesting locations but good editing and direction make it a higher class movie leaving a very good impression.
In this particular case photography is top class: the movie is filled with action, there are a lot of interesting shots from helicopters and filming takes place in several locations, sometimes abroad. Some scenery is so beautiful that it is actually worth to watch this because of it just once.
The problem is that, well, storytelling is almost non-existent as if the purpose was just to show the locations, insert some fancy scenes here and there and cut everything so that it has an unobtrusive rhythm. Scenes follow with little drama and I checked how much time has passed several times. I mean, editing really seems to be done by someone who never did this before in projects more serious than cheap erotics. Music choice is also unsatisfactory - it is primitive and aggressive. The rock guitars just don't go well with high-altitude mountain scenery.
Compared to other movies: "MDP Picture this (Snowboarding)" is made from inferior footage shot sometimes in much less interesting locations but good editing and direction make it a higher class movie leaving a very good impression.