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Doylo

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They did overdo the dice rolling a bit....

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Really liked that. It's the first slower paced, "thoughtful" bouldering film I can ever really remember enjoying. I thought the gambling metaphor was fairly apt and not too overplayed.

Also, Finnish is a great language to swear in!

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I enjoyed it and found it inspiring as well, capturing the craziness and obsession. Well worth the euros.

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I was smiling at the end. As impressed with the determination as the actual climbing.

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I'm sad he changed his beta, the left handed move to the penultimate hold was absolutely ridiculous to watch.

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Really good little film. The dice thing got a bit boring though. Other than that, well worth £7

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For someone with a short attention span, this held my attention very well for the duration. Good work!  :thumbsup:

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I didn't think it was as good as splinter

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I didn't think it was as good as splinter
Nothing is even remotely as good as Splinter!!!


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Here it is for free for the next 5 days apparently:
Thanks Jack, just watched it, like everybody else really enjoyed the film. It shows Nalle's tenacity and dedication. It is mind bending how smooth he makes it look when he finally sends the problem. The moves all look pretty next level.
Nalle's film will only be topped by Shark's The Siege blockbuster. I am sure that there are weeks of video footage that could be edited down to make a feature length film of a similar quality.  ;D
« Last Edit: April 12, 2017, 10:54:46 pm by jfdm »

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Cheers Jack!

Fucking hell, that was superb. After years of it being filmed and monitored with various camera crews about, I think it's fitting he succeeds on his lonesome. Bravo!

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Amazing! The best 32 minute film about 42 seconds of climbing I've ever seen.

Didn't mind the dice shit. The whole random factors thing resonates pretty heavily with me.

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Yeah, that was a mint short film. The dice and cards were fine, there wasn't even that much of it. Such a good looking problem, just pure hard climbing.

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8 hand moves from start to finish. So pure.

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I was very relieved not to see a mat dab on the final go


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Am i right in thinking that I can't Chromecast this?

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depends on how your dice filter is set up

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Great film.

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I loved it too. Happy to see my cynical predictions earlier in the thread were so wide of the mark! I don't think you could make a better film about a single problem.

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Cheque's next project: Full feature length documentary about a single deadhang personal best. Won't be too much lugging 200kg of static rope around ;)

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I should have filmed my year-long siege of Lurcher Direct at Bell Hagg. It had it all- fickle conditions, trying the same move over and over, yelling frustration, training, questioning the grade and my sanity and the belief that I was finally going to do it on every visit. It also would have needed far less walking, no driving and 99% less static rope.

The ending- another local pointing out a positive sidepull inches away that I'd somehow never noticed and me doing it easily the next go, probably wouldn't have had the same climactic effect as in the Lappnor film though. :slap:

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Just finished watching it for free and i'd like a refund on the 30 minutes of my life I just wasted!

In summary he got some bad conditions, he changed his beta a couple of times and realised redpointing boulder problems is not the way forward.

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About the dice thing...what we call a 'low percentage' or 'on/off' move the French call 'aléatoire'. 'Aleatorio' also exists in Spanish though I'm not sure if it gets used much in climbing. Alea is latin for die. As in 'Alea iacta est'- 'the die is cast', from crossing the Rubicon. Maybe dice analogies are part of Finnish climbing vocabulary too.

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Just finished watching it for free and i'd like a refund on the 30 minutes of my life I just wasted!

Wow - that's an alternative contrarian opinion right there. I don't know how to respond to that except I don't get what you don't get. For me it is an honest, insightful, authentic and compelling film culminating in the World's hardest problem. What's not to like.

Have I just been had?

 

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