Plot:
Dan and his best friend Joe have a ritual of skipping out on real life and hitting the moutain for the day. Dan’s been seeing this chick Parker and it’s causing a strain between the two because Joe rarely dates and Dan never does anything without her. Neither Parker nor Dan seem to have a problem with her tagging along, which is kind of insane. She can barely stand up for two seconds on her board without falling over and yet the two guys have been skiing/boarding for years. Instead of buying lift tickets, they bribe the attendant to let them ride. Later they convince him to let them go up the mountain, even though it’s closed for the night. When he switches with another worker, the new guy doesn’t realize they’re still on the lift and shuts it down for the night. The three wind up stuck, 50 feet in the air in -0 temperatures. As night falls, they make the dangerous decision to do whatever it takes to get off the mountain.
Trivia:
Kind of some nice horror movie peeps in this one. Shawn Ashmore (Joe) starred in The Ruins and the upcoming Mother’s Day, while Kevin Zegers (Dan) had roles in Wrong Turn and Dawn of the Dead. Add in Kane Hodder and the writer/director of Hatchet and Hatchet II, Adam Green.
Thoughts:
I’m a little undecided when it comes to Frozen because I liked it, but I wasn’t left overly happy. I read about the people “fainting” at the premier and I have a hard time believing it. The beginning of the movie is fairly interesting, but the tension is spaced out too much. It had some great moments, but in between those great moments, there was too many slow moments. I try to maintain some suspension of disbelief when watching a horror movie, but the scenes with the wolves drove me crazy. One guy hit the leader of the pack, which then ran off and the others went with it. Three seconds later the wolf is attacking. Wouldn’t something else showing dominance scare them off? Then you have to wonder about the wolves at all. Either they’re scared of people and avoid the mountain or they don’t. Are we supposed to believe that wolves roam free when the mountain is used fairly frequently? Not to mention the fact that no one bothers to come back to the mountain when it’s closed, not even to make sure no stupid kids are on the mountain or even to do paperwork. I also wasn’t too happy with the ending, nor was I that crazy about the Parker character, who did little more than whine and pout for 90 minutes. Yet some of the true horror scenes were disgusting! A guy breaks two legs and we literally see bone popping out. Not to mention some disgusting scenes of the after effects of frostbite. Even my former military boyfriend had problems with those scenes. I’m just not sure it was enough to counteract the slow pacing (at times).
Dan and his best friend Joe have a ritual of skipping out on real life and hitting the moutain for the day. Dan’s been seeing this chick Parker and it’s causing a strain between the two because Joe rarely dates and Dan never does anything without her. Neither Parker nor Dan seem to have a problem with her tagging along, which is kind of insane. She can barely stand up for two seconds on her board without falling over and yet the two guys have been skiing/boarding for years. Instead of buying lift tickets, they bribe the attendant to let them ride. Later they convince him to let them go up the mountain, even though it’s closed for the night. When he switches with another worker, the new guy doesn’t realize they’re still on the lift and shuts it down for the night. The three wind up stuck, 50 feet in the air in -0 temperatures. As night falls, they make the dangerous decision to do whatever it takes to get off the mountain.
Trivia:
Kind of some nice horror movie peeps in this one. Shawn Ashmore (Joe) starred in The Ruins and the upcoming Mother’s Day, while Kevin Zegers (Dan) had roles in Wrong Turn and Dawn of the Dead. Add in Kane Hodder and the writer/director of Hatchet and Hatchet II, Adam Green.
Thoughts:
I’m a little undecided when it comes to Frozen because I liked it, but I wasn’t left overly happy. I read about the people “fainting” at the premier and I have a hard time believing it. The beginning of the movie is fairly interesting, but the tension is spaced out too much. It had some great moments, but in between those great moments, there was too many slow moments. I try to maintain some suspension of disbelief when watching a horror movie, but the scenes with the wolves drove me crazy. One guy hit the leader of the pack, which then ran off and the others went with it. Three seconds later the wolf is attacking. Wouldn’t something else showing dominance scare them off? Then you have to wonder about the wolves at all. Either they’re scared of people and avoid the mountain or they don’t. Are we supposed to believe that wolves roam free when the mountain is used fairly frequently? Not to mention the fact that no one bothers to come back to the mountain when it’s closed, not even to make sure no stupid kids are on the mountain or even to do paperwork. I also wasn’t too happy with the ending, nor was I that crazy about the Parker character, who did little more than whine and pout for 90 minutes. Yet some of the true horror scenes were disgusting! A guy breaks two legs and we literally see bone popping out. Not to mention some disgusting scenes of the after effects of frostbite. Even my former military boyfriend had problems with those scenes. I’m just not sure it was enough to counteract the slow pacing (at times).
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