Playground
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Manufacturer: Warren Miller Productions
Starring: Will Wesson Tom Wallisch Travis Redd Adam Delorme
Directed By: Max Bervy
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warren
EAN: 0826663109283
Format: Color
Label: Warren Miller Productions
Manufacturer: Warren Miller Productions
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warren Miller Productions
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-09-17
Running Time: 45
Studio: Warren Miller Productions
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Summary: Warren Miller's Playground - Great Footage, But The Interviews Run On
Comment: Playground is kind of a high water mark for Warren Miller documentaries. Several segments features crisp camera work that seems improved. All of the locations are amazing, and it's definitely something I plan to watch again. We have Dubai, Sweden, and Aspen among the many locations. But if you're looking for the maximum amount of actual skiing and snowboarding footage, most of his previous movies have more.
This documentary represents a significant departure from his successful formula. All of the same elements are here. We get great ski and snowboard footage collected by a common theme. We also have some comedic moments and wipe-out footage. And of course there are plenty of interviews with the athletes.
The difference really is mostly in the ratio of those elements. In the past the interview and introductory clips for each location were mostly quick segments that were lightly peppered into large amounts of actual riding footage featuring crazy vertical drops and long runs. Here, the interviews feel like they are much longer than in the past.
And the portions describing the various locations are also much longer, or at least they seem that way. That in and of itself could be forgiven. After all the actual theme of this video seems to center around premium locations, so describing them a little bit more is probably to be expected.
Interestingly enough, some of the best footage is the Utah clips. Utah has definitely been featured in previous Warren Miller videos, but here we get beautiful shots of tons of power flying up into the riders' faces. It's almost like a Utah tourism video. Perhaps those clips were shot in HD, since some of those shots seemed much crisper than some of the other footage. Whatever the reason, there is still some great footage here. I just wish there was much more.
One of the cuter segments focuses on a group of young kids as they free-ride and tear up a terrain park. Some of those kids are actually pretty impressive.
As in all Warren Miller videos, this is ski entertainment and not meant to be used for instruction. The soundtrack is good and used very effectively with the clips. But with some of the interview sections, it's almost used too well. It's hard not to notice the prolonged bio segments when it takes several songs to finish them.
If you love to learn about the personal lives of your favorite skiers and snowboarders, those extended interviews will be welcome interludes. If you are looking for the maximum amount of footage, you may want to check out one of his other videos.
Enjoy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Too much talk, too little skiing
Comment: This is the worst skiing video I have ever purchased. There was almost no skiing for 30 minutes. Too much talk, too liitle skiing, poor video work. Any decent music was interupted by talk. This video sucked!
Customer Rating:
Summary: amazing
Comment: warren millers 2007 relese is one of the greatest ski films that have come out of warren millers 58 year history. featuring athletes such as jon olfson, shean pettit, and many more there are great atributes to this film and there are segments that will enjoy everyone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: preseason fun
Comment: I have enjoyed watching Miller films for years. Going back to when he did the narration in person. I think the camera work is fantastic, the skiers are exceptional and the fact that there is some groomed skiing is super. The only drawback to his films of late is the music. I like hard driving rock, but there is a big difference between today's music and the Doobie Brothers or Bob Seger of yesteryear. Each to their own choosing. If you don't see this film this year, you'll be one year older when you do. Keep up the great entertainment Warren.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Warren Millers Playground
Comment: Another great movie from warren miller to get you in the mood to get out there and carve it up.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Warren Miller's Playground - Great Footage, But The Interviews Run On
Comment: Playground is kind of a high water mark for Warren Miller documentaries. Several segments features crisp camera work that seems improved. All of the locations are amazing, and it's definitely something I plan to watch again. We have Dubai, Sweden, and Aspen among the many locations. But if you're looking for the maximum amount of actual skiing and snowboarding footage, most of his previous movies have more.
This documentary represents a significant departure from his successful formula. All of the same elements are here. We get great ski and snowboard footage collected by a common theme. We also have some comedic moments and wipe-out footage. And of course there are plenty of interviews with the athletes.
The difference really is mostly in the ratio of those elements. In the past the interview and introductory clips for each location were mostly quick segments that were lightly peppered into large amounts of actual riding footage featuring crazy vertical drops and long runs. Here, the interviews feel like they are much longer than in the past.
And the portions describing the various locations are also much longer, or at least they seem that way. That in and of itself could be forgiven. After all the actual theme of this video seems to center around premium locations, so describing them a little bit more is probably to be expected.
Interestingly enough, some of the best footage is the Utah clips. Utah has definitely been featured in previous Warren Miller videos, but here we get beautiful shots of tons of power flying up into the riders' faces. It's almost like a Utah tourism video. Perhaps those clips were shot in HD, since some of those shots seemed much crisper than some of the other footage. Whatever the reason, there is still some great footage here. I just wish there was much more.
One of the cuter segments focuses on a group of young kids as they free-ride and tear up a terrain park. Some of those kids are actually pretty impressive.
As in all Warren Miller videos, this is ski entertainment and not meant to be used for instruction. The soundtrack is good and used very effectively with the clips. But with some of the interview sections, it's almost used too well. It's hard not to notice the prolonged bio segments when it takes several songs to finish them.
If you love to learn about the personal lives of your favorite skiers and snowboarders, those extended interviews will be welcome interludes. If you are looking for the maximum amount of footage, you may want to check out one of his other videos.
Enjoy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Too much talk, too little skiing
Comment: This is the worst skiing video I have ever purchased. There was almost no skiing for 30 minutes. Too much talk, too liitle skiing, poor video work. Any decent music was interupted by talk. This video sucked!
Customer Rating:
Summary: amazing
Comment: warren millers 2007 relese is one of the greatest ski films that have come out of warren millers 58 year history. featuring athletes such as jon olfson, shean pettit, and many more there are great atributes to this film and there are segments that will enjoy everyone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: preseason fun
Comment: I have enjoyed watching Miller films for years. Going back to when he did the narration in person. I think the camera work is fantastic, the skiers are exceptional and the fact that there is some groomed skiing is super. The only drawback to his films of late is the music. I like hard driving rock, but there is a big difference between today's music and the Doobie Brothers or Bob Seger of yesteryear. Each to their own choosing. If you don't see this film this year, you'll be one year older when you do. Keep up the great entertainment Warren.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Warren Millers Playground
Comment: Another great movie from warren miller to get you in the mood to get out there and carve it up.
In their 58th feature film, Playground, narrated by Olympic Gold Medalist Jonny Moseley, Warren Miller Entertainment chronicles the latest in extraordinary winter sports action with their mind-blowing cinematography and a killer soundtrack to match. From an indoor ski park in Dubai and mystique of the Japanese mountains, to the frigid northern reaches of Sweden, Playground follows the planets leading skiers of the freeride movement Jon Olsson, Sean Petit, Dan Treadway, Peter Olenick and others to destinations of freedom and fun where anything is possible. For more than half a century, Warren Miller has featured the world’s most intense skiers and snowboarders from around the globe ... and they found them all in the same place ... THE PLAYGROUND.
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