Deep Winter

(2008) Deep Winter ADVENTURE

Acting is bad, and the plot is too cliche to be taken seriously as well as absolutely offers nothing professional skiers do not know themselves besides being very predictable, but if anyone were to be ignorant as much as I am about the dynamics of filming skiing videos this film succeeds at doing just that. Co-written and directed by Mikey Hilb directing a movie that has simplistic plot about a professional skier, Tyler Crowe (Eric Lively) who gets himself kicked off his ski team, he then visits a girl, Elisa Rider (Peyton List) working at a bar who the star Tyle is close to her brother and a professional snowboarder, Mark Rider (Kellan Lutz) who also knows about the star getting himself kicked off his skiing team, brings along and introduces to him a film crew who makes ski videos for a living and offers him a contract to showcase him to do some serious skiing on some of Alaska's most treacherous mountains. Michael Madson also stars as the helicopter pilot, Dean whose job is to drop skiers/ snowboarders to the mountains. The process of making skiing videos is what should be focused here than on anything else, otherwise it's pointless for this to be watched at all.

In "Deep Winter" Eric Lively and Kellan Lutz play two friends who join forces on a adventure of a lifetime: to be part of a documentary showing their risky performances while skiing on a dangerous mountain on Alaska. Followed by the filmmaker (Luke Goss) and a well trained guide (Michael Madsen) they're heading to something that can change their lives and not in a good way. And a film like this couldn't exist without some cracks on this beautiful friendship after Lively's character start to date Lutz's sister (played by Peyton List).

Lifeless and quite insignificant, there isn't much to be said about this flick since it's a movie that doesn't have much to say or show. Sure, there's some breathtaking skiing sequences and the two hotties as main stars but that's it; the rest of the movie isn't all that interesting and we only have endless skiing scenes and some other moments involving Madsen's character saying there's a storm coming which makes even more impossible the already impossible stunt, and the filmmaker always concerned about losing money and wasting time waiting for the weather to change so he can film his documentary. It repeat itself so much that it gets completely dull.

Almost enjoyable. Almost. 5/10

For those of you who thought the music was outstanding as I did, here's the website with the list of songs.

By the way, I'm really disappointed in IMDb for not adding this information to their database.

The movie was just okay, but the music was really terrific.

Also, the music supervisors should have cited the artist.

I especially like the song: "Home" Performed by Marc Broussard Courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises

You can view his video on youtube; he's an Amazing Artist!

Soundtrack For 'Deep Winter' Movie

http://deepwintermovie.com/soundtrack.html

OK, this movie is not bad.

There is nothing wrong with it.

Yes the back story about the sister is exaggerated.

Yes the acting is a bit pushed at times.

However, the cinematography is awesome, the story is good but not great and the setting interesting about a mountain that cannot be tamed.

I found it interesting, with an excellent soundtrack.

It is a ski lover's popcorn flick and I do not think it pretends to be anything else.

Snoboarder's too with get their share! MG

I had high hopes for this movie. The cinematography is great. This had an opportunity to be a great film.

Poor scripting, bad dialogue and second hand acting really put this one in the crapper. I think the best part of this movie is on the editing floor.

The feel of the movie is very slow, the romance depicted is so boring no one in their right mind would put up with that.

One saving grace is the sound track -- awesome music, very little good action shots.

I will give credit where credit is due -- Very good photography and some awesome skiing.

Very Amateurish for a movie.

3 / 10