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Chairlift Movie...Frozen

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bobd Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 172 Location:Mass	Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:38 PM GMT According to a Globe article today, a new horror type film is out tonight "Frozen." The premise?? of the movie is three people trapped on a chairlft and lights go off, ice cold temps and wolves down below. Kind of reminds me of my old days on Temple. I was trapped up on the Death Quad once. I won't be seeing this one...I still have nightmares abot the Exorcist from 35 years ago. Someone compared this one to "Jaws," but I'm not so sure that it will keep people off the chairlifts. I'm still hoping for high speed rope tows to be brought back soon. __________ ski fast

MissDaEast Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 17, 2002 Posts: 1786 Location:	Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 1:11 AM GMT Edited: Feb 06, 2010 - 5:01 AM GMT I heard part of a discussion about this movie, on the radio, as I was driving around today. Apparently, it was shot on a real chairlift in real winter. I also heard something about the some of the characters (in the movie, not real life) being attacked and killed by wolves. The people reviewing the movie said that they so disliked the characters, that they were hoping they would be killed (in the movie, not in real life).

watatic rox Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Feb 18, 2008 Posts: 961 Location:Look behind you.	Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 1:38 AM GMT Its kinda hard to take this movie seriously. Unless they get off the chair pretty quick, its going to be pretty boring.

jgreco Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 603 Location:SoVer	Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 2:23 AM GMT there are a couple other threads about this movie, but since this one is the most current, here's gene shalit's review... oh and he's at butternut during the review. __________ i love skibin!

goodoledays Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: May 27, 2009 Posts: 68 Location:Nashville TN	Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 4:00 AM GMT Not to be morbid, but this kind of sounds like an interesting thread... Stuck on a chairlift. Never been there, but thought about it, mostly when on a particularly high lift in the middle of nowhere.

flan Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 30, 2007 Posts: 29 Location:	Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 4:42 AM GMT Edited: Feb 06, 2010 - 4:46 AM GMT Hey, getting stuck on a lift is NO fun...period. Got stuck on our last ride at Mt. Snow in Feb. 1988. Thank God it wasn't bitterly cold. They had to unload everyone by rope/harness. My sister was on the lift with me. When the guys finally got to us after 55 min., they threw the rescue rope over the lift chair cable. The gentleman says "just slip the harness under your shoulders and push your backside off the chair". To which I replied "You better some more guys to hold the rope" (I'm 6'-1", 220 lb.). My sister was gracious enough to let me go first. Boycotted Mt. Snow for seven years... Oh, BTW not planning to see the movie. __________ Long live the mighty Whale!

jedk Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 204 Location:Billerica, MA	Posted: Feb 06, 2010 - 5:29 AM GMT About 25 years ago I got stuck on a quad at Buck Hill, MN. The main motor quit and they couldn't get the gas engine backup motor started for about a half hour. Once started it took more than another half hour to get everyone off because the engine was so underpowered and the lift had a full load. We practically froze due to the zero degree temp during the operation and many people just left after that ride. I was thankful it wasn't a windy day.

smelick Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 1054 Location:	Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 4:53 PM GMT Edited: Feb 08, 2010 - 4:58 PM GMT I watched the poor folks sit on a chair at Wachusett last year for several hours. I can tell you it did not look fun. A little more about the movie "Frozen" - Looks like the director (a native of the Boston Area) got some of his inspiration for the movie locally here in NE: Quote: For a plot device to set "Frozen" in motion, the 1993 Holliston High graduate dredged up adolescent fears about abandonment to a slow, cold death at a run-down Bay State ski resort. "I used to ride some pretty shabby ski lifts as a kid. Whenever one lurched or just stalled a bit, it always ran through my mind: What would I do if I got stuck up there? How would I get down?" http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x785863497/Holliston-moviemaker-produces-chills-with-Frozen I have to say that it sounds like he may have struck an inner fear for a lot of people - albeit pretty far fetched It's nice to see a local doing well for themselves in the movie business. Update: Link to the Globe review: http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/02/05/a_concept_gets_thrown_to_the_wolves_in_frozen/ -Scott

rocket21 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 13, 2001 Posts: 6824 Location:USA	Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 5:02 PM GMT Edited: Feb 08, 2010 - 5:03 PM GMT Quote: Its kinda hard to take this movie seriously. Unless they get off the chair pretty quick, its going to be pretty boring. If you think that's bad, you should see the prequel to this movie: "Stuck On You" It takes place seven years before the chairlift incident. The same friends are at a local mall at closing time, riding an escalator. The escalator stops. The lights go out. The mall won't reopen for 10 long hours. Fortunately, after an hour and thirty minutes of panic, the two who surivive realize they can simply walk down the escalator as they would a stairway. __________ NewEnglandSkiHistory.com

nelsap Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 21, 2001 Posts: 2739 Location:Saratoga Springs, NY	Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 5:21 PM GMT My friend Mike, who is a movie critic for a magazine, saw the movie, and said that it was actually better than you'd think. I may have to see it to see how bad it is. JD __________ Jeremy Davis

watatic rox Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Feb 18, 2008 Posts: 961 Location:Look behind you.	Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 8:24 PM GMT Quote: I watched the poor folks sit on a chair at Wachusett last year for several hours. I can tell you it did not look fun. A little more about the movie "Frozen" - Looks like the director (a native of the Boston Area) got some of his inspiration for the movie locally here in NE: [QUOTE] For a plot device to set "Frozen" in motion, the 1993 Holliston High graduate dredged up adolescent fears about abandonment to a slow, cold death at a run-down Bay State ski resort. "I used to ride some pretty shabby ski lifts as a kid. Whenever one lurched or just stalled a bit, it always ran through my mind: What would I do if I got stuck up there? How would I get down?" http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x785863497/Holliston-moviemaker-produces-chills-with-Frozen I have to say that it sounds like he may have struck an inner fear for a lot of people - albeit pretty far fetched It's nice to see a local doing well for themselves in the movie business. Update: Link to the Globe review: http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/02/05/a_concept_gets_thrown_to_the_wolves_in_frozen/ -Scott[/quote] I was at Wacuett that day to. The lines a the minuteman Quad didnt look fun either.

mapnut Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 31, 2002 Posts: 3994 Location:New York City	Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 9:07 PM GMT Edited: Feb 08, 2010 - 9:08 PM GMT I wouldn't give the time of day to a movie supposed to be set in New England (Massachusetts yet) but filmed in Utah. That's so annoying! Movies with the wrong mountains

jm99 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 30, 2008 Posts: 76 Location:Boston area	Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 12:40 AM GMT Quote: I have to say that it sounds like he may have struck an inner fear for a lot of people - albeit pretty far fetched It's nice to see a local doing well for themselves in the movie business. That's a fear of mine. Last time I was at the Loaf, the power on the 3T went out while i was on it. It was probably the windiest day I have ever skied. Later, while I was on the spillway chair, I was praying the whole time that the wind wouldn't knock out the power.

Bill29 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 19, 2002 Posts: 1981 Location:	Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 2:24 PM GMT The movie sounds like West Mountain revisited. Two guys got stuck in the chair all night at that Glens Falls, N.Y. area. They survived and, I think, sued. I was on a chair at Wachusett years ago when there was a major power failure in Westminster. The people at the mountain used a back-up power system - a generator, i believe - to move the chairs and unload everyone. It took a while. Then, it being at night, many people skied down behind ski patrollers leading in snowmobiles with headlights. Some of us, on the other hand, skied down in the dark. I thanked the patrol for being so efficient. The guy I spoke to said they had gotten good at it because it was the third power failure in Westminster in about two weeks, so they had plenty of practice.

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