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http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/frozen/

OK...this is probably an implausible premise (isn't this kind of thing double checked to hell and back? Don't they have cell phones? etc). Yet this trailer creeped me out more than any other horror movie trailer I have ever seen. I guess it's the fact that if you overlook the implausibilities this could actually happen combined with the sheer terror of the thought of dying slowly and alone.

Kinda reminiscent of Open Water (the original, not the shitty in name only sequel whose trailer alone screams "Darwin Award: The Movie") Only on a chairlift.

Dunno if I will see this, though. Yes, I'm a pussy.

Saw this trailer a little while ago and some of the early buzz for the film is really good. I'll give it a watch.

I'm kinda confused how they can stretch this movie out for any lengthy of time. I haven't seen open water. Phone Booth was in the same general ballpark of "Stick a guy in a scary box for as long as possible" and that worked because there were a lot of people involved.

What bugged me was not the lack of cell phones (believe or not there ARE people who still don't have them) but the fact that they appear to be skiing without gloves.

There are plenty of us who don't carry our cell phones everywhere, too. I'd totally leave it behind if I was skiing, or doing anything where I don't want to be interrupted (which is pretty much everything). I only take it with me if I think it will be needed

To be fair, there ARE things that can go wrong on a ski trip OTHER than getting left on the ski lift. If you're on one of the more dangerous slopes you could conceivably get into an accident and end up in a ditch somewhere with a broken leg or something. I probably wouldn't bring my cell phone anyway because I'm a young adult who still thinks he's invulnerable, but it wouldn't be a bad idea.

Ha ha, Iceman is Frozen.

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What?

Call me strange, but the premise of this movie sounds more stupid than going to an animal pen filled with hungry rabid wolverines, butt-naked and wearing a raw steak on top of your family jewels.

North_Ranger said:

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What?

Call me strange, but the premise of this movie sounds more stupid than going to an animal pen filled with hungry rabid wolverines, butt-naked and wearing a raw steak on top of your family jewels.

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Then you obviously haven't seen Adrift (aka "Open Water 2: Adrift" as it was marketed in the US). The premise: a bunch of idiots go to the middle of the ocean on a yacht and decide to go swimming. One of them is aquaphobic but her ever so sensitive husband pushes her overboard to try to "cure her". Then when they're all in the water they realize none of them (a group of five people) lowered the ladder and can't climb back aboard. Tragic Stupidity ensues.

...I just lost quite a bit of hope for this movie:

http://screenrant.com/frozen-clip-ski-lift-pauly-41594/

Gruebeard said:

There are plenty of us who don't carry our cell phones everywhere, too. I'd totally leave it behind if I was skiing, or doing anything where I don't want to be interrupted (which is pretty much everything). I only take it with me if I think it will be needed

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LOL! You're so 1995. I keep my cell phone on me playing hockey.

As for the movie. How would they freeze? Don't skiers wear layers, gloves, face protection, goggles, hats, boots...etc... If anything they could fall asleep in shifts during the night so as not to fall off and wait for the lift to come back on in the morning.

I can only hope that this movie does for skiing what Jaws did for swimming; keeping my precious, precious runs clear of morons (or in this case, snowboarders)

As for this happening in real life, no.Just, no.

1) Why would a skihill close in the winter from Sunday to Friday? That..makes no sense. They only have a short season to begin with and all of your dollars come from tourists (Locals have season passes) who are vacationing to begin with.
2) The liftees still have to ski down the hill. It's not like once the lift shuts down the whole hill empties immediately.
3) She..took off her gloves? They fell off? WTF? They didn't think of covering their faces either?
4) I can understand not having cell phones. Because 20-somethings don't carry them around everywhere. Or maybe this is a period piece from the 60s.
5) It's NOT EVEN A BIG MOUNTAIN! The one shot of the lights going off shows the entire bloody thing.


They should have made it more realistic like having a nuke go off killing all of the liftees except they were shielded by old lead lift equipment.

Or done a movie about this guy:

Man, I didn't know some of you guys had already seen the movie!

Espy said:

Man, I didn't know some of you guys had already seen the movie!

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It played at Butt-Numbathon.

Wrap your arms and legs around the cable and shimmey to the nearest pole or non-damaging jumping distance, and why would she be putting her bare hands on freezing metal long enough to let them stick to it? Clinging to cold metal isn't something you naturally do. And wolves, by nature, would not be interested in three uninjured, grown humans in the air.

They don't look like they're out of shape fatties and would probably be fine doing this

Couldn't the dude with the snowboard use it as a sort of zip line with his boot laces as something to hang onto and slide from basket to basket...

Fuck all that actually,

Just jump down. It can't be more than 30 feet into snow. Land feet first onto the balls of your feet while tucking and rolling. Would skis and a snowboard actually spread the impact force enough to not even require a tuck and roll?

Adammon;329724][QUOTE=Espy said:

Man, I didn't know some of you guys had already seen the movie!

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It played at Butt-Numbathon.[/QUOTE]

I didn't know anyone from here got in to see it though. Either way, it looks fun. I like a good survival horror flick and I'm not one to nitpick stuff to death unless it's really stupid (I know thats subjective from person to person so I get why people might not want to see this). I'll probably wait to see it before deciding how well it works.