Stumpy 284 #1 December 12, 2003 What is out there - what does anyone rate (and I'm not too bothered about hollywood "poetic license") - its just a present for a friend who has recently started AFF and is mad for it!!Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleBadger 0 #2 December 12, 2003 Primarily skydiving: Cutaway Dropzone Films with bits in: PointBreak XXX Reign of Fire Charlies Angels Bruce Almighty (Deleated scene on the DVD) + many many more. For rating, just expect to laugh at most! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #3 December 12, 2003 Which is the one with the Golden Knights and the chap out of Starship Troopers swooping into a hangar or something?Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #4 December 12, 2003 I think that would be Cutaway. Otherwise laugh off the shmaltzy hollywood stuff and get him something like Crosswind, it's without a doubt one of the most inspiring vids of all time! Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 74 #5 December 12, 2003 A great corny one is Adrenaline A Dutch/South-African production (the actors talk english) http://www.adrenaline-themovie.com/media/trailer.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318276/ It has some cool base-jumps (mostly in cape-town South Africa), and one of the worst plots/stories ever...I had a blast... It's avialable everywhere for a few bucks here in holland..:)JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #6 December 12, 2003 The folks in Hollywood do a lot of unrealistic stuff that looks really cheezy to folks in the know - and not just in skydiving. If you reallyw want some good footage, might I suggest "Good Stuff" or some of the other professionally made videos (many on DVD!). On rainy days at my old DZ in FL, we would play one of those, and it would keep veterans and whuffos alike entertained for hours. Most DZ gear stores have some videos, but if yours doesn't try paragear.com. If you're wondering which videos are best, anything with footage from Norman Kent will be very good. Swoop competition footage always draws ooohs and ahs. Ask around, too... Cheers- Blue skies FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sssbc99 0 #7 December 12, 2003 How about Flyboyz Party Mix. I know it is not a hollywood production but who wants to watch that bullshit anyway. It will show him something about skydiving rather than surfing bank robbers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douva 0 #8 December 13, 2003 ACTION: Terminal Velocity Drop Zone Cutaway (in that order) COMEDY: Fandango HAVEN'T SEEN IT, SO I CAN'T COMMENT: Gypsy Moths GOOD MOVIE WITH SOME SKYDIVING IN IT: Point BreakI don't have an M.D. or a law degree. I have bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #9 December 13, 2003 Doesn't Austin Powers skydive into his car in the beginning of Goldmember? I'm not sure if I'm remembering the movie right though. I know he's coming from the sky and landing into his car. He might be paragliding. I can't remember at all. Was he skydiving or paragliding? Anybody know?I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnny1488 1 #10 December 13, 2003 QuoteGOOD MOVIE WITH SOME SKYDIVING IN IT: Point Break Are you mixing medications? I'm glad to see you brought up Fandango, though. We show that every safety day! Johnny --"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!" Mike Rome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnny1488 1 #11 December 13, 2003 He was skydiving. He hooks his stilleto right into his "shaguar". Johnny --"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!" Mike Rome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccurley 1 #12 December 13, 2003 There is an old black & white film from the mid sixties called The Skydivers. Caught it on late night TV once. Terrible plot and acting, but for the time some good jumps. Anyone else ever seen it?Watch my video Fat Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRWkEky8GoI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #13 December 14, 2003 Only on MST3K. - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msmithd8769 0 #14 December 14, 2003 Gypsy Moths - good flick, 1969, about a barnstorming-type skydive exhibition team, Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman, has one of the most accurate depictions of the sport of skydiving without all the Hollywood-hype, BS, and inaccuracies. It's a good nostalgia film about the early days of the sport. I just picked up a copy of it on DVD a few weeks ago. Good film and I'd recommend it....._____________________________ "And when the prophet shall arise who appeareth as a bird then the time of the Lord draweth nigh and the flock shall rule the earth." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBCOOPER 5 #15 December 14, 2003 I second that.Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting is a very very good idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #16 December 14, 2003 We had a discussion once on our DZ, about whether or not a person without a rig can hold onto another skydiver thru opening. General concensus was No, but then I showed them it could be done: by getting the tape of Charlie's Angels out of my car and showing the first couple minutes ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
algboy 0 #17 December 15, 2003 "Skydiving feature films" I always thought of that as an oxymoron But seriously, I have yet to see any skydiving-heavy flic that was both skydiving realistic AND a decent story with good acting. The closest I've ever seen to the latter would have to be "Point Break" and "Dropzone" "Cutaway" had some great skydiving footage, but they dumbed it down for the whuffo crowd and--I hate to say this--the acting was lame. But I could be wrong . . . .“Keep your elbow up!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newtothesky21 0 #18 December 16, 2003 Hey Just a question has there ever been a movie made abaut D.B. Cooper. that would be a good one to see I saw a thing abaut hime on some crime show baut daring hists in history it was cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSpoon 4 #19 December 16, 2003 Anyone who made their first jump before about 1982 will realize that the portrait of parachuting in Fandango is very realistic. That's what makes it soooo funny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
algboy 0 #20 December 16, 2003 QuoteAnyone who made their first jump before about 1982 will realize that the portrait of parachuting in Fandango is very realistic. That's what makes it soooo funny. I did (1976 on a 28' round). I'll have to check out that flick. I'm guessing it'll be hard to find???“Keep your elbow up!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reginald 0 #21 December 20, 2003 Quote"Cutaway" had some great skydiving footage, but they dumbed it down for the whuffo crowd and--I hate to say this--the acting was lame. But I could be wrong . . . . Hey, the film stared Dennis Rodman and one of the lesser Baldwin brothers of COURSE the acting was lame!"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billbooth 10 #22 December 20, 2003 Actually, I thought that my acting in "Cutaway" was superb. I know...I know...Keep the day job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benny 0 #23 December 21, 2003 Which is the one with Denzel, Dropzone? I'm jonesin for some cheesy action flick. through in some skydiving and you've just made my day! Never go to a DZ strip show. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsbbreck 0 #24 December 21, 2003 I just rented a really bad skydiving movie. Got suckered in by the cool photo on the DVD cover of HAHO jumpers coming out of the back of a tailgate with skyboards on. None of which was actually in the movie. It was called Extreme Heist. Really low budget. Some of it was filmed at Cal City. Avoid this movie. I just fastforwarded to the skydiving parts because the plot was so bad not to mention the acting.David "Socrates wasn't killed because he had the answer.......he was killed because he asked the question." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msmithd8769 0 #25 December 21, 2003 QuoteWhich is the one with Denzel, Dropzone? I'm jonesin for some cheesy action flick. through in some skydiving and you've just made my day! I don't think Denzel Washington was in any skydiving flicks. Are you maybe referring to Wesley Snipes? I think he was in Dropzone...._____________________________ "And when the prophet shall arise who appeareth as a bird then the time of the Lord draweth nigh and the flock shall rule the earth." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
