My review of Surf School got me thinking about another absolutely terrible movie about schools for sports called Frostbite (2005). Where Surf School was about losers riding boards on liquid water, Frostbite is about losers riding boards on frozen water. The differences are astounding.
For starters, Frostbite sounds like it was mostly improvised. Whereas Surf School cleverly crafted their awful jokes, Frostbite isn’t sure that they are jokes in the first place and botches the delivery every time. Neither of Frostbite’s two writers had written anything before, and neither has attempted to since. Also, I suspect both of them had been hit hard on the head at some point in their developing years.
The plot is a lot more serious than the goofy, ape-filled Surf School, due to the fact that no one in it can play comedy. A kid gets accepted to a prestigious snowboard academy (I’m...
For starters, Frostbite sounds like it was mostly improvised. Whereas Surf School cleverly crafted their awful jokes, Frostbite isn’t sure that they are jokes in the first place and botches the delivery every time. Neither of Frostbite’s two writers had written anything before, and neither has attempted to since. Also, I suspect both of them had been hit hard on the head at some point in their developing years.
The plot is a lot more serious than the goofy, ape-filled Surf School, due to the fact that no one in it can play comedy. A kid gets accepted to a prestigious snowboard academy (I’m...
- 7/3/2010
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