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Reviews
Ice Cold Gold (2013)
Actors Deja Vu?
Are these guys actors? They're playing real life a little too much. Reality programming with actors playing at being real. I swear I've seen some of these guys on TV somewhere before.
*WARNING SPOILER ALERT* The scenes are set up way too much to be reality. They feel rehearsed.
SPOILER: And when the guy tells the story of why mining is important to him I didn't believe him. His delivery was orchestrated and felt false (although the facts he was telling could well be true)./SPOILER
The scenery is gorgeous and dramatic; and its rubbing off on the actors (they are, right?) playing roles of tough guys who are daring mother nature in the coldest part of the world (Dramatic music crescendo)
Throw in 'building a successful business' concerns with regular spats of tension, disagreement, and f*ck-ups and there's always drama going on —oh yeah, there's the "strike it rich" drama too.
Appealing to the gold rush 49'r in all of us there are exciting moments to live our fantasies through, though small and fleeting.
Could be a lot better, but I guess when you invest that much money into production you want a sure thing from the real people miners —who are anything but predictable in temperament or ability to 'move' people while on screen.
Oh well.