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Smitten the movie 30-Aug-2011 At 4:19:48 PM benjo

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Where to begin Ado…?

“I feel so sorry for all the companies that supported it, what a waste of coin. Ed Thornhill you should hand back all their money. Whatever you promised them you didn't deliver”- Why vilify Ed? So…he wanted to make a climbing film, got some sponsors for it, made the film and in your mind HE didn’t deliver…? What a bastard he is, well worth your online slag-fest…Not. I can think of a bunch of expeditions that received cash from sponsors and didn’t “deliver”…! He doesn’t deserve to be on the brainless chopping block of online assassins.

“What's with all the swearing? It should have been edited out, and the climbers should all know when the camera starts rolling it's not the time to start with the potty mouth. That's what being professional is all about”- ??? Apparently people f#ck’in swear…I know a 3 year old that f#ck’in swears when he boulders, its not a big f#ck’in deal. And why not capture the actual scene for what it is and not be such a prude? It hurts sometimes to look in a mirror I know. It’s not like all the f#ck’in Dosage f#ck’in films haven’t got any f#ck’in swearing in them. Like f#ck’in Cogsy said “Most modern comedy, film and music video's really push the old limit of what is offensive or not...”, first a bit of cleavage, then a bit of the old nip, the way its going you’ll be sitting in your arm chair in 5 years with your 3D glasses on watching a movie and you won’t even flinch at the fact your getting turkey slapped in 3D in your living room, and you’ll still angst about swearing in f#ck’in climbing films. “That's what being professional is all about”- what do you mean? No ones claiming to be professional here. We can swear as much as we f#ck’in well want, are we not human too?

“There was NO consideration given to flat light conditions, the camera just kept rolling in full sun so the contrast was woeful”- well there was, it’s just that we aren’t all blessed with the right lighting conditions allllll the time, not to mention the keen eye for film making that you obviously have. When you drive to Victoria for 2 days in summer to film 3 routes it puts you under the pump a bit apparently…

“The footage on Taipan SHOULD have been awesome. It was far from it”- Yes it was, it had me in it you daft monkey.

“To conduct commercial activities in the Grose (ie. shoot a movie) you need permission from NPWS. Bet the film makers didn't say they were shooting some BASE action”- What about the Korean commercial that YOU and I worked on (and got paid for) that had a helicopter doing laps of the Grose filming it’s little heart out, not to mention churning out more Co2 and having a bigger afternoon tea budget than the entire production of Smitten. They didn’t have permission, why get on the attack here then?

What a hate fest Ado, you take such pride in being a community minded fella and yet it seemed you relished in twisting a dagger in Smittens side and trying to bring someone down. And sure you could have written your opinion, a little constructive criticism, but it could have been done in a much more objective, gracious, less anti-Ed way. Your high horse is more of a dumb, bludgeoning Sancho Panza mule.

Ed made Comin’ At Ya Hyper in 1997, there hasn’t been any Ozzy climbing films since. Ed decides to make Smitten and gets reamed out by cranks online, what a bummer. One dude making a movie as a hobby, with guys who do not by any means pretend to be actors. Why do you take such offence to that? At least there’s someone out there doing it. I could imagine if you were in it you’d think it was radder.

What do you want anyway? For every climbing film to conform to the same over hyped, homogenous climbing film formula? God, how painful that’d be.

If your willing to accept the idiosyncrasies then you might be able to see Smitten for the unique snap shot of Australian climbing in the naughties that it is. We wouldn’t have it if someone hadn’t gotten off their arse and done it at their own expense for the fun of it, despite the world full of evil online trawlers that were most likely composing their hate mail even before they’d seen the thing.

What an un-objective, unreflective slag-fest, ugly to witness man.

I would feel embarrassed with myself having written half of that, even if it was under an alias.

Christ, the forums do bring the weirdness in people out don’t they?!

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