After just watching this film I had thought that I would just post images from the film in here and not bother with words… Mere words can’t express how impressed I am with this film. See, the word ‘impressed’ doesn’t do it – I need a new word above ‘amazing’ and ‘awesome’ (two of my favorite words) to properly convey how good this is. IsenSeven are 10 years old this year – And the path they’ve taken over that time is pretty amazing (see?). From 1999’s production (which looked like a handycam job) to the crisp, finished piece that is Let’s Go Get Lost in 2009, the attention to detail in this film is phenomenal. The use of colour, lighting and movement along with some impressive motion graphics makes this not just an appealing film to core snowboarders but is very watchable for weekend warriors and girlfriends/boyfriends too. The sound track is one of the best this year – did you catch the original trailer for this film that used Johnny Foreigner’s ‘Salt Pepper & Spinderella’? If you didn’t, it?s pasted below. There?s lot’s of tracks along similar lines – the only let down being Swoboda’s track which wasn’t to my taste but I?m sure there’s crew out there who would be into it.
Here I’m getting dangerously close to spoilers, if you’re concerned about knowing who has what part… Skip this paragraph. Okay, the opening part goes to Anton Gunnarsson and has a good mix of urban and backcountry riding along with crowd favorites like a fire gap and even a Jeremy Jones style shuvit in there. The ender is, surprisingly, Erik Botner’s part. I say surprisingly because the part was being sent out to a load of websites a couple of weeks ago which seems to kind of put a dampener on the excitement you normally get from seeing the ender for the first time. Standout parts include Fips Strauss and Alex Tank.
Of special note are the rider introductions… When you have a watch through make sure you pay close attention to Fredrik Evensen’s intro… It’s the all white one with the pen and it is incredible! All the intros play on colour and light really well – sunset shots, fireworks, night shots with heavy colour treatments and great titles.
For as much as you can review these films, I believe that this progressed on the best snowboard films ever made… It took elements that MDP pioneered and improved on them, planned intros really well and took a lot of care in creating Let’s Go Get Lost… That effort shows and they’ve set the benchmark. It’s a ‘must have’ for the collection.
Movie Details:
Riders:
– Andre Kuhlmann
– Michi Zirngibl
– Fips Strauss
– Tobi Staruss
– Erik Botner
– Ludwig Lejkner
– Fredrik Evensen
– Christophe Schmidt
– Chris Patsch
– Alex Tank
– Tom Klocker
– Anton Gunnarsson
– Marc Swoboda
– Torgein Berre
Runtime:
45 Minutes
Sponsors:
Nitro, Oakley, O’Neill, Horsefeathers, Carhartt, Head, Vans, Nike 6.0, Fiat, L1
Isenseven – TIMES
Isenseven – Welcome
Isenseven – Let’s Go Get Lost – Teaser
