Road Cycling - The Hard Road

http://www.thehardroad.com

Has anyone seen this yet?! It looks very cool! It is comming to where I live for a 1 day showing at an Art movie house. I still think that I might by the DVD anyway.


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Chaz

I bought it when it came out on DVD...it is awesome! Quite inspiring and a good insite into how much actually goes into being a pro!

good film, on the whole. some of the pacing and the voice-over are a bit amateurish, but it is, after all, jamie paolinetti's first film. there's a sense of quiet desperation in the netzero team which, despite being a pro team on the books, was really more of a pro-am squad.

Is it out in VHS? I don't have a DVD player (yet!).

Better bite the bullet and get one at BestBuy or somewhere (only about $60). DVDs RULE!

$60?! What a rip.
Just go buy some WCP dvd's and enjoy the TDF & spring classics

No..no, he's saying a DVD Player is $60....the Hard Road is $24.99 + $3 to ship it.

Andrew

I purchased it in August, and I've watched it twice since then, it's a interesting film, but I would have to agree that the voice over seemed a bit awkward in places. other than that it was pretty good..... of course I still don't understand why jamie wasn't wearing a helmet in any of the training rides.... :rolleyes:

Go see it before you buy it and decide if it's worthy of a purchase.

I feel I got most of my money's worth but there's something lacking. While I liked the effort put in to this production there are some things that didn't reach the full potential. I'd give it a thumbs up but maybe a 6/10.

- Most of the race coverage is weak, usually consisting of one camera... it's the same effect as watching a crit yourself.

- The climbing scene with Jamie goes on... and on... and on...

- The voiceover and edits were clearly done in a way so that segments could be easily moved. That is, you'll never see a scene transition where the voiceover continues through the transition. It's like the film is made of 100 little segments. That creates an uneasyness and the film never flows.

- IIRC, the USPro championship coverage is recycled TV coverage for the most part.

- There is some problem with the mastering of the disc. During the layer transition the picture breaks up and the audio goes screwy. This continues for a few minutes. Maybe it's my player but I've never seen that happen with any other DVD

- Something I absolutely hate... the filler footage is reused a few times in the film. You'll see the same scenes with different commentary.