KING LINES
Director: Josh Lowell & Peter Mortimer
Starring: Chris Sharma amongst others.
Screen date (US): 2007
Date seen: 18.07.08
Reviewed by: neko
Trailer:
Review: King Lines is THE best climbing video I’ve seen. Actually, I stumbled across the trailer on youtube, and I was sold. I HAD to see this film!
The plot revolves around Chris Sharma, a climbing legend. Lowell and Mortimer’s sponsors brings Sharma around the world looking for his perfect climb. He search trough the rocks of Greece and Malta in Europe before he boulders a bit in the US, climbs a few routes with his childhood gym trainer, and trek for days trough the Venezuelan jungle to find a hidden, magical bouldering spot. In between, there’s some partying documented with hand held cameras, a competition in Barcelona, and a flashback and short introduction to Sharma’s climbing career. Parts of this movie is set up to be a deifying of Sharma, but I’m sure he didn’t want it to be like this.
Mostly it’s just about the climbing. And it’s so intense, I even had to take off my socks. I usually get sweaty palms when watching masters in action, but this is the first time my feet started sweating. I was tense all trough the 64 minutes of this movie, and I felt so great afterwards - I was on top of the world with Sharma by my side! Highly recommended!
In words: climbing, rock, adventure, sending, routes, party, chris sharma, legend, sport
Reminds me of: Other climbing movies of course, but they don’t quite match this.
Quote: Sharma: Putting everything on hold, I might just stay here. Live up at Clark Mountain. I might just go crazy.
Buy: From Amazon.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:25 pm
This movie sounds just like the kind of movie I would watch for ten seconds and then turn it of. Not because your review was bad, but cause the consept of sportsmovies really isen’t my cup of tea. Just watching the cover of this film makes make troath dry, and my fingers starts looking for some drawng paper.