Though a surfing expedition to the arctic sounded like an idiotic concept even by crazy-Scandinavian standards, this documentary turned out to be high quality. The three brothers are more skilled at extreme sports than you'd expect, and their confident cold weather performance is impressive. The filmography is also great for a self-shot action movie under such conditions (if only the "found footage" genre films could be this smooth). The parts focused on personality development aren't too heavy-handed, and the film also succeeds in portraying some pretty tense moments. The downside of this professionalism is that some viewers might be skeptical that they actually pulled this off.
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The Wegge Bro's 'Run Deep'
j2k_23 April 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Well crafted and intelligent document of a genuine adventure. There are many things which made me want to applaud this film; the herculean effort of the brothers Wegge to even undertake it was impressive, not least because they aren't 'trustafarians' who rely on the bank of mummy and daddy to pay for cool stuff like so many of their contemporaries..
These guys funded the trip themselves by ingenious, resourceful means like liberating wasted food from dumpsters, chopping, cooking and drying it to make up their rations, and by using equipment that hadn't passed QC from the manufacturers therefore being scheduled for the rubbish heap.
I loved their indomitable spirit, and fearlessness too.. Damned if I'd even think about dropping off an unknown mountain on a snowboard where the nearest help was.. ..never.
The perilous drama too when young Håkon took a short-cut in a tiny found rowing boat along with all the expeditions gear, only to find himself eventually stuck in an 'icy hell' with the oars disintegrating around him.. I'm not sure how close they realise they all came to the end there, but the way it was dealt with was little short of heroic. Where many a person would have been a gibbering PTSD wreck after such an episode, upon finally getting to land once more, Håkon was treated, and acted like it was nothing at all.. I was blown away.
Great surf and ski shots too, but this is a story of much more than that. I was left with the notion that I would like to salute the parents of these young men, they raised a trio humanity can be proud of.
These guys funded the trip themselves by ingenious, resourceful means like liberating wasted food from dumpsters, chopping, cooking and drying it to make up their rations, and by using equipment that hadn't passed QC from the manufacturers therefore being scheduled for the rubbish heap.
I loved their indomitable spirit, and fearlessness too.. Damned if I'd even think about dropping off an unknown mountain on a snowboard where the nearest help was.. ..never.
The perilous drama too when young Håkon took a short-cut in a tiny found rowing boat along with all the expeditions gear, only to find himself eventually stuck in an 'icy hell' with the oars disintegrating around him.. I'm not sure how close they realise they all came to the end there, but the way it was dealt with was little short of heroic. Where many a person would have been a gibbering PTSD wreck after such an episode, upon finally getting to land once more, Håkon was treated, and acted like it was nothing at all.. I was blown away.
Great surf and ski shots too, but this is a story of much more than that. I was left with the notion that I would like to salute the parents of these young men, they raised a trio humanity can be proud of.
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