Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain

Wow is all i can say. This movie was so bad it's something to be marveled at. I've just been looking at the voting statistics for old Crappy Mountain and can not say how proud I am to be the one female under 18 to have given it a vote of 1. I'm only distressed at the one male under 18 who gave it a vote of 10 (what in carnations!!??) making the average for under 18's a crazy 5.5 This movie is highly recommended as you can't help feeling privileged to have witnessed the worse movie of all time.

I can't even begin to tell you how bad this movie is. The only thing worse than seeing this movie is the fact that it plays automatically all over again when it's over. This is a glorified music video of horrible music. Jim Carey should not be on the cover of this movie either, as he is in about 15 to 20% of the whole thing. They should have had whoever the musical artist was. I honestly don't even know the plot of this movie, and I'm not kidding. I laughed so hard out loud ... when I had to read the back of the DVD case to remember what it was supposed to be about. The sound? They interlaced two songs (one in your right speaker, one in your left) that don't even match. If you want an idea for a good movie, read the back of this DVD case, and follow that plot, as the director sure steered clear of it. Alan Thicke ... I thought I knew ye! Oh, and I gave it one star only because I couldn't find the "Give me my money back" option.

I can imagine the party where some Club Med executives and a ski resort oner decided to try their hand at the movie business with this one. "Let's see, if we give them free ski passes and hotel rooms for a week, and promise to film them doing whatever they damn well please, they'll work for nothing and we'll get a whole famous movie out of it. And in 20 years, people will see it in the $2 bin of their local video store, and they'll want to go skiing here and see if people are really still wearing corduroy jackets and ties to the bar and bell-bottom ski pants on the slopes." A notable addition to your collection if you are a Jim Carrey or Jean-Claude Killy fan or a fashion historian. Or if you and your friends are really stoned at 3AM on a Sunday morning and want to watch something aimless, listless, and beyond self-parody. And very interesting from a Carrey point of view, because what he does here at approximately age 20 is exactly what he's done in every movie he's been in since then. Also, is Allen Thicke somebody? Because he appeared to get his start in this one. Also note the big hair and fashion shades on the female singers, and the absence of chord variations in the first female number. And check out the Country&Western dude. And boy those ski racers are so much fun to be around, and not at all narcissistic. If you liked this one, see also Professor Bunkersplaten in "World's Greatest Skiing Bloopers", also available in the bargain bin of your local video store, or at the 25 cent sale at your public library.

It's surprising that Jim Carrey ever became famous after seeing this film. He stumbles into one after another cheap, unfunny impersonations and bad jokes while trying to get laid. 50's rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins is in this film at a very bad time in his career. Rita Coolege also performs some boring songs. The star, Alan Thicke does some serious over acting and is also not funny at all. No real plot here... but a must see for fans of cheap cinema. Not half as good as "Three Way Weekend" or "Hot dog", but I recommend watching it for the hell of it. Who knows, "Copper Mountain" may have started the "sleazy skiing" movie genre. A must see 10/10.

There is nothing good nor remotely redeeming or endearing about this pile of po0py. Sadly, I spent 99 cents (cdn) on it (about 10 cents US). A quick check of the director David Mitchell's other films shows that they are all of the same outstanding caliber . . . The worst part is that I watched this piece of po0py twice. I fell asleep about 10 minutes in, and when I woke up to the ending Rita Coolidge LIVE! segment, I thought "geeze, must have missed the good stuff." Turns out the ending credits are the good stuff. It doesn't even count as ski *. Basically, this was a p!$$-poor winter-vacation for Canadian "celebrities" that was probably funded by the Canadian tax payers in the form of tax-write-offs and credits. SPOILER WARNING: Here's the summary of this 60 minutes of po0py: 0-10 minutes: Opening credits, done on home computer, over beauty shots of Colorado, with the worst theme song I've ever heard, with singing out of key, etc. She couldn't keep a note if her life depended on it. Some minor banter between the driver (Thicke) and passenger (Carey) about the latter's inability to pick up women. 11-15: Informercial bit. Check in at Club Med. More banter. Check out ski bunnies. Talk to some french ski pro who speaks glowingly of Club Med, and their peculiar take on resorts. Frenchie talks through his resume and trophy list. 16-30: Jim Carrey does Sammy Davis Junior impression on an open microphone, and finds that the band is p!$$ed off at him. Band is moments later impressed by his abilities, and decides to play a tune. Actually it becomes 10 tunes. Not much dialogue. 31-37: Thicke meets up with some guy who looks like George Hamilton and they take off in helicopter. Not much dialogue. Some big mountain skiing ensues. Only good part of film, other than opening and closing credits. 38-50: Back to music video of unknown band, interspersed with some ski competition that Thicke loses. Can't remember details. Was sleeping. 51-55: Jim Carey goes for beginner ski lessons and chases ski bunny onto double-black diamond run. Makes it thru trees without killing self (too bad). People at base are impressed at his prowess. Breaks groin at bottom of hill, and meets two ski bunnies who take sympathy on him. 56-60: End roll over Rita Coolidge at Club Med "Bar" . . . Ronnie Hawkins plays himself as backup to Rita Coolidge.

First off, this is NOT a recommendation. If you're a big and I mean BIG Jim Carrey fan (like me) then I'd say get this admixture of cut and paste movie making. I was all hyped up to see this movie but when I actually saw it, what a letdown! But I did really like Jim's short moments as he impersonated different celebrities. Otherwise, I thought that I was witnessing a rough (and I do mean rough) new budding director's talents. Overall, do not expect acting but rather a focus on Club Med, solo artists, and a great interpretation of Sammy Davis Jr. by Jim. But by all means, if you're a BIG Jim Carrey fan, get this first film with Jim in his first starring role.

well i'm glad to know that i'm not the only one who got ripped off by wal-mart. hehe anyhow i was at good old wally world tonight and saw this movie. The name caught my eye cause I actually get a season pass to copper mountain every year. So i was like i wonder if this was filmed their. So i read the box and thought it can't be that bad. I couldn't be more wrong. The only upside to the movie was the beginning and seeing places that I drive by every week during the ski season, and trying to figure out where they were on the mountain. Thats about the most props that i can give the movie. As for the movie itself, well i have always wanted to see a movie that was about 15 minutes long and the rest of it is watching some musical acts that i have never liked. If you need to punish your children force them to watch this movie. That would be punishment enough for just about anything they have done wrong. Also one last note, don't let this movie affect the possibility of any trip to copper mountain, its quite an excellent ski resort.