More Bad Mountain Movies (Banff Bad Mountain Film Festival)

I love the Banff Mountain Film Festival. You all should go, it's amazing. But I've always wondered what it would look like if, instead of taking the best mountain movies on tour, they would take the worst.

So here is my take on what the Banff Bad Mountain Film World Tour would look like. Although it is far from complete, it is pretty wide reaching. Films on the tour (in order of appearance) are:
The Day After Tomorrow
Ace Ventura 2
Vertical Limit
Cliffhanger
Mission Impossible 2
Star Trek 5
Third Man on the Mountain
First Ascent of the Uxbridge Road
Piker's Peak
The Eiger Sanction
Double Vision Mountaineering
Zpittvars: Clucking
Everest Climbed by Hairdressers
James Bond: For Your Eyes Only
Parking Garage: Beyond the Limit
Verstehen Sie Spass with Reinhold Messner
Scream of Stone

Many thanks to Douglas Macdonald of The Mountain World who's 'Wednesday Morning Time Wasters' turned me on to several gems here.

Hopefully Banff doesn't have a bad sense of humor.

If you like these movies, go rent or buy them. They are terrible, and yet so wonderful.

Update 2/13: I've had the most amazing and positive experience interacting with some awesome folks from the Banff Center who noticed this youtube video. Rather than insisting I take it down, they have been highly appreciative, humorous and positive. They even asked my permission to post the video to their blog!!

As a result they have earned one die hard fan at least!

Also - if you like the music you should buy the album from the artist: Jacques Blackstone at purplesoundmusic dot com. His music is used here (remarkably) sort of by permission.

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[burleighmt]

I love third man on the mountain... Actually I love all these movies, but the climbing in it is a little goofy!

[mrADA]

The Eiger Sanction -  the best climbing movie ever

[burleighmt]

@mrADA No doubt - a classic in the genre.

[PSMVideos]

Hey!

That's my song!

I remember being informed about this video being out and using my Banff theme!

Funny video - I like it!

Banff is an amazing festival and all good things are complemented by humor.

Thanks for the plug and the info about my site

PS: I like the 'sort of by permission' part - lol

[burleighmt]

@PSMVideos Wow - thank you for the comment and your (sort of) permission to use this track! I'm a big fan of all of your work!

[windriver456]

Brilliant. Freakin' brilliant.

[burleighmt]

Haha - thanks!

[Violet2124]

1:19,what's that?

[stsharp1]

I am also appalled cliffhanger is included....love it

[arnoldzieffel]

Sorry, I'm appalled that THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN is amongst the 'worst' of anything. It's one of Disney's best and most charming movies.

[1138thz]

@criticsare2apenny

Jamima "do you have anything you want to say to me before I go?"

Hemlock, "I keep a twenty in the bowl by the door you might pick it up on your way out."

Help me out with the exact wording here:

Ben at the telescope watching the climb is approached by a female writer.

Female writer: "Mr. Bowman do these men climb to compensate for sexual inadequacy or to ?????(I cant remember)

Ben, "Lady why don't you go get yourself screwed...it would do you a lot of good."

[criticsare2apenny]

@1138thz

Assassin to Clint posing as effeminate flower deliverer: "Go away, cupcake"

[1138thz]

@criticsare2apenny

Dragon: "I don't know, I don't want to know how you managed to precipitate all three fellow climbers from the mountain. I assume that unable to identify your target you decided to take all three! Extravagant! But you have always been that Dr. Hemlock...we will miss you at C-2

[criticsare2apenny]

@1138thz

Clint: you might have trouble playing the piano for a while

[1138thz]

@criticsare2apenny

German---Ah! Now we come to who is to be the leader.

French-----You make a good point Jonathan has climbed the mountain twice before.

German---Correction! The doctor has failed to climb the mountain twice before. I'm sorry herr Docktor but I don't believe that a record of failure automatically grants you the right to lead.

Clint--------I think it's important that you lead.

German---Well, our business is settled then, I suggest we retire to the bar for a drink.

[thtsritesun1212]

what? the monty python mountaineers were the best there ever was!