I just watched it the other day and must say, I liked it quite a bit. Some parts were a little slow, but other parts gave me an urge to go ride FAST like no other video I've seen. The footage itself is pretty good. I'm no film expert, but a lot of the footage seems like it was taken with either an old camera (perhaps a Super8, hence the name?) or a rather cheap digital one. Parts of the video were either out of focus, or the camera couldn't adjust from light to dark quickly enough.
Tony Butler was trying some artistic stuff where he'd focus on a tree, then focus to a rider, but did the same thing over and over -- it got a little old.
He did, however, cover the racing very well. There were split screen bits with a time ticker. Although the time ticker was only there for effect (he used footage from both practice and race runs to put it together) he was able to create a fairly complete view of the course. He definitely shot more sections of each course than I've seen with Porter or Rankin.
I liked the soundtrack for the most part, but some songs were a tad slow.
I guess to sum up the film, it was a bit hit-or-miss, but when Butler hit it, he hit it REAL good! I loved the first one, and this one is up there with it.
Here's a taste of some good stuff:
Tony Butler was trying some artistic stuff where he'd focus on a tree, then focus to a rider, but did the same thing over and over -- it got a little old.
He did, however, cover the racing very well. There were split screen bits with a time ticker. Although the time ticker was only there for effect (he used footage from both practice and race runs to put it together) he was able to create a fairly complete view of the course. He definitely shot more sections of each course than I've seen with Porter or Rankin.
I liked the soundtrack for the most part, but some songs were a tad slow.
I guess to sum up the film, it was a bit hit-or-miss, but when Butler hit it, he hit it REAL good! I loved the first one, and this one is up there with it.
Here's a taste of some good stuff:
