Elisa Rolston

Sweetest movie in years, Mar 29 2012

This is the sweetest movie I've seen in a very long time. It is very heartwarming and teaches me a little about birds. The biggest thing it does is make me think about birds. Now, I'm actively looking for them when I go on my daily walk/jogs.

An Hillarious account about my summer Boating destination., Aug 11 2011

I started reading this book at Pender Harbour which is where my family went every summer. When the author was talking about "racing" to catch the ferry and getting seasick on the Sunshine Coast highway it seemed like he was talking about my own childhood.

I went boating with my family to Desolation Sound many summers during my childhood, but I didn't know half of the information about the history of the place.

When we went boating this summer, we where chatting about many of the locations that the author talks about. It was fascinating to find remnants of an old homestead that we didn't even know about. We even found one of the huge walnut trees next to an old… Read more

spectacular scenery, great stunts, frat-boy centred film, Mar 26 2009

I always enjoy the spectacular shots of the mountains, snow, panoramic scenery in Warren Miller films. I enjoy the humour that Warren Miller threads through his films. The humour makes the "tourism" style movies enjoyable throughout. I also enjoy the vicarious pleasure of watching the spectacular stunts that I will never ever do myself.

Unfortunately, the production team still doesn't include women as spectacular skiers or snowboarders. I know that there are many in the world, but they never make it into ski films. Women are still relegated to the role of "arm-decoration" and "accessories" to the men. Even in the section on teen-skiers, there aren't any girls shown in the… Read more