I wanted to like Reveal The Path, but yes, the self-help cod-philosophy got annoying very quickly. Too earnest, and it felt a bit forced. I thought they needed more adversity, like the bit where the chap fell off and mangled his hand or the bit where the camera chap threw a strop because it was too hot, these were interesting insights into how people cope with problems. And when they went to Morocco and Nepal I started to feel the same way as I do when listening to some university kid bore on about how they “found themselves” when they went travelling in their gap year, and how “amazingly welcoming the natives are”. **** off.
But I liked the Alpine bit and the Scottish bit, bike-shop blokey made me laugh: “Midges are like Glaswegian women, but with teeth.” The scenery was impressive, and I thought the wobblycam out-of-focus camerawork was a pleasing contrast to the usual razorsharp 1000fps hero-dirt gnar-shredding of recent MTB films.
Not that I have a problem with that sort of thing: it was great seeing Strength In Numbers on a big screen. Leave your brain at the door and marvel at nutters doing stupid stuff on bikes, splendid.
Minor criticism aside, all in all it was a very enjoyable night out, thanks for organising it!