History Film / Frozen2010

* ArtisticLicenseSports: One of the reasons ski resorts are closed more than they are open is for maintenance. If the trio had gotten trapped in real life, probably the longest they would be stuck on the lift would be until the next morning, when maintenance crews came in to perform preventative maintenance on the ski lift and groom the mountain for the upcoming weekend's visitors, which would be a particular priority after a heavy snow storm.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: One of the reasons ski resorts are closed more than they are open is for maintenance. If the trio had gotten trapped in real life, the longest they would be stuck on the lift would be until the next morning when maintenance crews came in to perform preventative maintenance on the ski lift, and groom the mountain for the upcoming weekend's visitors, which would be a particular priority after a heavy snow storm.

* ArtisticLicenceSports: One of the reasons ski resorts are closed more than they are open is for maintenance. If the trio had gotten trapped in real life, the longest they would be stuck on the lift would be until the next morning when maintenance crews came in to perform preventative maintenance on the ski lift, and groom the mountain for the upcoming weekend's visitors, which would be a particular priority after a heavy snow storm.

* ArtisticLicenceSport: One of the reasons ski resorts are closed more than they are open is for maintenance. If the trio had gotten trapped in real life, the longest they would be stuck on the lift would be until the next morning when maintenance crews came in to perform preventative maintenance on the ski lift, and groom the mountain for the upcoming weekend's visitors, which would be a particular priority after a heavy snow storm.

* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: The man whom the trio persuade to let them have one more ride is told by a coworker that he needs to discuss his time off with the boss, and he leaves said coworker to man the lift with the instruction that there are three final skiers coming down the mountain; when the coworker sees three unrelated skiers and assumes these are the three he was told about, he goes ahead with shutting down the lift. Had the original employee stayed for just a ''little'' while longer, the protagonists would have reached the top of the mountain before the lift was shut down.

** While the trio are trying to get onto the ski lift at the start of the film, an overhead announcement reminds skiers that the resort will be open again next Friday though Sunday, and later when they're trying to persuade the lift operator to let them have one more ride, Dan wonders out loud how the resort can afford to close earlier since it's only open three days out of the week. When they're trapped on the lift, Parker starts to panic as she remembers this, and realises they'll be stuck there for several ''days.''
** Earlier that same day when the trio, along with other people, are on the ski lift, it briefly stops.

** While the trio are trying to get onto the ski lift at the start of the film, an overhead announcement reminds skiers that the resort will be open again next Friday though Sunday. When they're trapped on the lift, Parker starts to panic as she remembers this, and realises they'll be stuck there ''all week''.

Three young snowboarding friends -- Dan, his girlfriend Parker, and his best friend Joe -- travel to a ski resort to enjoy a day on the slopes. They convince the ski lift operator to grant them one last pass down the mountain before the resort closes for a long weekend, but due to a miscommunication, the ski lift gets turned off while they're still on it, and they get stranded.

Over 50 feet in the air, and with no rescue coming for five days, the three are forced to make daunting choices in order to prevent death from hypothermia or the wolves prowling on the grounds beneath them.

* CellPhonesAreUseless: Not useless, the characters just left them in their lockers. A case of ShownTheirWork, as many skiers tend to leave their phones in lockers because they are easy to break/lose on resort mountains, and in 2009 when the film was made, many resorts were infamous for having spotty reception.

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:The chair comes loose from the main cable with Parker in it, but is caught by a single tether cable before it falls all the way down, allowing her to drop from a safe height to the ground. The chair then falls on her leg, injuring it, but she still manages to get down the hill.]]

** While the trio are trying to get onto the ski lift at the start of the film, an overhead announcement reminds skiers that the resort will be open again next Friday though Sunday. When they're trapped on the lift, Parker starts to panic as she remembers this, and realises they'll be stuck there ''all week''.
** Earlier that same day when the trio, along with other people that are on the ski lifts, it briefly stops.

** [[spoiler: Climbing along the chairlift cable to the pole with the ladder is clearly a better idea than jumping from the height of the chair.]] If one of them had tried this first and then had the sense not to [[spoiler: climb down the pole while the wolves were circling there's a good chance all three of them could have escaped unharmed.]]

** People complained that people could ''never'' be forgotten on a chairlift... but it has actually happened. In truth, many ski resorts take extra steps to prevent such incidents from happening, like stopping loading after marking a chair with a cone or by flipping up the seats of every chair after a certain last chair, or simply having an employee ride the lift in a full loop. The operator does place a red flag on one of the chairs and tells his relief about Parker, Dan and Joe, but doesn't mention there was another group ahead them, so when the replacement attendant sees three skiers at the bottom and assumes they were the skiers he was talking about, he shuts down the lift. [[note]] [[https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/trapped-ski-lift-tourist-escapes-death-burning-cash/story?id=9886943 Barely two weeks after the film's release, a snowboarder in the Austrian Alps was accidentally left stranded on a lift in much the same way as the film's characters, but thankfully he was rescued after a few hours and only suffered mild hypothermia.]] He mentioned that he wanted to sue the lift operator for not properly checking the lift after it was shut down for the evening, but the resort countered that the lift wasn't meant to be used for ''descending'' the mountain and shouldn't have needed to be checked, and the man would have had to ignore several warning signs and barriers to get on it in the first place.[[/note]]

** To start with, none of them suggest that it's probably ''not'' a good idea to take one last run, at night, when there's a ''storm'' on the way, the resort is closing early as a result (and will stay closed for the next four days regardless) and the ski lift attendants will presumably be eager to clock out and go home. Even if they had successfully gotten off the lift at the top before it shut down, they could very well have gotten lost or injured in the storm, or when the floodlights were turned off, or else they would have had to drive home in terrible weather conditions.

* HollywoodDarkness: Many scenes are clearly shot day-for-night given that there's still strong shadows on the characters even with the lighting being lowered down in post. It gets more distracting when the clouds block out the Mood which should technically dip everything in pure darkness, but the visibility and magical light source providing the shadows remain.

* HollywoodDarkness: Many scenes are clearly shot day-for-night given that there's still strong shadows on the characters even with the lighting being lowered down in post. It gets more distracting when the clouds block out the Mood which should technically dip everything is pure darkness, but the visibility and magical light source providing the shadows remain.

* HollywoodDarkness: Many scenes are clearly shot day-for-night given that there's still strong shadows on the characters even with the lighting being lowered down in post. It gets more distracting when the Mood gets covered by clouds which should technically dip everything is pure darkness, but the visibility and magical light source providing the shadows remain.

* HollywoodDarkness: Many scenes are clearly shot day-for-night given that there's still strong shadows on the characters even with the lightning being lowered down in post. It gets more distracting when the Mood gets covered by clouds which should technically dip everything is pure darkness, but the visibility and impossible shadows remain.

** Climbing along the chairlift cable to the pole with the ladder is clearly a better idea than jumping from the height of the chair. If one of them had tried this first and then had the sense not to climb down the pole while the wolves were circling there's a good chance all three of them could have escaped unharmed.

** [[spoiler:Though Joe does eventually succeed in making it to the ladder on the support pole, he utterly destroys his hands on the overhead steel cable getting there. Never does he consider using his ski pole instead of his hands to hold on to the cable, or at least turning his gloves around when the cable eats through them, nor does he think to try and wrap his legs around the cable so he wouldn't have to rely solely on his upper body strength and take tension off his hands so it wouldn't damage them. Then, he climbs down the ladder while the wolves are standing at the bottom of it. He even uses a snowboard to try sliding down the mountain, instead of his skis that he could have collected and used to ski down much faster and likely outrun the wolves.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Parker survives, but her boyfriend Danny and her friend Joe are mauled to death and eaten by a wolf pack, and she will be forever traumatized by this accident.]] [[spoiler:[[IntercontinuityCrossover Later]], she was seen on the news during ''Film/{{Hatchet}} II'', talking about how she would be suing the ski resort company and never go skiing ever again.]]

** [[spoiler:While Dan is eaten alive by wolves]] the camera focuses on Parker and Joe's faces. [[spoiler: In a deleted and uncut scene, we see a much more gory and upfront view as the wolves devour Dan's insides as Parker and Joe are also seen wailing in grief at Dan's death.]]

* PlotHole: The three suffer through a snowstorm during the night. Yet when the next morning comes, the hills are covered in snowboard and ski tracks.

** Series/{{Mythbusters}} later tested the idea that they could have climbed down directly using a makeshift rope made from their clothes or ziplining. They found this to be a very poor idea, as invariably the clothes ripped or the climber's strength gave out before they had descended to a safe distance.

** To start with, none of them suggest that it's probably ''not'' a good idea to take one last run, at night, when there's a ''storm'' on the way, the resort is closing early as a result (and will stay closed for the next four days regardless) and the ski lift attendants will presumably be eager to clock out and go home. Even if they had successfully gotten off the lift at the top before it shut down, they could very well have gotten lost or injured in the storm, or when the floodlights were turned off; or else they would have had to drive home in terrible weather conditions.
** Nobody tries to rearrange their gear to better protect their exposed skin from the cold, or even simply zip up their coats. Joe couldn't even be bothered to pull up his hood. Especially bad with Parker, who loses one of her gloves and ends up [[spoiler:accidentally putting her hand on the metal railing after falling asleep, causing it to freeze.]].

''Frozen'' is a 2010 drama/thriller hybrid, written and directed by Adam Green (the same guy who did ''Film/{{Hatchet}}'') and starring Emma Bell, Creator/KevinZegers, Creator/ShawnAshmore, and Creator/KaneHodder, about three young people who find themselves trapped high on a ski lift during a snowstorm, with wolves prowling around beneath them and no rescue coming for five days.

* TooDumbToLive: They decide to go on one more ride, ''at night'', seconds before the resort closes for ''five days'' with ''a snowstorm approaching''. After they get stuck, they don't bother to zip up their coats even when frostbite starts to peel off their skin. [[spoiler:Dan decides to jump straight down first before trying to climb the cable to safety.]]

* HopeSpot: When [[spoiler:Joe manages to make it off the lift and fend off the wolves with a ski pole. He runs off to get help, promising Parker he'll be back, but the wolves catch up to him offscreen.]]

* TooDumbToLive: One more ride, at night, seconds before the resort closes for ''five days'' with ''a snowstorm approaching''. After they get stuck, they don't bother to zip up their coats even when frostbite starts to peel off their skin. [[spoiler:They decide to jump straight down first before trying to climb the cable to safety.]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer (and the back of the DVD cover) spoils the fact that [[spoiler:Dan breaks his legs.]]