Pipe Nation

Although not my typical cup of tea, it was entertaining to watch a film made by a local artist in a local setting stepping out with a dream and a desire to do something no one has done before them. My hat is off to the dreamers that dream, but more importantly the ones that actually step in the arena, vs those heckling from the stands.

As with every first effort, there will always be learning opportunities. Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team for a reason...he wasn't good enough to make the cut. PN, in my opinion isn't there yet, BUT with any major victory, there are thousands of setbacks that preceded it. Keep your head up team!

For me; THE PRO's- The cinematography was great. I loved the bar scene and energy displayed. The theme music was awesome.

THE CON's-Storyline was hard to follow. The characters were underdeveloped and the ending left me scratching my head.

With a major undertaking such as this, having a vision of shooting a pilot for a miniseries that morphs into a short movie may have caused some of the challenges. I can imagine it would be very difficult to change the vision after all the footage has been filmed.

One review states "time to debunk the oilfield"... yes, by showing every worker does drugs, foreman bangs employees, and all they do is party? This "movie" did nothing to portray the oilfield in a positive light, in fact, the opposite.. Have worked many pipelines, nothing was debunked here. When have protestors ever been permitted to be on site? Never. Paying off the environmental inspector? The EI is usually employed by the prime, nice try! Huge storyline holes, who is Grady? Why does a knockoff Sons of Anarchy character care about a pipeline being finished? No authenticity, radio coms aren't even authentic. Waste of time, poor voice over video editing. "Eckspecially". Own film actor even rated film 7/10. Camera isn't focused. Poor acting. Where is a Sherpa just kept on a pipeline for emergencies when heli can't land? So inauthentic and it blows my mind how hard one actor pushes this film on social media, I'd be embarrassed to be part of oilfield work and stand behind this as a portrayal of his industry.

Having followed Pipe Nations production pandemonium, I was very excited to watch it when the series finally premiered. I was disappointed to see that they cut their losses and rebranded it as a movie. It was written to be a series and it shows. It feels extremely directionless, like you are always missing a huge piece of the story, and while the acting showed many moments of special brilliance, the movie overall felt extremally unauthentic, as if the people writing this had never worked in the oilfield. It feels like it was made simply to sell like pro oil propaganda, rather than coming from a place of passion or heartfelt connection to an industry the world seems all to ready to do away with.

Shorter than I thought. Good story line. Great lead characters that you really are easy to like. I'm hoping to see more Pipe Nation if there should be a second season or movie. Seemed very real and the actors and actresses really took the story to places that might hit some viewers. Unhappy homes, spending too much time at work and not balancing family life, getting injured on the job, etc. It's a storyline that is all too common in the oil field. I can say I can personally verify Pipe Nation's authenticity.

Crazy world we live in and Pipe Nation took me on an escape for an hour. I wish the best for all the actors/actresses in their next projects!

Literally the worst movie ever made. It's a want to be sons of anarchy with hints of oilfield work that really don't apply to the general idea. This literally has NOTHING to do with oilfield other then a couple of shotty brand names deals and hard hats. It's just "biker" dudes doing drugs and partying. It really is sad to see how the director views pipeline workers and over sexualizes the females who work pipeline. Come see Tammy from Nova Scotia she looks nothing like that. The acting is horrible and the flashback scene Ashley has with just repeated previous clips played on her wall is the worst movie stunt I've seen in my life.