Hawk

"This mountain stole my father," claims the steely-eyed 30-something. And so begins "The Hawk," described by its documentitians as "one man's journey to face his demons, come to terms with his father's tragic death and fulfill a family legacy that goes back ten generations. And that's all in the first three minutes."

"The Hawk" is the video that takes the sagacity out of saga. Much about it rings true, a son wants to honor his dad on the 25th anniversary of his death — "I'm gonna finish what my dad started. But there are other moments such as when it is announced that if the narrator's ancestor, an American revolutionary war, "...hadn't built this board [snowboard prototype] we'd all be speaking British right now."

Did I mention that the five minutes honoring a father lost while snowboarding is a spoof honored by a snowboarding company hoping to encourage boarders to illegally travel down "ski-only" hills?

** Knock, knock. Who's there? Fathers inspiring [real] humor. **