This film is a philosopher's paradise. The two Gerrys (they have the same name) walk, run and crawl about the screen like a pair of ants lost in a shag carpet. G Van Sant, M Damon and C Affleck illuminate a human's relative insignificance to the planet before exposing us to where our significance may exist.
There's little dialogue and even less action in these 100 minutes. It is minimalistic the way My Dinner with Andre is. The desert scenery is sweeping and panoramic. Van Sant contrasts man to his environment. It is a moving/memorable if you take the inner journey the filmmakers intended. But, as I began, this is a thinking person's film - for those with the time and inclination to analyse its purpose. Its similar to a trip to the Museum of Art. Aficionados of Sponge Bob SquarePants and standard brain-dead Hollywood fare will do themselves a favor by selecting something else. If you tote this one home, however, watch it rested, well fed and carefully. There is good value in its 100 minutes.
There's poetry to its pace. The lost men ride the human spirit with the ups and downs of a single note's sine wave. As its vibrations wane, the sound fades - but you know its vibration forge on elsewhere in the grand scheme of life in the universe. As do the spirits of the beaten pair who never expected to get turned around - either from their car or the life they knew. And yet it happens. It could happen to any of us.
You'll pack an extra water bottle for your next hike! Bet on that. I enjoyed it. I recommend it. 8 out of 10.
There's little dialogue and even less action in these 100 minutes. It is minimalistic the way My Dinner with Andre is. The desert scenery is sweeping and panoramic. Van Sant contrasts man to his environment. It is a moving/memorable if you take the inner journey the filmmakers intended. But, as I began, this is a thinking person's film - for those with the time and inclination to analyse its purpose. Its similar to a trip to the Museum of Art. Aficionados of Sponge Bob SquarePants and standard brain-dead Hollywood fare will do themselves a favor by selecting something else. If you tote this one home, however, watch it rested, well fed and carefully. There is good value in its 100 minutes.
There's poetry to its pace. The lost men ride the human spirit with the ups and downs of a single note's sine wave. As its vibrations wane, the sound fades - but you know its vibration forge on elsewhere in the grand scheme of life in the universe. As do the spirits of the beaten pair who never expected to get turned around - either from their car or the life they knew. And yet it happens. It could happen to any of us.
You'll pack an extra water bottle for your next hike! Bet on that. I enjoyed it. I recommend it. 8 out of 10.
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