Wild (2014)

Very Cool!!!

To me, this movie is perfection.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

May as well have been in French as I could hardly make out a word of the dialogue. The actors spoke very indistinctly and the volume was practically a whisper. Spoiled an otherwise very good film.

I usually wouldn't rip a movie apart like I'm about to do because most movies I watch don't irritate, irk or bug this heck out of me. This one did, but maybe that's just a personal thing. I hated this movie! Even though Reese Witherspoon acted the part very well, the movie was pretty boring, very long and drawn out (it dragged) and it was an overly dramatic flick that would not end soon enough. Some of the editing was sub-par with abrupt cross-overs from her memories back to her present-time. Granted, I should have never watched a movie like this on the FXM channel, which is not high- definition and I had to deal with commercials as well. It was by far, the worst movie I've ever had the pleasure of wasting time on. The movie itself was not awful (including the plot), just the little pieces and parts that caused it to drag on. And to think the movie could have been even longer because of the journey she took on that trail. I'm not going to give it a low rating because of my awful experience watching it, but it's not going to get a 7 Star rating. I have to go see what others are saying about it....out of curiosity. It has its own good qualities, so don't take my review of it at too much face value. You really have to watch it and form your own opinion. I think watching it in High Definition would have made a much better experience. Maybe the poor editing issue I experienced was due to that alone.

A girl with life struggles, that finds her way. Somewhat typical but don't be fooled. This is a very high level of acting and if you like and respect Reese Witherspoons work this is for you. I really like her for the work she did in Walk the line and Big little lies. Big little lies ain't my type of series, more a typical show for women watchers in my opinion. But awesome acting from Reese Witherspoon really got me going. So when I finished the series I searched for more work from her and I find Wild. Not disappointed. Got the similar experience like from Big little lies.

Oh yeah, I forgot....didn't pay attention when I chose to watch this....the warning sign was there all along...a film with Laura Dern in it. This tale, whether based on real story or not, is true 100% crap. Music choices were OK though but not featured enough to soothe the pain of having to sit through the disjointed dysfunction stuff. The main character Cheryl seems incapable of learning anything or making sense of anything that happens in her life. I presume she's a stream of consciousness kind of person who is so off in cloud cuckoo-land that practicalities are anathema. There's no entertainment or education to be found here. The Hornby treatment is perhaps novel but not enough to warrant this dire waste of your time.