A Walk in the Woods (2015)

That was an excellent one.

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It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Simply a quite fun film to watch. It was both interesting and catching to me, from scenery to acting to story. I never read the book, but the film itself was definitely worth my time. I would, however, like it more if there were a bit less "remember girl x" talk and a bit more wide open forest and mountains shoots.Overall, super recommended.

It's slow, focused, full of nature. It's the opposite of Hollywood-style, extended, overfilled story, where one sentence can reverbarate for several minutes, and let's you think for a moment. It's almost like you can meditate in the cinema and you leave the theater refreshed and calm and happy. It's a lovely story, very funny at times, romantic in terms of our connection to nature and the universe. I love to come back to it from time to time, became one of my 'allways-must-haves" on the video shelf.

Released in 2015, "A Walk in the Woods" stars Robert Redford as an over-the-hill writer who decides to hike the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail. After his wife (Emma Thompson) insists he get a partner, the only one who's up for it is an old overweight friend with a drinking problem (Nick Nolte). Kristen Schaal and Mary Steenburgen have peripheral roles, amongst others. I rate movies according to what they are and aspire to achieve. This is a consistently amusing drama/adventure starring two seasoned veterans and it thoroughly delivers the goods as quality entertainment spiced with worthy mindfood. Some people complain that Redford and Nolte were too old for the parts (they were 78 and 73 during filming) in light of the real Bill Bryson and Katz being in their 40s in the satirical 1998 biography, but without them the movie wouldn't have been made and, besides, they're eminently effective in the roles and drive home the point of out-of-shape, mature wannabe hikers. It's vastly superior to Emilio Estevez' similar "The Way" (2010). The movie runs 104 minutes and was shot along the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, as well as Sharon, Connecticut. It was directed by Ken Kwapis from a script by Michael Arndt & Bill Holderman from Bill Bryson's book. GRADE: A-

It's just Bob Redford and Nick Nolte on a trip, walking in the woods. That's pretty much it. I thought it was amusing and had some nice moments.I liked the landscapes the choose for the film. You get a little feeling that you kind of wanna take a hike there yourself. I've been on a lot of hikes before when I was younger. I was reminded of that while watching this. The two main characters were all right. They had some good banters and chemistry. Redford and Nolte seemed to have had a lot of fun making this. It didn't feel like something done for the money.Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. The music is relaxing and it worked well with some of the montage scenes. So, yes. It is just a neat down to earth little movie about some friends walking in the woods. I thought it was all right.