Finisterre
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Sarria 2001,
Porto 2006,
Valenca 2008,
Finisterre 2010,
SJdPP 2012,
Tui 2014.
No plans to return, yet.
I went to see The Way last night with a couple of friends and I loved it.
The interiors took me back to hostels I knew and loved ((mainly because I was no longer walking and could lie down). Nothing jarred for me, they felt just right.
The landscape was great, redolent of Spain. I don't think we got enough of it. I don't think I could ever get enough of it.
The characters were believable, complete with 'issues' and other annoyances. They were the mixed bag I have met in real walking and amused and touched me all over again. Their own personal journeys were there to see and interpret. Even the Nesbitt character was spot on although some reviewers thought him intrusive, some pilgrims are intrusive, I thought it was fair.
I slipped into believing what was presented, it all struck exactly the right chord. The religiosity was nicely muted, the slight crossness of tired people was there without being overt. Altogether I thought it reflected my Camino experiences pretty accurately. I may be back for another bite of the plata route after watching it, it certainly didn't put me off.
I heard the lady behind me say as we left the picture house that she had been in tears five times during the showing. I too thought it was moving (if not to tears), the critics have it right if they judged as at 7/10 as a general release. As a pilgrim I would have to give it another point because I know how true to life much of it was.
Apart from them walking in jeans, has anyone ever walked it in jeans?
I am really interested to hear how other people found the film.
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I decided to start a new topic because the other thread gets bogged down in screening times and aggressive posts about pirate dvds being evil etc.
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The interiors took me back to hostels I knew and loved ((mainly because I was no longer walking and could lie down). Nothing jarred for me, they felt just right.
The landscape was great, redolent of Spain. I don't think we got enough of it. I don't think I could ever get enough of it.
The characters were believable, complete with 'issues' and other annoyances. They were the mixed bag I have met in real walking and amused and touched me all over again. Their own personal journeys were there to see and interpret. Even the Nesbitt character was spot on although some reviewers thought him intrusive, some pilgrims are intrusive, I thought it was fair.
I slipped into believing what was presented, it all struck exactly the right chord. The religiosity was nicely muted, the slight crossness of tired people was there without being overt. Altogether I thought it reflected my Camino experiences pretty accurately. I may be back for another bite of the plata route after watching it, it certainly didn't put me off.
I heard the lady behind me say as we left the picture house that she had been in tears five times during the showing. I too thought it was moving (if not to tears), the critics have it right if they judged as at 7/10 as a general release. As a pilgrim I would have to give it another point because I know how true to life much of it was.
Apart from them walking in jeans, has anyone ever walked it in jeans?
I am really interested to hear how other people found the film.
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I decided to start a new topic because the other thread gets bogged down in screening times and aggressive posts about pirate dvds being evil etc.
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