"Nomadland" film

[Cudedog]

I watched "Nomadland" on Hulu tonight. . .

Oh my.

What a beautiful little film.

To say it was a "movie about a woman living in a van on the road" is a vast over-simplification. In thinking about it now, trying to understand it and how it moved me, I think it was a movie more about courage than anything. The kind of gentle courage that gets one through the day - and gets one through life.

Certainly not for everyone, but I liked it very much - and I was not expecting to like it at all.

The film was 'interesting' - no beatings, no murders, no car chases, no major "drama", nothing of the "usual" kind of thing - no real "conflict" of any kind. No "big message" hitting you over the head.

It was beautifully crafted, wonderfully acted, exquisitely photographed and movingly written. Melancholy. . . yet also strangely joyful.

For me, it was very understated and thought-provoking, the kind of film that will stay with me for a very long time indeed.

I highly recommend it.

It made me feel very thankful for the life that I have led, and and the life that I now have.

Has anyone else here seen it? What did you think?

Anne

[MandysMom]

Haven't watched yet. I am conflicted about it because of some of the opinions I have heard about it. May have son put it on this weekend.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Velda

[BarbaraRose]

I want to see it. I have heard really good things about it.

[chalet05]

I meant to post about this the day the website was down.

I was hesitant to watch it in case they were lumping all RVers, but they didn't and I enjoyed it - probably more for the settings than the story. The boondocking in Q scenes would be a good way for someone who hasn't to see what it's about. Some of the travel places were great memories. Real life characters and not a bunch of actors.

[OregonLuvr]

Laura is here visiting me for the weekend so I haven't watched it yet as she wanted to see it too. We will watch it tonite. I am looking forward to seeing it, good or bad.

[BarbaraRose]

Karen, how did you and Laura like the movie?

[Colliemom]

I need to see if I can get this through my Spectrum on demand. They carry all kinds of movies and programming that’s not your regular channels necessarily. There is one section where you can buy a movie for maybe three dollars and it will get added to your cable bil. So I will have to look and see if there is a possibility that this movie might be listed on there.

[OregonLuvr]

Barbie we didnt care for it that much. It was very different than we thought it would be.