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aikoaiko

(34,185 posts) Tue Nov 17, 2015, 01:23 AM Nov 2015

Wild with Reese Witherspoon

So I finally got around to watching Wild w Reese Witherspoon.

Did others like it?

I kept wanting to sympathize with her but I kept finding her unlikable.

I don't know if it was Reese or the writers who couldn't convey the character's humanity.

Or maybe it's just me.

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Wild with Reese Witherspoon (Original Post) aikoaiko Nov 2015 OP

I liked the movie, Reese Witherspoon and the character. marym625 Nov 2015 #1

Is there anything in particular that drew you in? aikoaiko Nov 2015 #4

my wife and I didn't like it at all. the movie, or the characters. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #2

Yeah, I just didn't get it. aikoaiko Nov 2015 #3

The whole family watched that and we all enjoyed it. Menshunables Dec 2015 #5

I generally like Witherspoon and survival movies too, but it just didn't do it for me. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #13

I couldn't get through it. Bored the shit out of me. nt valerief Dec 2015 #6

Me too. I kept waiting for something... aikoaiko Dec 2015 #8

I think it was supposed to be deep the way Deepak Chopra is supposed to be deep. valerief Dec 2015 #10

LOL. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #11

Pretend you're the logical Mr. Spock and try to make sense of any of the shit from this site's valerief Dec 2015 #12

I generally like Reese Witherspoon but didn't really enjoy this much Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2015 #7

Agreed. Eventually I found it a bit annoying. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #9

I love Cheryl Strayd & loved the book womanofthehills Feb 2016 #14

It was just ok bigwillq Feb 2016 #15

Wasn't *wild* about it farleftlib Feb 2016 #16

I like this actress. Elessiana Feb 2016 #17

marym625

(17,997 posts)

1. I liked the movie, Reese Witherspoon and the character.

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 01:32 AM

Nov 2015

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

4. Is there anything in particular that drew you in?

Reply to marym625 (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:25 PM

Nov 2015

NRaleighLiberal

(60,027 posts)

2. my wife and I didn't like it at all. the movie, or the characters.

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 01:37 AM

Nov 2015

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

3. Yeah, I just didn't get it.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 03:25 PM

Nov 2015

Its nice to know I'm not alone.

Menshunables

(88 posts)

5. The whole family watched that and we all enjoyed it.

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:16 PM

Dec 2015

I have a soft spot for Witherspoon and I like survival movies.

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

13. I generally like Witherspoon and survival movies too, but it just didn't do it for me.

Reply to Menshunables (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 02:32 PM

Dec 2015

Such is life. I can see from the responses that it was kind of hit or miss with folks.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

6. I couldn't get through it. Bored the shit out of me. nt

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 10:13 PM

Dec 2015

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

8. Me too. I kept waiting for something...

Reply to valerief (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:36 AM

Dec 2015

...that never came.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

10. I think it was supposed to be deep the way Deepak Chopra is supposed to be deep.

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 02:23 PM

Dec 2015

You know, bullshit.

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

11. LOL.

Reply to valerief (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 02:24 PM

Dec 2015

valerief

(53,235 posts)

12. Pretend you're the logical Mr. Spock and try to make sense of any of the shit from this site's

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 02:30 PM

Dec 2015

Chopra generator.
http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,450 posts)

7. I generally like Reese Witherspoon but didn't really enjoy this much

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 11:10 PM

Dec 2015

I think that it was sort of trying to be "inspirational" but I thought it was fairly depressing. I thought a few times too that something awful would happen to her- though nothing ever really did.

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

9. Agreed. Eventually I found it a bit annoying.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 07:38 AM

Dec 2015

Thanks. Glad to see I wasn't alone.

womanofthehills

(8,795 posts)

14. I love Cheryl Strayd & loved the book

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 04:38 PM

Feb 2016

Having read the book, I really enjoyed the movie.

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

15. It was just ok

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2016, 10:54 AM

Feb 2016

I don't like Reese and didn't really care for her performance.

farleftlib

(2,125 posts)

16. Wasn't *wild* about it

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2016, 11:17 PM

Feb 2016

Just kidding. I found it hard to get into. She's a good actress but this wasn't her role, IMHO. It was like hiking - flashback - hiking - flashback but without deepening my understanding of her character or making me really like her. It was mildly disappointing to me and the family agreed.

Elessiana

(62 posts)

17. I like this actress.

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:01 PM

Feb 2016

I like survival movies. It's challenging !

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