"The Walk" to Remember

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I recently watched the film The Walk, directed by Robert Zemeckis. It was the true story of a French man's endeavors to achieve his dream: to string a rope between the twin towers in New York City and walk across it. While what he did was highly dangerous and illegal, the film focuses more on his determination and growth on the path to reaching his dream. It was a very uplifting story with a lot of heart.

I ADORE this movie! It speaks to me on a personal level. I did something of a similar caliber several years ago (chronicled in the other blog under this Google account) where I walked across the country. Throughout the film, certain scenes are portrayed in a slightly skewed or exaggerated manner, but this is just to clearly convey certain emotions or thought processes that the main character went through. I can say that these emotions were portrayed PERFECTLY, because I experienced very similar ones myself. Like in one scene, when a construction worker leaves a locked door open and it just hangs open for nearly ten seconds before it begins to close again. It serves to emphasize the serendipity of the situation and the utter shock and elation that the main character felt.

As I stated above, this film has a very significant meaning to me personally. As such, I cannot say that everyone else would find it so moving or even entertaining. The film is nearly immaculate in my mind, but I fear that this would not be the case with many others. I'm sure most of the people who visit the Grand Canyon don't have nearly as vivid an emotional response to it as I did. But I'm sure most people did not walk 1600 miles to get there. In any case, "The Walk" is still a fantastic work of film and I recommend it to anyone who has a love for adventure.