According to the Regal Cinema Website this movie is being shown at 7:30 in Trussville. Who wants to get together for beers and wings at Buffalo Wild Wings before hand?
6PM
Movie web site; https://astoryfilm.com/about
Would love to join ya for the movie but I have to work Thursday night.
Same.
I just came here to post about this for the people in the Hoover area. Carmike at Patton Creek is also showing it Thursday, May 19 at 7:30. I'll be there but won't be doing a flashmob before. I'll barely be able to make it in time for the movie.
Work is going pretty good. I think I will be there. May ride the adventure bike, or maybe he Duc. So I will not be drinking. Wings sound good though.
Of coarse I just made sure that the truck will explode on and I will be attacked by a pack of ferrel dogs. Then have to fight zombies before the start time, but that is a normal day when self employed.
In the bar section waiting for company
Well...there were 4 of us last night. Lynn, Rodney, an out of town guest, and myself.
The movie was disappointing, way to much touchy feeling BS and too much talking about the difficulty of the riding that didn't appear to be that difficult nor was there enough of it.
The last part with the round table discussion was BORING and when they brought Charley Boorman in, I knew it was just gonna go down hill from there, so Lynn and I left.
The theater in Hoover was packed. The show was sold out. These guys must have pitched this movie on every motorcycle forum they could find. I knew going into it that it would probably not be great. I already got a bit of a hipster vibe from the trailer but I thought that they would at least show the ride and even if it's not something that most people on ADVRider would see as a challenge it would be a challenge to them and we would get to see them overcome it. I would have been fine with watching them ride on asphalt the whole time if they had shown more riding and them overcoming obstacles.
What we got instead was a bunch of hipsters talking about their feelings. There was some decent scenery but even that was poorly shot, overexposed and poorly edited. They spent a large portion of the "movie" talking to a guy who crashed his airplane and kept the mangled propellor as a big F-you to his older brother that always called him a worthless piece of shit and then another large chunk was them talking to a cowboy who got diddled by his uncle when he was a kid and now that's why he raises horses because apparently horses are safe because they don't try to butt rape you.
Apparently at least two of these guys are authors and a few of the others write for a website. You would think the narration would have been a bit better coming from professional writers. Instead we got a story of a story about how every life is a story and you should go discover the story of the story of your life story, story story story.
They had a production crew with them and I have to wonder what the hell those guys were doing the whole time. You see very little riding and a ton of unrelated B-roll that goes on way too long. Then at the end of the movie they all sit around talking about all the things that happened that they didn't film or at the very least edited out of the movie. If you've seen the trailer you've literally seen most of the actually motorcycle riding in the movie. The whole time I just had this feeling that they were trying way too hard to be deep and inspirational. All it really inspired me to do was get up and walk out of the theater but for some reason I stuck around until the end. It's very fitting that they talked via Skype to Charlie Boorman at the end. If you've seen Long Way Round and Long Way Down I got the same vibe from Charlie when he did his diary cams. Ewan McGregor was actually entertaining when he had the camera. He was enjoying the moment and talking about the ride and what it meant to him. Charlie was just happy they were letting him have a turn with the camera and trying desperately to find something to say that would be worthy of keeping in the film.
I got to see this movie for free but I still want to track these guys down and demand some sort of compensation for wasting my time. I feel sorry for anyone that paid to see this crapfest. I hung around and listened to the comments from people coming out and heard several people complain that there wasn't enough motorcycle riding or that they didn't understand why they pitched it as a motorcycle adventure when most of it was about their feelings that didn't even relate to the trip or motorcycles. I've seen many many much better motorcycle adventure documentaries from amateurs on YouTube.
If you wasted your time watching this and want to see real riders having fun and overcoming obstacles then go to YouTube and watch the By Way of Motorcycle series (https://www.youtube.com/user/billmaa/playlists) or The Adventure Prone series (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5B176A9B90443110). These amateurs made much more entertaining material than anything in this "movie".
Thank you for this colorful review, made my morning. ;D
Quote from: kryten on May 20, 2016, 09:08:51 AM
The theater in Hoover was packed. The show was sold out. These guys must have pitched this movie on every motorcycle forum they could find. I knew going into it that it would probably not be great. I already got a bit of a hipster vibe from the trailer but I thought that they would at least show the ride and even if it's not something that most people on ADVRider would see as a challenge it would be a challenge to them and we would get to see them overcome it. I would have been fine with watching them ride on asphalt the whole time if they had shown more riding and them overcoming obstacles.
What we got instead was a bunch of hipsters talking about their feelings.
My feelings exactly. I was at the Patton Creek theater. I also watched it for free. This movie (I use that word loosely) was not entertaining in the least. I should have left but I sat through it and watched every disappointing scene until the end. I knew better. The first time I heard about the movie I knew what it was going to be. I was just hoping that the footage would make up for the whiny ass attitudes of the cast. Seriously who are these people and why in the hell did the sponsors think this was a good idea to back them? Seriously our local rides at The Ridge are more entertaining. At least interesting shit happens when we ride.
I've ridden all over the back country of Colorado on 2 separate trips. These jackasses didn't do a good job of describing it at all. They didn't talk about the ride, the route, nothing. All they wanted to do was talk about how the felt. They are just a bunch of self-important, self-indulgent, whiny, hipster assholes. There is no way I would ever desire to ride or even meet these people.
"My life is based on a true story", this movie was based on fake inner feeling and trying to sell a fake message to people that were duped into buying $15 tickets by saying it was a motorcycle adventure story.
Could they possibly overuse the word "story" a little more? Oh my god! I was actually getting angry at the screen.
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Haha! When the guy in your meme talked about getting married soon I turned to my wife and said, "Wonder who the lucky guy is?" These guys were all assclowns.
I had thought about going. I am glad I didn't now.
I think the reviews posted here are more entertaining than the movie... ;D
Quote from: VWCarlos on May 20, 2016, 01:11:54 PM
I think the reviews posted here are more entertaining than the movie... ;D
If you think these reviews are entertaining, you should see what's been posted on other forums. Here's one from ADV:
"I managed to sit through about 30 minutes of this piece of crap & I could taste vomit for 10 of them. Contrived garbage to fulfill an sponsorship agreement. If you get black jacked in a parking lot & come-to chained to a theater seat with this movie on the screen, see if you can work the straw out of your overpriced soda & use it to gouge out your eyes before any more damage is done."(http://advrider.com/styles/advrider_smilies/yelrotflmao.gif) (http://advrider.com/styles/advrider_smilies/yelrotflmao.gif)
There were people cussing at the screen. I heard more than a few asking when the "story" would start. Stop talking about how you feel and tell the damn story.
After reading these reviews, I'm sorry I missed this film. I can't remember a movie that inspired more passionate reviews.
Quote from: lk2rd on May 20, 2016, 06:31:15 PM
After reading these reviews, I'm sorry I missed this film. I can't remember a movie that inspired more passionate reviews.
You must have missed Batman v Superman. It was a stinkfest too!
The makers of the film have responded to the critics with an open letter, apology and offering your money back.
http://www.astoryfilm.com/openletter
I had no idea who these people were other than one guy was listed as a best selling author. I didn't know what books he had written or anything. But after reading up, I now understand the situation. It's very clear to me who they really are and how fake this film was.
The thousands of motorcyclists that viewed this film were purposefully shown a trailer that did not represent the film.
I feel like an idiot for not seeing through it now.
You got me "A Story", you got me.
I will say that reading comments on social media has pretty much made up for it. I have been entertained.
I've enjoyed y'all's reviews. I had to work thursday but will probably watch it when it hits video. I've read a couple of books by the older guy (John Eldridge) and I like his take on life. Interestingly, one of the things that turned me on to riding was the book from the '70's called 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'. It was also kind of boring in places (I never finished it) but I really liked some parts. I love riding as a thing in itself, but I also think it works well as a vehicle (bad pun, sorry) for talking about life, feelings, and other deep crap. I'm glad BamaRides has "The Real Stuff" section, for example.
Early in the book "Zen..." a guy on a BMW has his bike break down. He gets all bent out of shape because "BMW's aren't supposed to break down!" The narrator keeps his zen-calm, fixes the beemer, takes the delay in stride, and rolls on. Not liking "A Story Worth Living" is cool, I might not like it once I see it. But I've read about some folks getting really bent out of shape about it. They won't, but those folks would benefit from a little zen. Being all uptight like the BMW guy, especially over a movie, is a waste of energy.
Quote from: banjocraig on May 23, 2016, 08:05:08 PM
I've enjoyed y'all's reviews. I had to work thursday but will probably watch it when it hits video. I've read a couple of books by the older guy (John Eldridge) and I like his take on life. Interestingly, one of the things that turned me on to riding was the book from the '70's called 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'. It was also kind of boring in places (I never finished it) but I really liked some parts. I love riding as a thing in itself, but I also think it works well as a vehicle (bad pun, sorry) for talking about life, feelings, and other deep crap. I'm glad BamaRides has "The Real Stuff" section, for example.
Early in the book "Zen..." a guy on a BMW has his bike break down. He gets all bent out of shape because "BMW's aren't supposed to break down!" The narrator keeps his zen-calm, fixes the beemer, takes the delay in stride, and rolls on. Not liking "A Story Worth Living" is cool, I might not like it once I see it. But I've read about some folks getting really bent out of shape about it. They won't, but those folks would benefit from a little zen. Being all uptight like the BMW guy, especially over a movie, is a waste of energy.
Interesting comparison. Pirsig named his book "Zen and ....", not "A Motorcycle Adventure with my Son". If he had named it that, people would have likely also felt duped. People expected a movie about adventure motorcycling because the official trailer stated that they were inspired by "Long Way Around" and wanted to have a similar adventure. The only indicator that they were doing something different than an adventure motorcycling movie was one nebulous statement in the trailer, which most people dismissed as marketing "filler" ...
"We're creating something to give people insight into their whole life as a story."If you visit the web page of "And Sons Magazine" and go to the "About" section, these are the first sentences:
"We are brothers, adventure seekers, writers, sons. We aim to explore what it means to live with authentic masculinity as we step into the many aspects of our world today." (emphasis added)
This hipster sentiment started with Robert Bly's book "Iron John" and reached mainstream with Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club." Are we men? If you have to ask, the answer is, "No."
Quote from: Nice Goat on May 23, 2016, 09:25:16 PM
This hipster sentiment started with Robert Bly's book "Iron John" and reached mainstream with Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club." Are we men? If you have to ask, the answer is, "No."
I have to disagree with you a little bit here. Though many of us would say we have (and may have always had) a clear definition of what it means to be a man, it seems like some people's idea on the subject has been blurred by the abandonment of gender stereotypes and sex roles and the proliferation of helicopter parenting and participation trophies. I'm not saying Fight Club got it all right but there is a lot in that book that while not always on the mark was definitely in the ballpark.
I don't think of it any differently than self-evaluation in the workplace. Every once in a while you should ask yourself if you are a worthy employee and the best you can be at what you do. Thinking about your role as a man in society and especially your family is something you should do from time to time. That said, choose your sources and methods for evaluation wisely. Most "Men's" magazines will tell you being a man means having a sports car, fancy clothes, six pack abs and a supermodel at your side. My grandfather didn't have any of those things and he was the most manly man I have ever known.
If we expect men not to need to ask "are we men" then we need to give them good examples (like our Fathers and Grandfathers) to follow. Something has to be in the mix to balance the stream of examples in mainstream media. There is something authentic about the men that came before us that we recognized and if we exhibit those same qualities, we can hope that as younger boys grow into men they will recognize it in us as well.
Disclaimer: other than my own male experience I have no education or formal training on which to base this dime-store psychobabble. Take it for what it is worth. ;)
Quote from: JBMFT on May 25, 2016, 07:14:33 AM
... I have no education or formal training on which to base this ...
I have no problem with Iron John or Fight Club. I enjoyed them both, and also read some of Deborah Tannen's books on linguistic analysis of males vs females. I think what you find in most of this material is that men have a propensity for problem-solving and action with much less emphasis on emotional connection and sharing. I think that all of us, male and female, fall on a spectrum between two extremes in these areas. The lessons of Iron John, Fight Club, and You Just Don't Understand --- are that men must maintain balance between action and listening. Too much action and you cannot connect with women. Too much listening and you cannot connect with other men. That's where I think this movie failed.
And I'm not a professional either, so this is all worth about that much. :D
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Quote from: Nice Goat on May 25, 2016, 02:16:05 PM
Too much action and you cannot connect with women. Too much listening and you cannot connect with other men. That's where I think this movie failed.
I think where the movie failed is the minute they decided to take a very interesting topic, and turn it into a shit-version of Orah meets Dr. Phil. Surely they could have shared
some of the touchy-feely message without giving away 85% of the movie to talking about feelings.
I felt defrauded, and thanks to Mulley's link, I requested a refund. (see email below)
It was however, good to hang out with moto dudes, and have some dinner/beer beforehand - the only redeeming value of the evening 8)
QuoteStacey (RH) (RH Support)
May 25, 13:54
Hey Don,
Thanks for getting in touch. We are sorry you felt so disappointed because of what you saw on the screen, we hope you can come to understand is was not our intention to deceive anyone.
We will absolutely refund your money. We'll get that out to you as soon as we can.
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Stacey Burton
for the Ransomed Heart Team