The River Runner

I can't recommend this documentary enough! The cinematography is absolutely beautiful. The compiled raw footage from years of filming on the rivers is something to behold. One can't help but think about the dichotomy between living your life loving and living your life in fear. The review about the protagonist being "annoying" has to be trolling. I didn't know anything about his story before watching this but I walked away from it having an immense amount of respect for him.

It was decent until it became too focused on Scott's life. Sorry, but he sounds like a complete moron. He has been a nearsighted guy his entire life, and in the end, he realizes that not being an idiot to others around you is actually a wonderful thing.

Scott then believes he is healed for the rest of his life, but in reality, it is just the young paddler who is friendly to him, even though Scott would never have been good to him.

The stuff that kayakers can run now is absolutely unbelievable. I've done a lot of whitewater rafting and kayaking, but the rivers these boaters run is beyond anything I would have thought possible.

A beautiful and wonderful journey from start to finish.

If you're a film junkie like myself then you'll appreciate the time and effort that Rush Sturges and everyone else put in to make this happen.

I enjoyed it. Not my place to say where it could have been improved. It is what it is.

Thank you.

I watched this movie yesterday by happen chance. It looked interesting, so I tried it. The photography and filmography of his river runs are absolutely incredible. What blew me away was his battle with the pituitary brain tumor......because I had the EXACT same symptoms, MRI pictures, and surgery......and the EXACT same after affects, namely the a piece of the tumor was wrapped around my carotid artery that the surgeons could not remove. I was diagnosed when I was 45, but the symptoms started 10 years earlier. What was not mentioned in the documentary, but I would be interested in is that I am on lifetime medication and annual blood tests, and MRI to ensure the tumor does not regrow. I was told I should have at least 10 good years and possibly more. That was 27 years ago, and I'm still going pretty strong:) I wish the same for Scott!!!