Expedition Happiness

I think there are a lot of jealous people who wish they could have done this adventure. Who cares how they paid for the trip? Who cares if they didn't show every last problem they encountered? The filming was beautiful, the intensity of their experience was evident, and the original music incredible. The work they did on the bus was amazing, and I respect the hard choice at the end. Just enjoy the movie for what it is, a beautiful adventure, and quit whining about how you would do it.

The biggest travel bummer to this lightweight "adventure" is getting hassled for a couple of hours at the US border and the dog getting sick. It's a cool dog, and the hosts are nice looking, but this is pretty tame stuff. Hardly an adventure travel epic and not particularly well filmed - alot of selfies and talking to the camera. Nothing special and better travel adventure films are plentiful. Meh..

I think these guys did a pretty good job with this movie . It is exactly what it was was set out to be - an invitation to see Canada and Mexico and whatever else in between, through their eyes and to accompany them on their journey . I didn't start watching this movie because I wanted to see a break though in cinema, I did it because I'm stuck in London at the moment and I'm craving for that wonderlust feeling of going and exploring places. That's what the poster sold and I bought it. I think they've accomplished exactly that to make you remember what life can be like on the road, or make you wonder if you've never done it before "could I pull this off? Sure as hell converting that bus looks like hard work.." If you're expecting "Into the wild" -don't! It's something else completely. it's been quite a few weeks since I watched it and I keep thinking back to those amazing shots from Alaska and the beautiful scenery from Canada. For that I will give them a 6. Just because it stuck with me and the soundtrack was good.

I can not understand why would Netflix buy such a soulless movie that ends up with animal suffering.

So I agree that these two people did some dumb things and maybe complained too much. They also put their dog through a lot unfortunately. However, it did seem like they cared about the dog and tried to take care of it as best they could under the circumstances but maybe bringing the dog along in the first place was a bad idea. I'm not sure. I do also agree that this isn't really a very meaningful journey. It's just like others have said, a home movie. However, I wasn't bored. It was interesting to see them in different places and see what they experienced. It's fine. It probably could have been a lot better if they had tried to learn something from the whole journey (besides how to kill they dog). A documentary should contain a story and you should be able to take something away from it. Otherwise? Just make a vlog or something.