Your thoughts on A River Runs Through It

[TyroneFly]

Like Jaws, I just can't figure out why this movie influenced so many people. I received my scuba certification around the time Jaws was released. The movie was so hockie that it did not stop me from diving or fear sharks in such a way that it could only be described as paranoya (sp?). So it is with the movie a River Runs Through It. A few fly fishing scenes and somehow people are moved (driven) to start fly fishing in numbers never seen before or since the movie.

Brad Pitt can be a good actor at times. I liked him in Interview With a Vampire and Oceans Eleven. But there are times like in this movie he is really bad! Craig Sheffer on the other hand was very good. I liked his character. If only they had paired him with a worthy actor it would have made this okay movie worth renting again.

I just could not get passed Brad Pitt's terrible acting to really enjoy or understand the movies mass appeal.

[Eric-WD]

Watch the movie with the sound off and fast forward through the parts that dont involve fishing.

I think the appeal in the movie is that fly fishing in the movie shows it to be an art, it brings out the best in fly casting, makes it look so peaceful and flowing kind of like a ballet with a rod and reel.

btw I much prefered the book to the movie.

I also enjoyed Jaws, but I think I was 12, and it didnt keep me out of the Ocean.

Eric

[Gnu Bee Flyer]

Just watched it the other night . I liked the big wide casts the Kids did and then the evolvement of their casts as the movie went on. The plot of the movie was b rated. In my opinion it would have benefited from a better story line. I have no idea why the general public like this movie.
Though I love fly fishing I found the movie boring.

Maybe its a kind of chick flick because just because Brad was in it. . Now if Angelina Jolie co starred with Brad It would have been academy award fodder.

The cliffhanger ending of the movie could have been the memorable line that He flung back at her as he rode off into the sunset Would have been " Quite Frankly my Dear I don't fish the dam"

[modocdan]

It's a movie....strictly Hollywood. Enjoyable entertainment, and the fishing part of the movie is pretty interesting subject matter. The rest is just moviedom ga-ga.
about one or two notches above mindless entertainment. By all means no classic, and don't take it too seriously. Better on DVD, cause you can rewind to see good stuf twice, and fasf forward to burn through the lame stuff..........ModocDan

[Joe Valencic]

Got the DVD for a gift long after I read the book. I try to never watch a movie after reading a book, because I'm usually disappointed. Yep, the same thing happened this time.

[TyroneFly]

Joe,

What did you think of the book? Never read it myself. Should I?

[Joe Valencic]

Joe,

What did you think of the book? Never read it myself. Should I?

I really enjoyed the book, because books make you visualize what you are reading. Each reader sees something different in their mind's eye. Pick up a copy at the library and give it a go. Movies rarely do justice to a book which has been well received. If it makes the best seller's list, then a movie with a bunch of twits shows up to try to outdo the book...or so it seems to me.

Joe

[DShock]

I did not care for "A River Runs Through It'. The movie left me as cold as the river. The movie "Legends of the Fall" is much better. Also,
Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Troy are good Pitt movies.
Doug

[Slate_Drake_9]

It was just on the other evening as I flipped through the channels, so we watched the last 30 minutes or so. I made the comment to my wife that it was a shame they picked one of "America's sexiest men" to play in it, but didn't balance him out with an equally sexy woman. That would have made the movie much, much better. As a movie it's so, so. What I like the most about it was the fish they used. I've read that they were actually fake, but they looked pretty real to me.

The book was good, much better than the movie, as usual. The other stories in the book (Pimps and Lumberjacks is the one I remember the title of) were pretty good too, but not as good as A River Runs Through It.

I received an original copy of the book as a b-day gift along with a copy of the dvd a few years ago. Kinda neat gift.

[Slate_Drake_9]

I did not care for "A River Runs Through It'. The movie left me as cold as the river. The movie "Legends of the Fall" is much better. Also,
Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Troy are good Pitt movies.
Doug

Legends of the Fall was an awsome movie. It's a chick flick, but there are a lot of pretty cool dude scenes too, especially the end. I've always thought that if they added fly fishing to that movie (and some hot actresses) it would be the best movie ever.