10 MPH (2007)
Two guys quit stodgy corporate jobs, scrounged up all the savings they could, collected credit cards, and stepped - or better yet - scooted forward to follow their biggest dream: to become filmmakers. Josh Caldwell rode a Segway from Seattle to Boston, while his buddy Hunter Weeks directed a film they both shot about the experience and about the moments leading up to this crazy twist on the Americ
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Thanks for the memories!
Sadly Over-hyped
Don't Believe the Hype
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Part of this film's considerable charm is the apparent naivety with which Josh and Hunter embark upon this adventure. It seemingly never occurs to them that they will not achieve their goal. Even the stunning scenery plays second fiddle to this very human tale of giving it all up for a dream. The characters they meet along the way are fascinating, and offer some very interesting insight into rural life. My personal favourite, the group of bikers they run into, who offer their views on travelling at 10 miles an hour, and repair the segway when something breaks. Apparently you cannot truly know a thing until you break it and fix it yourself. The film is not in anyway preachy, and is an endearingly off-beat look at a journey, life in a very slow lane and how much can be achieved if you really put your heart into what you are doing. This is the very best kind of 'reality' the real kind!
If you've ever wanted more out of your life, but afraid to take a chance to make your dreams come true you need to watch this movie. Take four regular people with a passion to chase a dream combined with some of the most sincere and loving Americans and you have a documentary that tugs your heart in every direction. And if you've spent your entire life on the east coast like I have, you appreciate what real America is like as they traveled through the plains of the Midwest. You'll laugh, you'll get angry, and you may even cry as I did, sitting there wondering what it is I want to do with my life.I loved everything about this movie and can't wait to see what they do with their next movie, "10 Yards". Thumbs up to Hunter, Josh, Gannon, and Alon for encouraging me to want more out of life
Following their hearts...living their dreams...embracing their passions...listening to others...spending all their savings! It is hard to pick which of these phrases best describes their journey, but I can only imagine what they (Josh, Hunter, Gannon, Alon) have learned from other people on this journey. It will take them to worthy pinnacles of joy and enlightenment, just as the movie embodies this type of accomplishment.The humor, frankness, and joy in the movie has a feeling of being professional in their genuine childlikeness. This is a movie that embraces America, freedom, independence, and yet a reliance on each other that is empowering! A Must See beauty of a movie that grew from a hearty seed!
Filmmakers' documentary about making a documentary . . . about riding a Segway.I do not like documentaries, for they record and attempt to spice up the boring, non-structured parts of life. I hate one-sided documentaries, for they are preaching an ignorant opinion proved by the ignorant one-sided facts they sought out. Having said that, this documentary was GREAT! It opened its heart to the viewer, which is the gutsiest thing you can do in a documentary. I've heard some say it drags a bit around the middle; but that is where the TRUE beauty of life is captured (something most documentaries force as "deep"). These men, and woman, used nothing but a positive out-look to reach a goal. They stood tall, throughout, on a Segway.