Nomadland

When I was full time Rving, I never considered myself homeless. The only difference was my house was made to move wherever I wished. I felt sorry for those poor souls who opted to live in a brick and mortar dwelling. They were sure missing out! ;)

Haven't seen it yet but I may have to check it out. I gave up Hulu awhile ago. ?????

I got the sense of the movie that altho it can be a tough life, its a life that some choose because nothing else suits them as well. It also showed how folks help each other out.
Lots of angles to the movie, which is why it won the awards imo.

In a similar category, but different spin, there's a documentary that was all the buzz here on RV.NET fifteen years or so ago. It's about people who live in Walmart parking lots, bouncing from Walmart to Walmart.

It used to be free on Amazon Prime, but now it looks like they're charging for it.

"This Is Nowhere"

So I thought more about the movie then heard it won all kinds of awards. Know what I think now: it is a stupid movie. I just wanted to see Quartzite to see what it is like and hopefully see some cool old campers. Not interested in thinking about the bad stuff that happens to people. I got enough of my own.... But it made me realize that the BLM free camping areas will probably be a mess by the time I ever get over there. Gotta keep looking for places to go....

I've been trying to see 'Nomadland' since it played at the Venice Film Festival last year. Finally, saw it on Saturday at an IMAX theater. It's a movie that grew on me as the story unfolded. The nomad lifestyle featured was more a backdrop for the movie, a sometimes heartbreaking commentary in itself on the plight of some retired persons in society. But the story was really about Fern caught in her grief of losing her husband, community, and livelihood in a former factory town. Which is holding her back from living her new life?

Toward the end, Fern realizes she "spent too much time remembering". Gives up her former life placed away in storage. Visits her old house, in now abandoned town overlooking the desert and mountains she once mentioned earlier. IMO, the final scene where she drives toward those mountains is a indication she's ready to move on?

Nomadland won the Golden Globe for best drama picture.

fourthclassC wrote:
Thanks , I felt about the same way. Looking forward to a long trip probably 6 -8 months, but not gonna sell the old homestead. Need to have a place to come home to.... Easy to plan but I know my plans are not the ones that count.

Probably off-topic a bit ... but your comment above "Easy to plan but I know my plans are not the ones that count" ... for some reason reminded me of this famous statement by Albert Einstein:

"What counts can’t always be counted; what can be counted doesn’t always count."

:)

Thanks , I felt about the same way. Looking forward to a long trip probably 6 -8 months, but not gonna sell the old homestead. Need to have a place to come home to.... Easy to plan but I know my plans are not the ones that count.

We just watched it last evening. The DW and myself are retired and use our RV only a few times a year for true recreational purposes - not having to live in it as our home.

We had mixed fealings about what the movie was intended to convey to us about that kind of lifestyle. We really felt quite "sad" after watching it. Mostly sad for the situations that the characters found themselves in, even though many appeared to be enjoying themselves some of the time. We have camped at Quartzsite a few times and of course hence camped around some folks that probably were in the very life situations depicted in the movie.

During our two longest RV trips of 9 and 10 weeks we did get into the feeling of being "free nomads" and it was wonderful for a bit during those short periods. At the end of both trips we were glad we had a home base to return to ... but our home is in a natural setting equal to many of the beautiful places where we camped on those trips.

Here's a bunch of reviews on it ... that are all over the map:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

I started to watch Nomadland but just couldn't get into it and turned it off. Maybe will try again later.