Gareth SK1

Gareth SK1

Favorite films

  • The Goonies
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Into the Wild
  • (500) Days of Summer

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  • The Road to Patagonia

    ★★★★

  • The Salt Path

    ★★★★

  • The Phoenician Scheme

    ★★★★

  • School of Rock

    ★★★★★

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The Road to Patagonia

The Road to Patagonia

2022
★★★★ Watched

So we're agreed. Sell everything and hit the road?!

This is the kind of documentary film I can get on board with living vicariously through on a Tuesday evening.

A wholesome, wild experience. Beautiful footage that really captured their connection with each other, the earth as a whole, the animals and people that they encountered along the journey. Especially the horses.

I'd have happily sat through another 30 minutes, even if most of it was the downs, the difficult times that likely landed on the cutting room floor. A genuinely inspiring watch with a killer soundtrack.

The Salt Path

The Salt Path

2024
★★★★ Watched

A profound piece of storytelling, a really emotional watch and triumph for love.

How they navigated this incredible challege really makes you question why we need all the things we own and think we need.

Even in their most dispairing moments on the path, no matter how low the low, their love for each other saw them successfully navigate whatever advertisity they were facing.

A wholesome piece of cinema, befitting for such an inspirational couple.

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The Matrix

The Matrix

1999
★★½ Watched

I went into this one with a lot of positive nostalgia attached. Thoughts about how socially impactful it was in my teenage years. Everyone buzzing about it. Kids at school getting the Nokia flip phone etc etc.

On rewatch last night with friends at the cinema it became apparent this was clearly a film of a certain time, not that it had dated horrendously but one a younger less educated, more life naive me clearly enjoyed and dragged a good…