Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West

I can't review this as a movie because it isn't a movie. Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West is a 45 minute trailer for nothing. The reason I can't call this movie a movie is because it doesn't even contain some fundamental concepts that make a movie a movie. In this "movie" Scene's don't start and scenes don't end. It just jumps from one place to another with no rhyme or rhythm. It contains a bunch of random cinematic scenes that serve absolutely no purpose. And there are a bunch or random scenes that have no place in the movie. It has a cohesive story but that's because it's spoon fed through narration instead of smart writing. You literally get no emotion from anyone. The only reason I put it at a 2 is because the music isn't terrible to listen to and some of the shot's are nice. Seriously don't watch it. even at a short runtime of 45 minutes it was incredibly painful to sit through.

I saw this as a DVD copy of the IMAX presentation. The film is well made and shows in a short form what the expedition consisted of, the obstacles they encountered, the overall success of it. No matter what your political leanings, this expedition 200 years ago was a landmark in exploring the western half of what we now know of the United Sates. I have vacationed in the mountains of Montana, I cannot imagine being a band of men in that era trying to cross those mountains with a boat and supplies. Not only did they try, they reached the Pacific Ocean.

As an IMAX film it is obviously very attractive visually. Pains were taken to film in authentic areas. For those who like to learn more about the "behind the scenes" work, there is also an interesting "making of" extra on the DVD. A loan from my local public library.

Lewis ( 28) and Clark (32) took journey to collect information on the Continental United States of America in 1802-1805 for two and a half years.

Their age difference is 4. Age Difference of 4 and 8 is very compatible in Chinese Zodiac.

They got along very well together.

As if ... hey were born only to take this journey on Planet Earth.

PS: Continental United States of America is still the same... but Lewis and Clark are gone...

i just saw this at the omnimax theater in duluth over the 4th of july, and, at first when my parents told me that we were going to be seeing this, i was like, oh god, this is gonna be boring. but i really liked it. i love the whole west area of the country, with the mountains and stuff, and native american history, etc. i've seen very dry boring documentary films before about this same topic, with the only difference being, i believe i will actually remember quite a bit of this one, simply because of the way it was presented. the fact that it was shown on an imax screen added to the enjoyment of this film.

(this is my first "movie review" so if it sounds like a big jumbled mess, now you know why :)

You get a sense of the adventure watching this 70mm presentation, I felt I had a small feeling of what it may have been like to participate in it. The narration is excellent and it is beautifully photographed. The print I saw, at a Regal (formerly an Imax) theatre, was worn and jittery and for this I paid $9 but it was still a great adventure.