Sedona

Oh my god, I just watched Sedona because I once knew someone in it with a bit part. Even dodged a romantic bullet with her - Chemtrails were her entry drug, a train wreck conspiracist who fell down the rabbit hole and is now lost. Long story.

But anyway! That's not this story. Sedona? The curiosity of a single cast member alone couldn't save this wan cliche of a story, plodded through by actors who probably thought Sedona was as obvious and dumb while filming it as I did while watching it. All in the space of about 4 hours, a hardened ad agency owner throws it all away because of a car, a coffee, a pedi, and a cast of quirky characters out of central casting, Sedona style. Oh, kid lost in the desert? Don't worry, a Native American will show up 60 seconds later and start tracking. Poor Christopher Atkins is just a lump, the great Barry Corbin fixes a car, and Lin Shaye dances around dredging up magic emotions in our protagonist, a bewildered Frances Fisher. Nobody gets used to any artistic potential. Then the whole thing is padded out to feature length by about 8 minutes of end credits, including an end credit scene a-la Kingpin, but with dancing.

Somebody set fire to a million + bucks to bring this reeking steamer to life, and that's a shame. What a waste, man. Starving artists could have used a tenth of the budget to make something brilliant. A twentieth! Instead, junk like this gets made. Boo.

As a Sedona resident, I could not wait to see this movie. Happy to say, it was all I hoped for and more. Sedona (the City) has to be experienced first hand to understand the energy and synchronicity here, but this film gives the audience a glimpse into the metaphysical experience one finds in this amazing place. I loved this movie for accurately capturing a tiny slice of mystical Sedona. Tommy Stoval and Marc Sterling did a wonderful job creating a light-hearted, entertaining look into the extraordinary vibrational aura that some people find a bit uncomfortable here. Others, like me, find it life changing and heart opening. Sedona, The Motion Picture, demonstrates how so many seemingly everyday happenings become serendipituous events that change us in profound ways and reconnect us to unconditional love. Those of us fortunate enough to call Sedona home have a phrase for it: Sedona moments. Congratulations to everyone involved with this film!

A round of applause for the writer, director, cast, and crew that put together this masterpiece! Beautifully crafted! I've never been to Sedona but, have been longing to go recently. When I came across this movie on Gaia, I had to watch. Life is often perfectly woven together just like this. Once we relax, learn to flow, stay present and be happy, we learn better and notice the synchronicities. You attract what you focus on. Take it easy and let life happen for you, not to you. Bravo! Bravo!

This film was not what I was expecting. Everything about it's off-kilter approach -- including its enhanced landscapes and innovative shots, quirky spiritualists, and out-of-touch tourists -- lends itself to capturing Sedona's uplifting lightheartedness. In this spirit, it's appropriate that a balloon floating upon a breeze sets all the synchronicity in motion. I take the experiences of the waylaid tourist entirely seriously, as seriously as I take the Apostle Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. Too bad Paul couldn't have been on the road to Sedona. Christianity would have had a much lighter touch in achieving the same end.

26 January 2013. It's hard to avoid the preferential bias of having loved and experienced Sedona, Arizona a number of years back and watching this movie which only offered tantalizing but only fragmentary tidbits of better times. Nevertheless with a resonating Southwestern soundtrack, the vortex energy radiating mysteriously in the background this simple, yet at times realistically pungent examination of frantic individuals at their wits end, the brotherly banter, the movie comes close to boringly real...a great home movie. Yet underneath it all there is a genuine emotive connectivity in this movie that offers touching moments along with the oftentimes traditional message of slowing down and making peace with one's self, something that Sedona in real life actually can offer. With no pat ending, leaving a huge mystery left open to speculation, this movie is to be appreciated for its simple, but revealing story of intersecting lines. It's hard to compare this movie to others because it's really doesn't follow the usual action, compelling, riveting narrative. Instead we are offered the spectacular landscapes, the mystical, and the ordinary but meaningful human interactions that make life worthwhile.