Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I have watched thousands of movies and am no stranger to allegory or symbolism. I absolutely DO NOT KNOW what in the hell is going on in this movie. It is slow and left me constantly asking "what's happening now?" Truly a complete and utter waste of time. It made zero sense. I did not feel enriched by the experience, never mind entertained. Regardless of how Netflix tries to sell it to you, PLEASE, don't fall for it.

I saw this movie because it was on the LGBT list on Netflix. That's all I knew about it. That's all I know about it by the end. The movie has scenes of wilderness with someone speaking Portuguese, so I immediately assumed it was Brazil. It is only when we are introduced to two Chinese lesbians who don't know where they're at do I realize that the movie is set in the wilderness of Portugal. I didn't even know they had wilderness in Portugal. The girls' presence is explained simply enough, but their fanatical turn is the first of many absurdities that I couldn't follow. Sometimes the construction of shots are beautiful enough to sustain interest for a time, but by the time the topless Amazonian women speaking Latin make their appearance, I'm pretty much done. It helps to read the Wikipedia article on St. Anthony of Padua before watching the movie, as he is the patron saint of Portugal, of lost people and things, of animals, etc. Things make more sense, but not in a pleasing or interesting way. So I came looking for a LGBT movie about an ornithologist but got a bizarre allegorical tale about a Catholic saint who has sex and murders a shepherd names Jesus on his way to Padua in Italy. There's even hints of St. Sebastian imagery thrown in for good measure. Not good.

Worst movie I've seen in my life and I'm 60. The positive reviews are obviously a coordinated marketing ploy. The movie had no story line. There was gratuitous full frontal male nudity unrelated to the circumstances of the movie, overtones of S&M, etc. Just a gross movie that meanders aimlessly then falls over the rapids like the character in the movie.

The movie is about a bird watcher out on a camping trip doing his thing when his raft boat crashes in the woods forcing him to struggle to get out while some odd things are happening.It was a pretty awesome adventure, as the The Ornithologist would encounter stranger and stranger things, like two good Christian Chinese girls who wanted to offer him to the evil spirits in the forest and a group of topless girls on horseback in a hunting tribe.Thought it was cool watching this dude survive his odd wilderness experience, but I must admit, my mind is not as open as I thought as there was a naked man on naked man sex scene that I could not watch. I scene other movies where two dudes kiss and have sex but I don't think I've ever seen two men full frontal naked getting romantic. If it makes me seem unenlightened that I had to keep my head turned the whole time then so be it, cause I had too. It was funny cause the scene walks you into to it very easy but still could not take it.But I did like the movie. I thought it was a great adventure movie about a guy in the wilderness. Hopefully it has also soften me to men or men love scenes just in case it comes up again.http://cinemagardens.com