20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Time Machine for 40-Something "Waterdogs"....., Jan 6 2007
By Less Oake - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Same River Twice, the (DVD)
If you've ever spent any time on a river -- without a motor -- and were a young adult in the 70's...this film is like somebody opening a window in a stuffy room. The sights, sounds, and abundant nudity will wash over you like an icy jade wave....it's a joy to see brothers & sisters of the "Royal Order of the Rocket Box" who went there too, fellow veterans of multi-day raft trips with all the attendant psuedo-philosophizing, coitus, group & individual angst, transactional dynamics and joyful dysfunction.
Juxtaposing the archival footage with the "where are they today?" clips was brilliant filmmaking...kind of like Michael Apted's 48-up, but with better scenery and more dramatic hydraulics!
If you've ever stuffed all your worldly possessions in a drybag, hoisted a 200 quart cooler and suffered 3rd degree Teva tan.....you'll love it!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bittersweet contrast, April 8 2008
By W. Jones "undasea" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Same River Twice, the (DVD)
I really loved this movie and the contrast of the innocence and freedom of these people in their youth with the reality of the "real world" 20 years later. Unlike another reviewer, I'm very happy none of them turned out to become who they once were rebelling against, that would have just made me sad. The implicit comparison between those who moved on and their "leader" who stayed behind was...well, I'm still deciding who I think is truly better off. But I notice those now living in the real world look so...tired. Then again, I'm not sure that he who stayed behind is quite in this world at all, at least not often. I thought about only giving this a 4 star rating, because I would have loved for the original "Riverdogs" movie to have been a dvd extra. But I think the movie itself deserves a 5 and so it will be.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
really good documentary, July 17 2005
By Jimmy Pretzel - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Same River Twice, the (DVD)
This is a really good documentary about a group of raft guides that spent this one summer back in the 70's rafting naked through the Grand Canyon. The same guy that filmed that trip revisits with some of those people within the last few years and shows what they are doing now. This is definetely worth watching. My wife watched it three times in two days.