Movie - 43, The Walk

The Walk (2015)

by

Robert Zemeckis

Movie Seen: 14 October 2015

Place: INOX Kacheguda, Hyderabad

Note Written: 31 October 2015

I was very interested in the trailer of 'The Walk' and  was adamant about watching it in big screen. Knowing that the movie was based on a true person and event increased my want. 

'The Walk' is interesting in terms of the subject chosen and the story but failed to impress me with its treatment. The movie felt soulless, to me. While watching the movie and after, I thought may be it's so that I had too much expectations from the film, especially coming from someone like Robert Zemeckis; but even if I was watching it without knowing anything, I wouldn't have liked it much, I'm sure. 

The movie would have been much better, I think, if the narration bits by Joseph Gordon Levitt were avoided and the story was told plainly. The visuals, the CGI, (the recreation of the Twin Towers), and the 3D effects were superb but somehow it was all lost on me through the lackluster storytelling. The cast gave fine performances in their respective roles but overall, I really wasn't satisfied with the film. 

PS: The huge 'Smoking is Injurious to Health' sign which appears whenever a cigarette was shown, even while nobody was smoking it, was really ugly and spoiled the frames - grow up Indian Censor Board and 'easily-offended' audience!