[joshgun]

I agree with another poster, this was not a feel good movie seeing the world in an. RV. She started tome Empire, NV when her husband died and the US Gypsum plant closed. She went from location to location in her van wherever work was available. It was not a feel good movie, but an honest assessment of how some seniors have to live.

[NancyLee]

Originally Posted by kpd3062

I have told my wife that I f something we’re to happen to me, I hope she meets someone and makes a happy life. I don’t want her to be alone.

Bravo! A real man!

[NancyLee]

Thanks for sharing those terrific memories!

[Villageswimmer]

Originally Posted by joshgun

I agree with another poster, this was not a feel good movie seeing the world in an. RV. She started tome Empire, NV when her husband died and the US Gypsum plant closed. She went from location to location in her van wherever work was available. It was not a feel good movie, but an honest assessment of how some seniors have to live.

I also agree it was not a feel good movie; however, it was much happier than the book, which, IMO, was very depressing. There are various levels of RVing. This is scraping by paycheck to paycheck in mostly physically demanding jobs. It’s a whole different world I wasn’t aware existed. It made me count my many blessings.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by kpd3062

I did see the movie. I enjoyed the acting of Frances Mcdormand. I most enjoyed the characters. I assume most of them were actual Nomads they discovered on the road. It was almost like a documentary. It was somewhat sad that some of them had to make by in what they had. However like Fern many had other options but for whatever reason chose to stay on the road. I got the feeling Fern felt guilty if she settled down with the male friend (who offered her a place to live) because her husband had died. It was like she felt she wasn’t supposed to be happy. Pretty sad.

I agree. Also, I felt that she couldn't bring herself to commit again.


I had a friend whose mother deserted the family and took off in a small camper van. She would come back very occasionally to visit her adult daughters, but could not bring herself to stay. It was very sad. She came to our house with her daughter for Thanksgiving dinner one year, having taken on a pseudonym, and talked about how good it was to be able to get away from the world around her by just crawling into her van. I couldn't decide whether to believe her or think she was talking to herself. She had no health insurance and eventually the authorities found her van at a Walmart with her inside, having died from cancer. The daughters had to go clean out the van and dispose of it.


I guess that's why I found the movie so depressing. No friends to rely on, and in Francis Gormand's case, no family at all. I'm left wondering... did she care about that? What was going on that she couldn't accept the friendships that were offered to her for more than a little while at a time.


The movie left me very sad.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by kpd3062

I did see the movie. I enjoyed the acting of Frances Mcdormand. I most enjoyed the characters. I assume most of them were actual Nomads they discovered on the road. It was almost like a documentary. It was somewhat sad that some of them had to make by in what they had. However like Fern many had other options but for whatever reason chose to stay on the road. I got the feeling Fern felt guilty if she settled down with the male friend (who offered her a place to live) because her husband had died. It was like she felt she wasn’t supposed to be happy. Pretty sad.

I agree. Also, I felt that she couldn't bring herself to commit again.


I had a friend whose mother deserted the family and took off in a small camper van. She would come back very occasionally to visit her adult daughters, but could not bring herself to stay. It was very sad. She came to our house with her daughter for Thanksgiving dinner one year, having taken on a pseudonym, and talked about how good it was to be able to get away from the world around her by just crawling into her van. I couldn't decide whether to believe her or think she was talking to herself. She had no health insurance and eventually the authorities found her van at a Walmart with her inside, having died from cancer. The daughters had to go clean out the van and dispose of it.


I guess that's why I found the movie so depressing. No friends to rely on, and in Francis McDormand's case, no family at all. I'm left wondering... did she care about that? What was going on that she couldn't accept the friendships that were offered to her for more than a little while at a time.


The movie left me very sad.

[Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by joshgun

I agree with another poster, this was not a feel good movie seeing the world in an. RV. She started tome Empire, NV when her husband died and the US Gypsum plant closed. She went from location to location in her van wherever work was available. It was not a feel good movie, but an honest assessment of how some seniors have to live.

This guy is one of the main real-life van-dwellers in the movie. I've seen his website for years and I think his mother lives or lived in Lady Lake.

Cheap RV Living.com-Home

[Tripngirl]

Agreed....not a Hallmark Movie by any stretch of the imagination

[CFrance]

I don't like to go to bed sad.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I don't like to go to bed sad.

I don't either. In fact at my age, I have enough dark thoughts and worries that come unbidden. I try to avoid sad movies.

Yesterday on this forum I was called an "old cow". I don't understand the world at all anymore.

[Bucco]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I don't either. In fact at my age, I have enough dark thoughts and worries that come unbidden. I try to avoid sad movies.

Yesterday on this forum I was called an "old cow". I don't understand the world at all anymore.

I agree with your last comment.

It’s a shame that some feel the need to judge and call people names.

[Villageswimmer]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I don't like to go to bed sad.

Don’t read the book.

The employment situations were not nearly as pleasant as portrayed in the movie. I read the first two chapters and that was enough.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Villageswimmer

Don’t read the book.

The employment situations were not nearly as pleasant as portrayed in the movie. I read the first two chapters and that was enough.

I read the whole book just after it was published. The jobs were brutal at Amazon as well as at other employers.

[Taltarzac725]

Stream Nomadland on Hulu | Hulu.com

I will probably see this sometime this week on Hulu if it is still available. Probably with ads though and a lot of them.

[Velvet]

I don’t like sad movies myself, there is enough suffering already, but during the pandemic it kind of makes sense.

Tried to find who said that Gracie. Must have been an oik.