Jeanne Francoise "Tracks" is based on true event about Robyn Davidson tracks in some desserts in Australia just with some camels and a dog. They walk mile per mile to receive her own ambition, to reach the Sea by foot. This movie is really interesting because it delivers us about some simple reason of human-being's wish-cycle to always finish his or her ambition, no matter what happens, and how to start with really small thing: First walk. Perhaps this was what the director of the movie thinking, this movie is full of some scenic adventurous plots that maybe only real adventurous could understand why this "Tracks" must be finished, in any challenge. For me, "Tracks" is also a family movie because the main character, Robyn Davidson, in some scenes, refer to her family and some memories of family that made a motivation for her to keep moving forward. Besides of that, this movie also gives us some unreasonable reasons to be sad alone and that is sometimes connected to human's limit of hoping and reality. A good movie!

TxMike I was able to see this on Netflix streaming movies. Everything about it is good, the acting, story, cinematography. It is based on the book by Robyn Davidson of her decision in 1977 to take her dog and four camels (for packing food and supplies) across 1700 miles of mostly inhospitable desert.But it is only "good" because frankly there is a certain sameness about day after day across a barren land. She has a few surprises. One when she wakes up and finds overnight the camels walked away, so she had to find them and face the possibility that without them she may be stranded and die. Or the time she temporarily lost her compass. Or her dog finding poison. Or the obnoxious tourists who hunt her up and expect her to pose for photos.But overall things go pretty well. She needed money for the trip and on the advice of a friend she wrote to National Geographic, they agreed to invest $4000 and provide a photographer to meet her (by jeep) several times during the walk. Her story and photographs were printed in 1978 and were a bit hit.Mia Wasikowska, who is Australian and looks much like the original 27-yr-old explorer, is Robyn and she is super in that role. Adam Driver is the photographer, and they have some sort of romantic involvement that didn't last.Watching it reminded me a lot of "Maidentrip", the documentary of the 14-yr-old girl, Laura Dekker, who sets out to sail alone around the world. One is very wet the other is very dry, but the approaches and emotions are very similar.

tao902 A film of Robyn Davidson's book in which she recounted her journey across Australia on foot, accompanied by four camels and a dog.An interesting story, beautiful scenery, good acting. Initially it's difficult to sympathise with the main character's circumstances. She admits she wants to get away from people but her trip relies heavily on others in various ways, for which she shows littler gratitude.By the end of the film/trip she seems to have mellowed a little and become more realistic. Perhaps her predicaments and having had time to think result in a less self-centred person who is open to appreciating others.

BasicLogic i often thought that some of the peoples' reasoning ability and logic are somewhat impaired. there are things that people stupidly do just want to prove something, but as a matter of fact, what they do in extreme behavior is nothing but irrational, self-righteous, meaningless and worthless. people are trying to do something to prove that they can overcome any kind of toughness, to prove that they have strong willpower to deal with dangerous situation like climbing rock, mountains, diving into the deep sea, jumping from a cliff, a plane, riding a motor bike at high speed over 20 cars, running marathon. but what's the purpose of doing these things? why you need to climb up the highest mountain to prove that you could do it? a jumbo jet with 400 to 600 hundred passengers would still fly over the summit that you have reached at 35,000 feet; climbing up the granite rock in yosemite national park, or reach the top of the monument rock without falling to your death....what? is there anything so special that you did it? there's another movie like this stupid one also has such meaningless stupidity: "wild 2014". why you have to trudge 1,000 miles on foot? to rediscover yourself? to punish yourself for what you did before? so let me ask you one thing: do you think that by walking 1,000 miles with just a backpack would allow you to find yourself, rebuild yourself, put you back on the right track of life? why not just stay at home and meditate regularly or do some community services, become a volunteer for some non-profit charity organizations? this young Australian woman led camels and dog across a 2,000 miles Australian desert is just another stupid, meaningless and worthless thing that nothing really to prove. some viewers said they enjoyed the cinematographic scenes of this film, that's another thing i could never understand.