Comments on: 8 Great Movies That Inspire Travel

By: davendeb

davendeb — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:50:01 +0000

You’re not weird at all! That is what makes watching movies so great. Everyone has different opinions on them all. We didn’t love Amelie and I have never met another person that didn’t like it. We were more into the quirkiness of Two Days in Paris and nobody liked that one:-)

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:14:20 +0000

I don't need a movie to inspire me to travel. I always want to travel, but some movies make me want to travel more I guess is how to put it. BTW. I thought Up in the Air stunk and don't get why it was so popular. I loved In Burges which many people have never seen. Guess I'm just weird. .-= Gwen´s last blog ..Kids Grease Costumes =-.

By: davendeb

davendeb — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:00:14 +0000

Can you believe that I never saw Stealing Beauty? Now I am going to have to check it out. I agree with Sideways too. Loved that show. It made me want to drink Pinot Noir.

By: Becky Padmore

Becky Padmore — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:35:54 +0000

Great choice, I never really fancied visiting Bruges until watching the hilarious In Bruges (and I agree the film also did Colin Farrell a huge favour). Tuscany is still on my must see list after the gorgeous ‘Stealing Beauty’ and being from the UK, Sideways and Swingers always made me want to go to California.

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By: Audrey

Audrey — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:02:13 +0000

OK, I obviously need to get myself to the nearest pirated DVD place since I've only seen 3 of these movies! Thanks for the advice. .-= Audrey´s last blog ..Couch Surfing with KGB Agents =-.

By: Alouise

Alouise — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:35:22 +0000

Fantastic post, though most of these movies I haven't seen (yet) but Vicky Christina Barcelona has really made me want to see Barcelona. I'm really bad for being easily suggestible when it comes to travel. If a place is featured on a movie or tv have a sudden desire to go there. Like I watch a John Waters movie and I wanna go to Baltimore, or the way Shirley Valentine made me really want to go to Greece. Even places that were never really on my travel to do list, like watching Dexter has made me want to visit Miami (even though most of the show is filmed around LA). .-= Alouise´s last blog ..List 9 – How To Have A Cheesy Time At West Edmonton Mall =-.

By: davendeb

davendeb — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:19:13 +0000

I love that you think of Cartagena because of Romancing the stone. There were so many movies that I had on a list. I could have just listed about 50 and that could have been good enough. Maybe I will do that for a post one day when I am out of ideas:) It was very difficult to narrow it down to eight, we were trying to be a little unique in our choices, but then again, it is hard to be unique when it comes to choosing great travel movies. I guess, it was more of a reminder post. Everyone thinks of the choices like The Beach, The James Bond Movies and the Bourne Movies, but we haven’t thought about Romancing the Stone or Once Upon a Time in Mexico in a while.

By: davendeb

davendeb — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:15:53 +0000

Thanks for the additions. I forgot about Chocolate. I loved that movie and Johnny Depp and Juliet Binoche were both so charming. I haven’t seen Red Balloon, I will check it out. It is wonderful to watch movies for inspiration before, after and while you are at that place.

By: davendeb

davendeb — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:12:58 +0000

Out of Africa was definitely on that list. Robert Redford and Meryl Streep were as incredible as always. It is on a lot of top travel movies, so we tried to find a few that were a little unique. For some reason we felt if we went with the usual lists we would be copping out. Stupid, I know:)

By: Trisha

Trisha — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:18:15 +0000

Wonderful list! I’ve seen a few of these and just loved them (Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Julie & Julia, In Bruges, Up in the Air, and Romancing the Stone)…..and I still dream of someday going to Cartagena, Columbia because of that movie! There are so many great movies that inspire travel that I’m sure it must have been hard to winnow it down to just eight. The rest of your list I’ll have to add to my Netflix queue!
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By: soultravelers3

soultravelers3 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:17:04 +0000

Great list! We think movies and books add so much to travel that we brought a bunch with us on our open ended world tour. We’re in France now, so tend to watch French ones here and ones that are family friendly since we travel with a kid. I think we love the Red Balloon and Chocolate best for France.

Two that really stick out on our trip were Troy ( watched again and again through out Greece while reading Homer, including also while we were in Troy in Turkey) and “The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance” a thrilling PBS special series that we watched in Florence before we toured.
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By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:03:55 +0000

Great choices for movies! Others that come to mind are “Before Sunrise” and “Into the Wild.”

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By: The Jetpacker

The Jetpacker — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:25:55 +0000

I don’t think any movie has made us want to travel more than Amelie.

2 Days In Paris, on the other hand, was kind of a turn off.

Amelie celebrated Paris, but 2 Days kinda made fun of it.
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