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The Longest Ride
- Blu-ray Release Date: July 14, 2015
- Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Run Time: 129 minutes
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Fox
- ASIN: B00VSE0IMM
Based on the best selling book by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride will make you believe in true love. When Luke (Scott Eastwood) a former champion bull rider attempting a comeback, meets Sophia (Britt Robertson), a college student preparing for her dream job in New York, they embark on an extraordinary – yet uncertain – romantic journey. As conflicting paths test their budding relationship, Luke and Sophia make a fateful connection with Ira (Allen Alda), whose heartwarming memories of his own marriage inspire the young couple and change their lives forever.
Blu-ray special features include:
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• A Writer’s Journey: A Day in the Life of Nicholas Sparks
• Beyond the Ride
• Bringing it to Life
• Meet The Real Bull Riders
• Luke’s Bull Riding School
• Audio Commentary by George Tillman, Jr. and Oona Chaplin
• Gallery
I have seen two movies based on Nicholas Sparks’ books. As I enjoyed them both tremendously (and more than I thought I would), I was excited to have the opportunity to review The Longest Ride.
The Longest Ride is the story of Sophia (Britt Robertson) and a rodeo rider Luke (Scott Eastwood). The two are clearly from different walks of life and want different things out of life, but their attraction in undeniable. Sophia helps take care of an elderly man named Ira (Alan Alda). After hearing Ira share his story of life and his love marriage to a woman named Ruth (during World War II), the two seem to be connected together. Luke, injured in a rodeo, must decide if he is going to continue pursuing his career with the rodeo, or give it up as Sophia would like him to do. The two learn about true love, and about self-sacrifice for someone you love.
The movie flashes back and forth between present day and the World War II era. I don’t mind some flashbacks in a movie. But, for me the numerous flashbacks (about a third of the movie maybe) to a period I don’t especially enjoy made the film drag on for me. Hubby, on the other hand, really enjoyed the periodic part of the story. The film is a love story, actually two of them. If you enjoy a love story, whether present day or by period, this movie is one you’ll want to check out.
Here’s the trailer from earlier this year when the film was making its debut in the theater.
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