Comments on: Where the Hell is Matt?

Where the Hell is Matt?

donovan — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:23:03 -0800

Man dances his way around the world [wmv - 36MB] getting jiggy on a mountaintop, busting moves in an impenetrable forest, dodging Hanoi motorcyclists with his finely tuned moves, and, well, I wouldn't want to give anymore away. It's the feel good movie of the season.

By: Ljubljana

Ljubljana — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:40:38 -0800

Well worth it, though. It's wonderful.

By: josh

josh — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:00:03 -0800

That is pretty awesome.

By: Firas

Firas — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:12:48 -0800

The video is must-see. Check out his weblog, too.

By: driveler

driveler — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:18:33 -0800

Matt is a 26-year-old itinerant deadbeat from Connecticut. He quit his job in Brisbane, Australia to go walk the Earth, like Caine from Kung Fu. Excellent.

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:23:01 -0800

Hah! Read "What People are Saying"!

By: Zonker

Zonker — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:37:02 -0800

Now that was really great. Thanks, donovan.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:41:31 -0800

I want to say how dumb dumb dumb this is... ...but I can't. It rocked.

By: terrier319

terrier319 — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:42:23 -0800

good luck to Matt but for my money this is truly amazing ... just imagine.

By: thebabelfish

thebabelfish — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:43:58 -0800

Wow, sweet. I really enjoyed this. And the giraffe in Africa was hilarious!

By: Rusty Iron

Rusty Iron — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:44:53 -0800

I'm not sure how I feel about it. I would kind of like to see a Star Wars Kid treatment.

By: einarorn

einarorn — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:44:57 -0800

Brilliant!

By: adrianhon

adrianhon — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:57:23 -0800

Excellent fun stuff :) It's the sort of thing that I'm sure many people have had the idea of before, but few to none have gone through with it.

By: rxreed

rxreed — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:07:47 -0800

Applauds. Thanks for the link donovan.

By: Feisty

Feisty — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:18:02 -0800

Very nice.

By: mudpuppie

mudpuppie — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:34:11 -0800

I can't figure out why this is so uplifting (but it is).

By: dabitch

dabitch — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:51:24 -0800

[I love it] That was good, he scores major points for dancing almost everywhere (anyone knows) on the planet. Neat.

By: davebush

davebush — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:17:12 -0800

The quote from Larry King on his blog is priceless.

By: Firas

Firas — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:29:45 -0800

I can't figure out why this is so uplifting (but it is). It's the sillyness. He's not dancing in any formally controlled way, and in the most unlikely settings. So there's the aspect of breaking convention and enjoying it, which is kinda amusing. The sense of amusement is reflected in the reactions of passersby. This would be very different without the surrounding people; the woman in China wondering what he wants her to do with the Camera, the filmers in Kenya laughing as he jumps around with the giraffe in the background. The girl in Bankgok, the dogs in Connecticut, the baby in Seattle, all want to join the carefree stomping. So there's a profundity in the universality of the reaction. /critiquefilter.

By: frykitty

frykitty — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:58:09 -0800

[this is great]

By: NewBornHippy

NewBornHippy — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:16:29 -0800

> So there's a profundity in the universality of the reaction. Except New York city where people absolutely don't care and it almost seems at the end that the cameraman is trying to run away with the camera :-)

By: mikeinclifton

mikeinclifton — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:45:59 -0800

Simple. Interesting. Honest. Wonderful. I'm a better person for having seen that.

By: arse_hat

arse_hat — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:21:12 -0800

I love this. Thanks

By: moonbird

moonbird — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:01:47 -0800

this is one of the best things i've ever seen. beautiful!

By: mathewi

mathewi — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:22:09 -0800

fantastic

By: melissa may

melissa may — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:05:36 -0800

Totally charming, but after reading his last entry back in November, I find myself asking "So, where the hell is Matt?" Somewhere wonderful, dancing his little head off, getting his laptop fixed and updating soon, I hope. Thanks, donovan!

By: donovan

donovan — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:18:50 -0800

Matt is actually in Seattle at the moment. Apparently there may be a director's cut soon to be released featuring some as yet unseen "whale footage." Glad this is being enjoyed and apologies for not listing the file size when I first posted (thanks mathowie.)

By: chrid

chrid — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:10:12 -0800

How good is that? It made me cry and I have no idea why.

By: the cuban

the cuban — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:09:42 -0800

Good stuff, thanks.

By: illhelpu

illhelpu — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:55:32 -0800

loved.

By: darkstar

darkstar — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:56:32 -0800

Outstanding. Simply outstanding. Go, Matt, go!!!

By: narebuc

narebuc — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:36:41 -0800

That was awesome! Thanks! I think I'll try my own version with complete homage and compliments to Matt. I just gotta go somewhere first......

By: chrispy

chrispy — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:04:57 -0800

Nice! I vaguely remember a Peanuts sketch where Snoopy dances blissfully and blindly all over the place. This reminded me of that.