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Elizabethtown (2005)
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"Sometimes I really wish David Bordwell’s blog permitted comments. Mostly it’s better that it doesn’t, but the man’s last post has made me want to discuss the art of movie titles for a whole week now. And it didn’t help that coinciding in time with Bordwell’s post was another one of those sidebars in Entertainment Weekly pointing out some new movies with misleading titles. Yes, Lakeview Terrace does sound like a period romance, as do many other badly titled films (Elizabethtown and Wicker Park come to mind). This weekend also sees two new movies employing the method of borrowing song titles, which are typically not appropriate (Ghost Town seems more like a horror western hybrid, while My Best Friend’s Girl
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Where's the Plot?
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"I recently rented Elizabethtown and I had high hopes. I love Cameron Crowe. Almost Famous, Singles and Say Anything are favorites of mine. I hate Jerry McGuire (so ingratiating, ugh) and I never saw Vanilla Sky (maybe because of Tom Cruise), but more often than not, I enjoy the introspective, conversational and uplifting spirit of Mr. Crowe’s films. However, Elizabethtown proves that you can have too much of a good thing. There’s a lot of conversation in the film, most of the action between the two main characters occurs over the phone. And yes, there’s a lot of introspection that happens when you fail, as massively as Orlando’s character does. And it’s quite uplifting to meet someone new to love (and how can you not fall in love with Kirsten Dunst in a cute, red hat?), but all of this without a plot is a mishmash of carelessness. You, as a member of the audience don’t care about these hip, attractive people.
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Elizabethtown (2005)
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"Released: October 14, 2005Director: Cameron Crowe*****Ravaged by the critics when it premiered, Elizabethtown is more in love with the music which accents the storyline than either of the main characters. Perhaps that's not surprising, coming from the director of a movie about music-Almost Famous-but in any movie, a soundtrack should highlight the people on screen, not overshadow them.When Drew Taylor's (Orlando Bloom) father dies, he must travel from his home in Oregon-where he used to be a high powered shoe designer-to the south, where relatives he hasn't seen in years all have their own ideas about the funeral. He meets a stewardess (Kirsten Dunst) on the plane and forms an unlikely friendship with her. At about the halfway point of the film, the relationship between Drew and his extended family is shunted aside in favor of blonde Claire, whom he has nothing in common with and should have forgotten the minute he stepped off the plane. She has this annoying quality like the p ... "
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"Remember a few years back when you got goosebumps after learning the great Cameron Crowe was creating a character-driven family drama inspired (as usual) by events and people close to him, and filmed near his hometown no less? Remember that? Then you watched Elizabethtown in the theater and said "ummm... I liked it okay". Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd brings far worse feelings. It's not his original material, so I can't blame him -- as usual the direction, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter are awesome. The story just isn't fit for the big screen. I'd enjoy it on stage performed by a college drama department. Or in the pages of a short story. But not as a feature film. Avoid it. "
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Entertaining but not Amélie
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"This movie was recommended to me because I'm a huge fan of Amélie. And so I was expecting a sweet and funny romantic comedy. Unfortunately, Elizabethtown couldn't live up to these high expectations. Nevertheless, it is an entertaining movie with a hilarious road-trip at the end, but overall there are too many scenes that just drag along. If you like Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst you might get a kick out of it, for me, I will stick with Amélie for the times I need a dose of sweet romance :). "
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Didn't quite work for me!
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"Director Cameron Crowe, who successfuly did other films in the same formula (Almost Famous, Jerry McGuire) doesn't gel the same magic in this one. This film had potential. The cast was top knotch and entertaining. But, while I thought the musical soundtrack blended exceptionally well with the film, overall, I was left wondering, "why should I care about it?" Possibly the two hour run time may have worked against it. Didn't quite work for me! "
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Not Crowe's Best
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"A movie with dreamy Orlando Bloom, perky Kirsten Dunst, venerable Susan Sarandon, and king of romance spinning yarns set to great music director Camerown Crowe? How can this go wrong? I borrowed it from my co-worker again. She's got a library of everything. I had medium to high hopes for this movie, but it ended up falling short for me on many levels. First of all, dreamy Orlando (this is what I call him all the time) should work harder on his American accent. And Kirsten Dunst should work harder on her Kentuckian accent. Those are small gripes. The bottom line is that this plot, when it actually manages to connect in places, has been done before, including by Crowe himself. Did Cameron mean for this to flow like a zigzag stream of consciousness because that's what it felt like. Orlando plays Drew, a colossal failure in shoe design, he just finds out, who loses his job. He also loses his father, a man he barely knew thanks to his high hopes for success. The movie firs ... "
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