Is anyone else excited for Elizabethtown coming out? I feel like this one's been a long time coming and can't wait to see it. I loved Almost Famous and think this has the same sort of spirit. What do you think?

Elizabethtown opens this Friday...I have been reading some boards of people who've seen sneak previews and it sounds like it's really good. I know Cameron edited it a bit more after Toronto, so it sounds wonderful. Also the cast is ridiculous--Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Orlando, Kirsten, Jessica Biel, Paula Deen?! I haven't seen that much star power since Fockers.

I am pretty ambivalent about Elizabethtown. I like Crowe's stuff, but Vanilla Sky was crap, more like a vehicle for a cool soundtrack. We'll see.

It seems the reviews have improved from their initial response at cannes,
I'll probably see it.

I'm a little excited. I usually like Crowe's stuff. Even his bad movies (Singles, Vanilla Sky) aren't horrible, and when he's on (Say Anything, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous), he makes some very poignant films. Plus, good or bad, you know it will have a killer soundtrack.

crowe has spielberg syndrome--without the talent: uncontrollable sentimentality. this isn't to say he's incapable of enjoyable work ("say anything"'s quite good and "almost famous" is pleasant, plus he wrote "fast times"). but i'd say these are the exception to the rule.

To have something positive to say about two out of five movies that a director has made isn't bad.

I could say Richard Attenborough and hated "A Chorus Line" (1985) and loved "Chaplin" (1992).

I'm a big Cameron Crowe fan going back to FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, which he wrote. I found that one to be very insightful.

I also disagree that VANILLA SKY & SINGLES are bad films. I thought both were terrific. JERRY MCGUIRE is also an excellent film and it is one of the few good performances Cuba Gooding has given (BOYZ IN THE HOOD is the other).

That said, ELIZABETHTOWN is serious misstep. This one is so bad it has a certain charm and might qualify as a camp classic.

We'll see if Cameron rebounds from ELIZABETH, a disaster at the box office and with the critics.

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ChrisFromAstoria posted:

That said, ELIZABETHTOWN is serious misstep. This one is so bad it has a certain charm and might qualify as a camp classic.

We'll see if Cameron rebounds from ELIZABETH, a disaster at the box office and with the critics.

I enjoyed Elizabethtown(2005) and how it dealt with the serious topic of death and how the script had to handle the deliecate matter of funeral arrangements. This love story with humor was entertaining and charming (though how Kirsten Dunst's character could as so happy almost all the time - though it 100% as a bit syrupy). The ending swept me off into an ethereal romantic cloud since I've been in the depths of dispair and I really felt the ending sequence was a brilliant new take on renewed romantic resolutions. I thought Cameron Crowe did a good job.