Elizabethtown...It's Garden State for the masses!
In the movie Garden State (which came out last year and starred Zach Braff and Natalie Portman), the main character (Braff) heads home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for 10 years. When he gets back home, he runs into a quirky girl (Portman) who challenges him to think about life, love, and family. Garden State had one of the best soundtracks ever and was a great movie for those who are quarterly-aged.
I saw Elizabethtown (starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst) last night with Donna. It's about a guy (Bloom) who heads to his father's hometown after his father dies. He hasn't seen this side of the family in at least 10 years. On the flight home, he meets a quirky girl (Dunst) who challenges him to think about life, love, and family...starting to sound familiar, right? Well, E-town also has a great soundtrack and is a pretty good movie for those who are quarterly-aged. Weird, huh?
E-town was pretty good overall. Orlando Bloom is growing on me as an actor (and he sure is easy on the eyes!) and does well in his first contemporary role. His interactions with the Kentucky side of the family provide some of the best material. And the last few minutes (don't want to spoil the ending!) show that he just might be able to carry a movie on his own, after all.
Kirsten Dunst is overly cute and giggly, which gets a bit annoying towards the end, but she has great chemistry with Bloom. She's supposedly from Nashville (a completely irrelevant and unnecessary detail) and fails miserably at affecting a Southern accent. It's intermittent at best and only comes out in the long "i" sounds and short "u" sounds. You know..."I've never seen anything like that in all my liiiiiiiiife"...."But what do I know, I'm just a suhhhbstitute." Ugh. That is one of my biggest pet peeves. If you can't do the accent right, just don't do it. It wasn't important for her to be Southern and her trying to do the accent was way worse than her just being Southern with no accent. This must be how the English felt after seeing Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves." :)
Anyway, E-town was worth watching, but Garden State handled the material better. However, it also had a lot of cussing and some random alcohol and drug use. In my opinion, Garden State is the better movie, but if you want to see a tamer version with better-known actors, E-town is a fair substitute.
I saw Elizabethtown (starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst) last night with Donna. It's about a guy (Bloom) who heads to his father's hometown after his father dies. He hasn't seen this side of the family in at least 10 years. On the flight home, he meets a quirky girl (Dunst) who challenges him to think about life, love, and family...starting to sound familiar, right? Well, E-town also has a great soundtrack and is a pretty good movie for those who are quarterly-aged. Weird, huh?
E-town was pretty good overall. Orlando Bloom is growing on me as an actor (and he sure is easy on the eyes!) and does well in his first contemporary role. His interactions with the Kentucky side of the family provide some of the best material. And the last few minutes (don't want to spoil the ending!) show that he just might be able to carry a movie on his own, after all.
Kirsten Dunst is overly cute and giggly, which gets a bit annoying towards the end, but she has great chemistry with Bloom. She's supposedly from Nashville (a completely irrelevant and unnecessary detail) and fails miserably at affecting a Southern accent. It's intermittent at best and only comes out in the long "i" sounds and short "u" sounds. You know..."I've never seen anything like that in all my liiiiiiiiife"...."But what do I know, I'm just a suhhhbstitute." Ugh. That is one of my biggest pet peeves. If you can't do the accent right, just don't do it. It wasn't important for her to be Southern and her trying to do the accent was way worse than her just being Southern with no accent. This must be how the English felt after seeing Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves." :)
Anyway, E-town was worth watching, but Garden State handled the material better. However, it also had a lot of cussing and some random alcohol and drug use. In my opinion, Garden State is the better movie, but if you want to see a tamer version with better-known actors, E-town is a fair substitute.
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