Can The Director Break His Own Record For Classic Rock Montages?

Director Cameron Crowe has a penchant for making movies so saccharine that viewers' teeth can hurt as the images flicker across the screen. When all the characters in Almost Famous started spontaneously singing "Tiny Dancer" as they rode on a band bus, for example, many viewers had to be rushed to the emergency room in diabetic shock. Now comes Elizabethtown, the director's next far-reaching meditation on people riding in cars while Tom Petty plays, or riding on planes when Nick Drake plays, or spontaneously running into the rain — even though they just came from a funeral! — and yadda yadda yadda. The msm are thusfar disatisfied, and our BlogPulse Popularity Prognostication Tools don't reveal too much hidden excitement out in the vast electric lunchroom. The movie blog Cinematical reveals after Elizabethtown was initially shown at a Chicago film festival, those who viewed it said "it just didn't come together." Blogger Melanie cites the blurbs used in the movie's ad campaign and asks: "Could it possibly be made to sound lamer?" A fair question. But FairyPrincessJenny, at least, is excited by the flick, as her post reveals. We'll see you here Monday — same Bat Time, same Bat Blog — and sort through the Elizabethtown aftermath.

Posted by Philip Ewing at October 14, 2005 11:00 AM

Category: Moving Pictures