I saw Elizabethtown last night...with the exception of Orlando being

[ScreamingMeemie]

some serious eye candy and a pretty funny scene involving "Free Bird", wait until it comes out on DVD. It was pleasant enough, but I could have used the sleep. :hi:

[WCGreen]

1. It looks like we saw the whole thing in previews....

That was a DVD waiting to happen as far as I am concerned...

[Arugula Latte]

2. How was Paula Dean?

She plays the mother ...

I like her on her cooking show (although if I made the kind of food she does I would weight 400 lbs.) and I think this is her first acting role.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Susan Sarandon is the mother. Paula Dean is his aunt. She had

a couple of good lines. The illustration of family getting together for a funeral and the interactions was kind of cute. She did well. :hi:

[tishaLA]

4. It's a Tom Cruise production

I'll be skipping it forever.

Oh and I hate Paula Deen.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. That doesn't bother me...he didn't act

in it....I'd miss out on too many movies if I let my dislike of the producer into it.

[henslee]

6. From the trailer, it seemed liked Crowe was trying to do a Kate Hepburn/

Bringing up Baby thing with Dunst's performance -- that cool, irreverant chick thing.

[cedahlia]

7. Damn Kirsten Dunst

I can't stand her, so that kind of ruins the whole thing for me. And I love Cameron Crowe movies too! I wish I could get excited about this one, but his choice of casting this time is just so underwhelming. I don't even know if I'll bother with the DVD. :(

[tanyev]

8. I hear ya!

Who let simpering Kirsten Dunst into a Cameron Crowe/Orlando Bloom movie? :cry: I don't think I can even stand to watch it on DVD.

[cedahlia]

9. I think we have to blame Cameron for that one

Why'd he do it to us??? Why??? ;(

[philosophie_en_rose]

12. She's just flat.

She can act, sort of. I thought she was very good in Mona Lisa Smile. However, she just wasn't right in the role.

Sarah Polley or even (blech) Kate Hudson would have been better.

[Orrin_73]

21. The only reason I would watch elizabethtown is

because of Kirsten Dunst.She is pretty liberal and very very beautiful.

[Shine]

10. Yeah, I read a pretty tepid movie review on this one...

looks like a good rental!

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Agreed!

:hi:

[Fenris]

11. Sometimes I think I'm one of the few people who don't like Cameron Crowe

"Almost Famous" was enjoyable enough, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is a terrific movie (probably something to do with him not being the director), but I find his other films to be either saccharine, wordy crap ("Jerry Maguire," "Say Anything") or just bad ("Vanilla Sky").

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I neither love him or hate him...he's just a director to me.

Nothing too fabulous. :hi:

[bigwillq]

13. So you caved

and saw that movie, huh? :) Hope you guys had a good night! :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Yes...I caved....they begged, so what could I do?

;) At least the Middle Eastern fare was excellent. :pals:

[deadparrot]

14. Poor Orlando can't do a very good American accent.

I'm no actress, so I'm sure accents are really hard, but during the trailer, his Britishness was really obvious. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. I was a little impressed that he didn't slip into a British accent.

It's really apparent from some of his expressions that he's been hanging around Johnny Depp lately. :hi:

[peekaloo]

19. The previews kill it for me. There seems to be no chemistry

between the two leads.

:boring:

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. You are right...absolute zilch...although Orlando looks verrrrry nice.

There was also a funny side story called "Chuck and Cindy...The Wedding" that was kind of cute. :hi: