Hatrack River Forum: Preview for ELIZABETHTOWN! (New Cameron Crowe film

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Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

http://www.elizabethtown.com/video/firstlook/InternetTrailer.mov

Watch it, and then start the countdown.

Crowe's Almost Famous is one of my favorite films of all time. This film looks to take that and add in a twist of Garden State (another of my favorite films) to make something that looks simply magical.

Kirstin Dunst sparkles, and Orlando, well, acts!

Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :

I can't get my computer to show it. Oh- I need to turn off my Orlando Bloom filter.

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

Mmmm. He looks yummy in that one.

Actually the film looks great. The trailer does have a Garden State feel to it, doesn't it? [Smile]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

You know, I think Crowe may be one of the more underappreciated directors alive today.

Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :

At least he's not failing to be a blacksmith again...

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

Pshht, Orlando Bloom. Not worth my time. [Razz]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I can't get the link to open. It's not about Elizabethtown, NY is it? because that would be really wild.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Nope, not that Elizabethtown. Small, rural town, though.

Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :

I might be able to handle Orlando in a role that doesn't require him to be all heroic.

Ni!

Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :

Wow, someone fell asleep in the editing room.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Yeah. It could have been half the length. Or a third.

I think that what Orlando Bloom has managed to do here is lose the unconcious 'pose' acting that I think he got stuck in after LOTR. It's hard for me to describe but it's in the way the person holds him or herself when they act- if they seem to be conciously aware of themself they tend to stand up straight (too straight), they turn their heads to look 'good', their shoulders don't curve enough, and it comes off as bad acting. I think his problem was compounded by the lineup of movies that followed- as kwsni said, too much heroicness. Here, he looks more natural because he is deliberately trying to be 'ordinary' so he has shaken off the poses which makes the quality of his acting go up a lot.

That said, this film looks a lot like Garden State, I agree. It nearly has the same colours, too. I think I'll see it [Smile]