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I saw this trailer in front of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and it grabbed me like few trailers have grabbed me in a LONG time. It looks stunning.
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I have no idea what this movie is about, aside from a boy and a girl.
But it WAS mesmerizing. The music was wonderful. I want to go find the soundtrack already. And the shot of the girl dancing in front of the fire will be in my head for a long while. A long while yet.
(I do have to comment on the gaspump-handle thing, though. As someone who's had that happen at her gas station while she was working, I think it will fail to create in me whatever emotion the moviemakers intended. Unless, of course, that reaction is supposed to be "What a putz! Go back and hand it in, jerk." Actually, they don't rip off like that. The metal handle is designed to come off before it rips the hose. Aside from that.... )
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I don't think so, EL. The movie looks to be more than another idiotic boy-meets-girl movie -- I'm guessing the boy's the central figure of the movie and Portman is little more than a goal, a desire -- a static character that uses her existence to reflect on the boy's inner psychological struggle, in other words.
At least, that's the image I took from it. Dull wallflower boy learns to live and yadda yadda. But maybe this'll be better than the usual Hollywood tripe cooked up over that formula.
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I don't know how good the story is going to be but the cenematography looks stunning. Unless they just picked the best parts of the movie to put in the trailor.
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It has a low rating on imdb, but they claim it's due to petty jealousy over what Zach Braff won at the Sundance festival. I haven't seen it, so I wouldn't know, but it looked good.
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Yeah, it looks real interesting, kind've like a Wes Anderson movie in its quirkiness (specifically the part with the bow and arrow and the gas pump) but with more of an emotional core.
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Oh, I'm not disagreeing with you, Lalo. I just couldn't tell much about the plot except that. It certainly doesn't look like a trite teen romance to me, though. I'm hoping it will be a lot better than that, as I intend to see it now.
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Literally a second ago I was watching the trailer to this movie mesmerized, as you say, by it. I had to watch it three times. I come back here and see the thread title. I knew immediately what movie it was about. Wierd.
Anyway, I thought it looked really good, but (unlike many trailers nowadays) you can't tell what it is about, other than it's kind of quirky-looking.
It's billed as a romantic comedy, and most people seem to have copy-pasted the same plot outline which is brief but gives more than the trailer.
I'm going to put this on my list of 'must see's
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Apparantly at Sundance both showings of this film were the first to sell out, and people stood in lines for hours to get tix - especially after the first screening. The praise coming from the Sundance reviewers have been pretty sweet.
And from what I read, Lalo's conclusions appear to be quite off the mark.
It's rocketed up to near the top of my must-see list.
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Ah, this must've just been posted. I looked all over for an official version last night. Thanks!
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