Anyone seen it? I'm a big Cameron Crowe fan - favorite movie is Almost Famous, plus I'm a big Petty fan who is featured heavily in the soundtrack. But the critics are giving it bad reviews. Wondered if anyone had seen it yet and what they thought?

10/14/2005 4:47:27 PM

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10/14/2005 5:08:15 PM

That movie looks like fucking garbage to me. Its almost like Sweet Home Alabama but its a guy instead of a girl.

10/14/2005 5:49:07 PM

I think it looks good. But then again I'm a GIRL. Plus I'll watch any movie with a Tom Petty song on the trailer.

10/14/2005 5:52:53 PM

I think it looks like garbage as well, but who knows.

It also really annoys me when girls use their gender as an excuse for enjoying crappy movies (same goes for guys with bad action movies I suppose). It seems a bit self-degrading to me.

10/14/2005 5:57:08 PM

I ended up checking it out last night. Part of it seemed choppy, but other parts (last 20 minutes) were very good.

Soundtrack was also good, but w/ Crowe I expected that.

10/15/2005 6:18:47 PM

Based on the previews it definitely seems like a "Garden State" and since i love that movie i probably won't watch this one.

it makes sense to me.

10/15/2005 6:22:06 PM

This movie is right up there with "In Her Shoes" on my list of priorities.

10/15/2005 6:23:05 PM

i liked this movie the first time i saw it

when it was called Garden State

10/15/2005 6:29:11 PM

I actually heard In Her Shoes was surprisingly good.

Not exactly on my list of movies to see, though.

10/15/2005 6:43:53 PM

^ Plus, the girl in Garden State is much hotter.

10/15/2005 6:44:30 PM

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"Based on the previews it definitely seems like a "Garden State" and since i love that movie i probably won't watch this one. "

agreed. either that or because Orlando Bloom can't act.

10/15/2005 8:21:50 PM

i need to find a girl that will go see In Her Shoes with me

10/15/2005 9:45:13 PM

DIBS

10/15/2005 9:50:06 PM

RATING: ROTTEN READING: 31%

(FRESH = 60% or Greater)
Reviews counted: 111
Fresh: 34 Rotten: 77
Average Rating: 4.8/10

10/16/2005 2:47:34 PM

ATTN: Cameron Crowe.

Plz to stop sucking.

Browsing through the RT reviews, at least three have "fiasco" in the tagline.

[Edited on October 16, 2005 at 2:51 PM. Reason : d]

10/16/2005 2:50:00 PM

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"i liked this movie the first time i saw it when it was called Garden State"

more like The Truth About Cats & Dogs

10/16/2005 3:05:16 PM

More like Birth of a Nation omg lol

10/16/2005 3:10:44 PM

elizabethtown is the prequel to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. true story.

10/16/2005 3:14:19 PM

The critics are raving:

"So many romantic comedies come and go without making the slightest impression. Elizabethtown is not one of them; I found it galling." - Chicago Tribune

"Rambling, schmaltzy romantic comedy. " - New York Post

"A saga of static set pieces and strenuously clever notions, this is a fiasco of a film if ever there was one. " - Wall Street Journal

"It's hard to believe the creative mind that gave us "Almost Famous," "Jerry Maguire," "Say Anything" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" looked up with satisfaction after typing 117 pages of this. " - Wasington Post

"Though it's no fiasco -- there's nothing mythic about its disjointed story -- it is a failure" - USA Today

"Elizabethtown is a long, lurching trip to nowhere in particular, but Elizabethtown is a place where you wouldn't mind spending some more time, though perhaps under different circumstances. " - The New York Times

Sounds not so good.

[Edited on October 16, 2005 at 4:46 PM. Reason : Q]

10/16/2005 4:42:52 PM

if ever a movie i've seen had ADD

this was it

10/16/2005 4:49:42 PM

If Elizabethtown is anything like Elizabeth City, count me out.

10/16/2005 4:57:32 PM

Hey, I lived in Elizabethtown and now I live in Elizabeth City, someone hlep me.

10/16/2005 10:04:18 PM

worst movie i have ever seen. orlando bloom is a horrible actor, i think he should stick to being pretty and legolas. he really is just eye candy. and i think there was some deeper meaning that was supposed to be hit, but i totally missed it.

10/16/2005 10:55:57 PM

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""i liked this movie the first time i saw it when it was called Garden State""

went with the wife last night and that is pretty much spot on.

I still somewhat enjoyed this movie (the soundtrack is great). Garden State was way better done though. Kirsten Dunst(sp?) has a terrible southern accent which really annoyed me. Luckily she kind of faded in and out of it during the course of the movie so alot of her scenes were tolerable. Actually, the more I try to think about really redeeming qualities, all i can think of is the sound track. Without good music, I probably would not have liked it at all.

10/20/2005 9:19:11 AM

saw it with the gf the other night.

1 out of 4 stars i give it.

the best part was when the little kid ran up to the cake and put that big ol piece in his mouth! i thought that was funny. movie definitely seemed rushed. soundtrack good though. wait for rental.

10/20/2005 10:03:54 AM

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"If Elizabethtown is anything like Elizabeth City, count me out."

My brother and his family live in Elizabethtown (they actually call it E-town), its not too bad, its the snottiest small town I've ever seen though.

10/20/2005 10:07:16 AM