My turn. Rubbing hands together.... Elizabethtown is one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite Orlando movies. His voice sounded weird to me... at first. There were only a couple of times where I thought the american accent wasn't quite crisp. But the next time I watched the movie, I did it with headphones so that I could really hear his voice and the accent. It worked for me. I thought he did a good job with it and a great job with the role. I don't think he is not good in comtemporary roles. I think we as the audience, as the critics, as whatever have narrowed our views of him. That's not fair to him or any other actor. I thought those reviews were unfair and based on the reception the movie got in Cannes. I thought that was the wrong place for it to screen anyway.
I don't know where everyone else is from but Elizabethtown is a definitive American movie; a definitive Southern American movie. The intimacy of the subject matter... Or better, the intimacy of the environment the subject matter was placed in doesn't always transfer universally, even though the subject matter is universal.
Also, IMO, the movie was described and marketed wrong. Romantic comedy is wrong and simplistic. Yes he did fall in love but I don't think that is the main focus of the movie. It's about a man on the very edge, at the end. With everything he has going on, he then has to deal with the death of his father and come to terms about the relationship with his father that he never had and will never have. He breaks my heart thoughout this entire movie, even up until the end. I could talk about the movie all day. I so love it. :under the way too much info category probably: When I need some alone absolute quiet time, I put this movie on at about 3 in the morning. Even though I cry a lot, I always feel better. |