Stream it now Elizabethtown 2005

 

Ok I know that a lot of people said this movie is horrible. But I love it, it's one of my favorites. Not just because of the amazing cast that includes Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst,Susan Sarandon & Alec Baldwin. But also I just love the story it tells and what it shows along with it and also the soundtrack is amazing. I know a lot of people might not agree with me and thats OK this is just my opinion.

Just incase you don't what this movie is about, I'll tell you about it. (*SPOILER ALERT* just so you can't get mad if I gave too much away.) Well it starts off with Drew (Bloom) flying in a helicopter to a meeting with his boss Phil (Baldwin) to talk about his shoe that he designed. He's shoe turned into a fiasco and Phil reads to Drew about how uncomfortable the shoe is that it will make people go back to walking bare foot, and that it cost the company almost a billion dollars. Already really depress and to make things worse his girlfriend Ellen breaks up with him. Now back at his house he decides to comment suicide, he throws everything out and uses his exercise bike and tapes a knife on so that when the bike gets turned on it will stab him to death. When he is just about to do it his cell phone starts ringing at first he ignores it, but then he finally answers it only to find out more bad news his dad dies and he needs to go to Elizabethtown to get the body and bring it back home. Before getting on the plane the family (the 3 of them) make the decision to have him cremated. Now in the air he meets Claire (Dunst) a flight attendant aboard this almost empty flight, they meet because she offers him a first class seat because she doesn't want to have to walk all the way to the back of the plane all night (He's the only one in coach). She asks him where he's going and he says Elizabethtown but doesn't tell him why and they begin to just talk (more on Claire's part, Drew just wants to sleep) She draws him a map of how to get there explaining how easy it is to get lost if you don't know your way there, she also writes her number down too. When he finally gets to Elizabethtown a boy leads him to the funeral home where he meets his cousin and also the rest of his family there. Most of the family refuse to him as the "California Boy" but his family only lived there for 18 months along time ago and has since lived in Oregon. When he tells them that his family wants the father cremated they get a little put off by it. Well anyways back at the hotel he tries to call home, no one answers and he then remembers he has Claire's number and the two end up talking all night and also start to hang out including helping him pick out an urn. Later while sitting in the kitten he looks at the flame on the stove and realizes that he made a mistake and tries to stop but his father is already cremated. When he goes back to his hotel he finds Claire there and they share their feelings and end up kissing then sleeping together. The next day Drew tells Claire of the fiasco, they end up seeing each other one last time at his dad's memorial where they talk about his father and play the song "Free Bird" and the place ends up with the sprinklers going off due to a prop catching on fire and everyone runs out. Drew decides to keep his promise to Claire and drive back home instead of fly and Claire gives him a cool map that tells him where to stop and visit along with a ton of music set accordingly. This is the road trip he never took with his father and he wishes that they would have done it years ago. At the end he is told to go the "Second Largest Farmers Market" and fine a girl in a red hat.

Sorry if I gave too much away, I just love this movie and got excited.

So if you like a movie with a great story, some comedy, romance and a lot of heart. Check this one out. And if this comes across like I think its a masterpiece well I know there are better films out there and this might have flaws but I only said that I loved this movie and it's one of my faves. I'm not trying to say that It's the kind of movie that everyone will love, cuz I know it's not, I know a lot of people thing the cast sucks and that its boring. But I'm only putting this in my opinion

I give it **** out of **** (100%)

boring super-sized art film that wasn't effective. Kirsten Dunst is fine here, by the way

Sometimes movies need a little time to get going. It's not uncommon to have to wait to get to something good, to where the movie gets entertaining. With War of the Worlds, that first slow twenty minutes paid off in a big way, easily becoming one of the most intense movies I have ever seen. With Elizabethtown...I was kept waiting. I'm pretty sure I was still waiting when it ended. And I'm not even going to say the soundtrack was great like everyone else. Can't stand Elton John...sorry.

How did a cast so great get stuck in such a drag of a movie?
The characters were so ungenuine and unrelatable, the whole film just seemed contrived.

There are a few writers/directors who over time build up such a rep that you can't believe they would make a bad movie. Richard Curtis is one, and then he did 'Rock the boat' Cameron Crowe, with Elizabethtown is sadly now another.

From the unconvincing premise of a shoe designer talking the wrap for a worldwide commercial failure, through the charisma vacuum that is Orlando Bloom, lightly glued onto a meandering, syrupy storyline, it's one of those movies where you watch it in amazement at how bad it is.

The dialogue and character development is so far from Jerry McGuire quality that you can only think that Crowe was busking with this one, on a low budget, trying out some ideas. Dunst and Sarandon are the only good thing here, Bloom is TERRIBLE in this, as characterisation goes he's as deep as a puddle.

The ending is dreadful, in the editing suite they must just have wrapped it up and slammed the tin shut before the smell of turkey overwhelmed them.

So bad that Crowe hasn't made another since, though there's rumours he's going to make a biopic of Pearl Jam. I'll go and see that whatever the reviews are like too.

if you can get past the fact that orlando bloom is in this movie hn you will like it its sweet and dunst is great

Stupid
boring characters mixed with a boring and confusing script mixed with terrible and, you guessed it, boring acting makes this a major let down.
The best I can say is that the leads give some nice chemistry

The problem with this movie is that it's a series of really good sketches. Together as a whole, it doesn't work since I find myself forgetting certain parts and the realizing they were in the same movie. Bloom's character has 3 different things going on that just can't seem to fit: the fiasco of his job, the death of his father, and the pursuit of a cute country girl. The fiasco, after it's introduction, is completely forgotten until he mentions it once or twice throughout. And the girl combined with the death just don't seem to fit. So, as separate parts, this movie was pure genius and wonderfully charismatic that warmed my heart and made me think about my life. But as a whole, I found myself wanting something more.

I ACTUALLY LIKED THIS MOVIE. I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY DECENT!! IT WAS NICE TO FINALLY SEE ORLANDO BLOOM PLAY SOMETHING OTHER THAN ANOTHER EPIC CHARACTER ALTHOUGH I WILL ADMIT THAT HE NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS AMERICAN ACCENT BECAUSE I COULD STILL HEAR A LITTLE ENGLISH ACCENT!!!! BUT WHO REAALY WAS GREAT WAS KIRSTEN DUNST. I LOVED HER PERFORMANCE AS A PERKY SOUTHERN FLIGHT ATTENDANT!!!!! PLUS I LOVED THE STORY AND I THINK THAT ORLANDO BLOOM AND KIRSTEN HAD CUTE CHEMISTRY!!! I HATED THAT CRITICS DIDN'T LIKE THE FILM. OH WELL, ALL IT MATTERS IS THAT I LIKED IT!!!

I'm amazed that the Top Critics gave this film 17% while the RT COmmunity gave it much higher, showing that those that attend films are not as dependent in critical theory to approve of their films.

If you've ever lost a parent or felt love with a stranger, then you will be sentimentally touched by this film beyond words. If you're familiar with the hilarious subtle nuances of a small town family, you will be touched.

If you're from high society, you'd probably give this film 17%. If you are not, prepared to be touched.