Life and death
It's strange, I didn't think Elizabethtown would have an impact on me.
Imagine a man who loses his extravagant job as an artist because the world doesn't agree with his views. He goes home, he tries to kill himself and in that moment the phone rings. He doesn't want to answer it but he does and its his sister telling him his father died. Here's a man at the worst of his being.
Of course it all is based around a love story but thats just a side story compared to the life he sees and the joy he gets out of life around him throughout the movie.
Within this movie, there are the classic rock hits. The kind of hits that make you smile when you hear them and sing along to them. As thier playing, he stops at all the joys and sites of the United States and takes in the beauty and history before him. Through all this, he has his father in an urn with him. There is death right before him as life shines brighter than it ever has.
You gotta love a movie that makes you truly think about things and celebrate the life of those that have died and not drown in sorrows of thier loss.
I didn't go into too much detail because I want everyone to see it. Parts of it were slow and predictable but the parts that aren't predictable are the ones you need to take in and enjoy.
Imagine a man who loses his extravagant job as an artist because the world doesn't agree with his views. He goes home, he tries to kill himself and in that moment the phone rings. He doesn't want to answer it but he does and its his sister telling him his father died. Here's a man at the worst of his being.
Of course it all is based around a love story but thats just a side story compared to the life he sees and the joy he gets out of life around him throughout the movie.
Within this movie, there are the classic rock hits. The kind of hits that make you smile when you hear them and sing along to them. As thier playing, he stops at all the joys and sites of the United States and takes in the beauty and history before him. Through all this, he has his father in an urn with him. There is death right before him as life shines brighter than it ever has.
You gotta love a movie that makes you truly think about things and celebrate the life of those that have died and not drown in sorrows of thier loss.
I didn't go into too much detail because I want everyone to see it. Parts of it were slow and predictable but the parts that aren't predictable are the ones you need to take in and enjoy.
posted by Karri-Berry at
7:55 PM
2 Comments:
I also loved Elizabethtown. It was really touching in many ways...I found the lovestory with Kirsten Dunst a bit annoying, but yeah, the part where he's going to commit suicide and then doesn't because of the phone call, that's a classic.
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Liz Dwyer, at 8:50 PM
To Liz, I agree with the love story thing although, she is the one who helped him see what life had to offer so she was a key character. It was a great movie!!
Jen, It was great to see you and meet you!! Wait, now that i've seen your screen name I recognize it. You've posted once or twice before. Thanks for reading my blog and I hope Matt has more parties so I can see you again and maybe you can meet Gregasaurus. :)
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Karri-Berry, at 6:01 AM
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