Elizabethtown...not looking too good!

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 1:54pm

The reviews are pretty bad...

Rotten Tomatoes

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 1:57pm

A shame. I was really looking forward to this one. I've heard that Dunst is the standout in this one.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 1:59pm

I always think Kirsten Dunst is great, but Orlando Bloom is horrible. The only thing I like him in was Pirates of the Carribean, but I may have been too distracted by Johnny Depp in eyeliner to give Orlando much thought. (Mmmm... Johnny Depp in eyeliner...) I agree with the review that said he was "emotionally inexpressive." I just never feel anything for him.

Posted: 10/13/05 at 1:59pm

I hope Dunst has taken some classes cause last time I saw her (Spiderman crap and crapola) she was awful.

But I'm goi to watch it because of Paula Deen.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:01pm

This kind of looked like one of those, "I want to see it....when I can rent it on DVD" type of movies.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:08pm

i don't particularly like any of the leads in the movie... and i feel like its just a Garden State ripoff

[Plum]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:08pm

I think Kirsten Dunst has done some good things outside of Spider-Man (where she pretty much stinks), but I really can't take Orlando Bloom. The guy makes Keanu Reeves look expressive.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:09pm

Nice, Plum. A very apt comparison.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:10pm

I'm not surprised this didn't get good reviews, it looks horrible. Personally I don't like Kirsten Dunst, IMO, she just can not act.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:21pm

Lets all blame the actors now! Cameron Crowe has a little to do with it, too. I think he is a terrible director.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:24pm

I'm interested to see what will come out on top this weekend. Elizabethtown, The Fog, or Domino.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:24pm

I may be burned as a heretic for this, but I cannot stand a one of Cameron Crowe's movies!

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:34pm

It looks dreadful and as a someone who adores Crowe (Almost Famous being a masterwork) - this does upset me !

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:36pm

The dog who I sit for was in a Cameron Crowe movie, but she's very tight-lipped about the entire experience.

[RobbO]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:40pm

maybe he swore her to silence? or there's a gag order in effect from the acting gig in her contract?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:41pm

I have to agree with Robbie on this one. Crowe is a hack.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:43pm

Since she won't talk, Robb, all we have are our speculations...we also think that perhaps Cruise made her sit through one too many Scientology lectures and she's a bit brain-damaged now.

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:43pm

A Hack? in what way Sueleen?

A Hack would mean he just throws together junk and puts it out there?

Sorta like a Broadway Jukebox Musical!

"Vanilla Sky", while not to everyone's taste, took a year to film and edit - That's not the work of a hack..

Russ Meyer's is a hack!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:46pm

As long as Paula Deen is making an appearance in this movie, I'll stay far enough away. I can't stand her.

Updated On: 10/13/05 at 02:46 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:47pm

That makes it even worse that he took a year to film and edit that piece of crap, not a good sign that after all that work that was the best he could come up with. At least Russ Meyer knew he was making crap and didn't pretend it was anything more. If the sign of an artist is knowing what he wants to create and how well he succeeds at what he sets out to do, then Mr. Meyer is more of an artist than Crowe will ever be.

Posted: 10/13/05 at 2:50pm

Uh-huh????

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 3:01pm

This is really sad. I was hoping it would be good enough to actually get me off my a** and to the movie theatre. At this rate the next movie I see will be Harry Potter.

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 3:23pm

Kirsten Dunst makes me cringe. I love Cameron Crowe's work, but I can't bear to sit through 2 hours of her, and I'm totally neutral on Orlando Bloom. I have absolutely no feelings about him in anything he's ever done. I liked "Pirates.." because of Johnny Depp, and "Lord of the Rings" because of everyone and everything else, but I seriously don't feel anything about him.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 5:57pm

Hate Dunst.
Love Crowe.
Eh on Bloom
Eh on Sarandon (she used to be amazing but her talent seems to be fading a bit)

My friend saw it at some film festival a while back and despised it. And she was dying to see it and wanted to love it so much.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/13/05 at 6:56pm

WickRocks, to be fair, the version Crowe showed at the Toronto Film Festival was longer than the one out in theatres. He cut at least some of the crap out, if not all of it.