Eating Crowe
William Miller: So, Russell, what do you love about music?
Russell Hammond: To begin with: everything.
You know how sometimes you go a long time without seeing a movie, and then you watch it and you realize that you've forgotten just how amazing the movie is? I saw Almost Famous again recently, and I was shocked at just how good it is (as an aside, shouldn't Patrick Fugit be more famous? He's outstanding in this film). It also gave me the opportunity to fall in love with Kate Hudson all over again. Katie bear, if you're still reading this, please call me.
But one other point: what the hell happened to Cameron Crowe? How could the guy that this movie also make Elizabethtown? I'm not as down on Vanilla Sky as everyone else is. I think it makes a valid point, and frankly, it's basically a shot by shot remake of Abre Sus Ojos. If you like that film and not this one, it's noly because you're a hipster doofus looking to come off more intelligent than you actually are. But let's take a look at the guy's career (with Almost Famous as the dividing point, and I'm including him as a writer to get Fast Times and The Wild Life in here):
Pre-Almost Famous:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Wild Life
Say Anything ...
Singles
Jerry Maguire
Post-Almost Famous:
Vanilla Sky
Elizabethtown
In fairness, he's only made two movies since the year 2000, and the first set of movies represents two decades of work. I can't find anything about him having anything in development now, which means that he won't have a new movie out until late 2009 at the earliest. I always loved that he took time between films, so he wouldn't make drek, but now he's taking time and making drek. Methinks that's a deadly combination for a career.
Russell Hammond: To begin with: everything.
You know how sometimes you go a long time without seeing a movie, and then you watch it and you realize that you've forgotten just how amazing the movie is? I saw Almost Famous again recently, and I was shocked at just how good it is (as an aside, shouldn't Patrick Fugit be more famous? He's outstanding in this film). It also gave me the opportunity to fall in love with Kate Hudson all over again. Katie bear, if you're still reading this, please call me.
But one other point: what the hell happened to Cameron Crowe? How could the guy that this movie also make Elizabethtown? I'm not as down on Vanilla Sky as everyone else is. I think it makes a valid point, and frankly, it's basically a shot by shot remake of Abre Sus Ojos. If you like that film and not this one, it's noly because you're a hipster doofus looking to come off more intelligent than you actually are. But let's take a look at the guy's career (with Almost Famous as the dividing point, and I'm including him as a writer to get Fast Times and The Wild Life in here):
Pre-Almost Famous:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Wild Life
Say Anything ...
Singles
Jerry Maguire
Post-Almost Famous:
Vanilla Sky
Elizabethtown
In fairness, he's only made two movies since the year 2000, and the first set of movies represents two decades of work. I can't find anything about him having anything in development now, which means that he won't have a new movie out until late 2009 at the earliest. I always loved that he took time between films, so he wouldn't make drek, but now he's taking time and making drek. Methinks that's a deadly combination for a career.
Labels: Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe, movies
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