My Movie Journal is Better Than Yours

Notes History

Date Viewed	Venue	Note
12.05.04	DVR	Even though it's probably true, this movie gets a bad rap as Crowe's weakest film. I remember being really disappointed with this when it came out. I guess I was expecting a concert film with all those Seattle dudes that were popular at the time. Now that I'm a bit older and the ripped jeans/long underwear look is out, it still stands as a unique meditation on relationships. Yeah, sounds boring, but Crowe keeps it interesting with a solid supporting cast (Stolz's mime is classic), chapter titles, and occasional breaks in the 4th wall to give the film a novelic sense of multiple dimensions. It's indelibly tied to a specific time and place, but this movie still has a lot to offer.