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Less can be SO much more

Posted over 2 years ago
This post is brought to you buy the horrid movie experience I had last night. I am not trying to offend anyone, or start any heated e-arguments over movies. Movies are much like music, their beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But what I beheld last night, was not so pleasing to me.I rented 'The Fountain' and HATED it. I thought it was all style, very little substance. It made me think of one of my favorite movies, You Can Count On Me with Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo. That film is so simple, yet so well done...so much heart.I think a lot of music is like that...I hear so much slick, overproduced noise that it all bleeds together a lot of the time for me. Sometimes a voice and a guitar can speak to you louder than anything. So here is the song that plays as the credits roll on 'You Can Count On Me'....simple and beautiful
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Comments (22)

  1. Viva La Britt
    Viva La Britt says "_It made me think of one of my favorite movies, You Can Count On Me with Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo"_ I agree- that movie freaking owns. Matthew Broderick was perfection also, yeah?
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  2. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says Agreed....MB was great! And so was whatever Caulkin played Linney's son...I love seeing flawed characters portrayed so well...i can relate!
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  3. Viva La Britt
    Viva La Britt says "_I love seeing flawed characters portrayed so well…i can relate!_" No s. It's very hard for me to hear bad things about Aronofsky. I haven't seen _The Fountain_ yet, and now I'm in no rush- you're freaking me out, man.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  4. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says I know...i was excited too...did you read my review on Mulitply? I think it was just too smart for me...it happens...a lot
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  5. amber
    amber says I pay-per-viewed The Fountain Sundady because, Hugh Jackman...how can it be bad, right? Wrong...bad bad bad bad movie. I changed the channel after maybe 10 minutes. I can only take so much of a bald, hallucinating Hugh. Ugggg...I'm with you on this movie.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  6. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says I think I lasted about 45 minutes...at that point I was still lost and could care less about the characters...a recipe for flipping aimlessly through basic cable
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  7. Viva La Britt
    Viva La Britt says "_I think it was just too smart for me…it happens…a lot_" I was nice enough to ignore that similar statement on the other M- why are you baiting me, Hook?
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  8. DUSTdevils
    DUSTdevils says simple & beautiful is good...
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  9. lucyintheskies
    lucyintheskies says i love 'you can count on me' with one of my favorite actresses, laura linney and my imaginary lover mark ruffalo. :) lucy.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  10. bringmeup
    bringmeup says "You Can Count On Me" with Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo, I love that movie and I can never find anyone who has even heard of it! Simply beautiful indeed.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  11. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says It is beautiful...so well done! And Lucy...if I was gay, i would totally fight you over Mark Ruffalo...he is brilliant!
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  12. lucyintheskies
    lucyintheskies says & i'd fight you for jenny lewis, in return. but yeah, mark ruffalo is brilliant. it's nice to be among people who have actually heard of, and seen, 'you can count on me'! lucy.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  13. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says I think MOGgers should run the world...we should scrap the United Nations and we should just take over...we would have all of the world's problems solved in half a year....ever notice how well music lovers get along?
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  14. lucyintheskies
    lucyintheskies says seriously, blair. we would just need to pipe in music all over the world, each taking a turn at dj'ing the universal soundtrack, and all would be right and peaceful. i was just reminiscing about how i missed my record store days...working among the music and other music obsessives. there is a different quality to music lovers, and yeah, they (we all) tend to get along so easily. lucy.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  15. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says I think about this everytime I go to Coachella or another large music festival. When people are surrounded by amazing music, they are innately happy. If i bump into someone and spill beer on them, they apologize to me! When I become King of the Universe I will have music piped into the atmosphere every second of every day...then I would ban organized religion...but that is another post for another day!
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  16. lucyintheskies
    lucyintheskies says huzzah, future king of the universe, as long as i get to help pick some of the tunes now and again. huzzah to the banishment for another post. lucy.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  17. that1guy
    that1guy says I heard The Fountain sucked. I felt the same way about 300, it was all style with no content. I didn't understand the hype. My philosophy is 'less is more'. The most brilliant music out there is a single person and their guitar.
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  18. ZZTodd
    ZZTodd says wow lots of hating on The Fountain here. i actually liked that movie a bit
    Permalink posted 06/28/2007
  19. mktackabery
    mktackabery says So true about The Fountain!!! We rented it last weekend and watched the whole thing, and I could NOT BELIEVE how bad it was . . . I expected so much more from Aronofsky, but that movie made no sense at all. There was no friggin' resolution, and it was so cold . . . There was almost zero chemistry between the two characters. The only good scenes were between Jackman and Ellen Burstyn.
    Permalink posted 06/29/2007
  20. yrralmallik
    yrralmallik says I think a lot of music is like that…I hear so much slick, overproduced noise that it all bleeds together a lot of the time for me. Sometimes a voice and a guitar can speak to you louder than anything. (;TOTALLY AGREE;) Give me a simple song anyday than some old suped up Studio version any day.I agree with what Emmy Lou Harris had to say with whats missing in todays music is the living room feeling.We need more of this type of songs today.I'm a sucker for anything with a Mandolin in a song.Beautiful song.Your Mog Bro.~ (;Yrral Mallik;)
    Permalink posted 06/29/2007
  21. NeilNathan
    NeilNathan says very much with you about simple music and simple films and simple, yet powerful emotional truths but, i dug the fountain, it's trippy and poetic and quite emotional it's kind of like a high end art film or something, without an obvious plot, very theme oriented, reminded me of kubrick in 2001 i thought hugh ruled as well and ellen burstyn is always wonderful i like that movies like that can even be made in hollywood, aronofsky is a groundbreaker in my illustrious opinion
    Permalink posted 06/29/2007
  22. moovyphreak
    moovyphreak says The Fountain was a complete bust for me too. I cannot imagine it would've been much better had it come out when it was originally supposed to about 3-4 years ago with Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett in the lead roles.
    Permalink posted 07/03/2007

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