Good Songs, Good Music, Dumb Movie. 525,600 Minutes is the first line in the opening song, that's how long the movie felt. I guess I was underestimating the movie. I thought it would end at the 105 minute mark but nope it kept going and going. It was just an uninteresting story with too much focus on each character. I liked the cast alright including Rosario Dawson and Taye Diggs. When it was trying to be sad, I didn't feel anything so I had no connections with it at all. Not even one of the top five musicals I've seen, that is if I have seen that many.
BROKEN FLOWERS
Very quiet, seriously you could fall asleep watching this movie. Bill Murray does alright but he plays such a boring person that it's hard to pay attention. The story is simple enough to understand but there's no clear answers in the movie. So I guess you have to make your own conclusions. I like his next door neighbor in the film played by Jeffrey Wright. I don't know what the movie was trying to be instead of just an artsy fartsy film. Every character has these weird facial expressions that were confusing. It had a few good laughs and a brief scene of nudity but besides that, it is a forgettable film.
NEW YORK DOLL
On the other hand, an excellent documentary- probably one of the five best Docs I've seen. If you like Docs and rock music, then this an awesome movie for you to see. It kind of plows through all the details of Arthur "Killer" Kane's life pretty quickly. But I understand that because it was getting to the point which was he was reuniting with his fellow surviving members of the legendary band The New York Dolls to play a show in London. The LDS angle (he converted to the church over 15 years ago) was OK, not too preachy. Shoot, I would like to have a famous musician in my ward so he or she can tell me about the rise and fall of fame. Very well organized and interesting film.
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