Elizabethtown

It's pretty much what you'd expect from a Cameron Crowe movie: life-affirming story, quirky characters, highly quotable lines, voiceover narration, and a looooooooooong-ass soundtrack filled with killer tracks (lots and lots of Tom Petty, Auntie!). Probably my only big complaint would be the soundtrack; it starts very early in the film and felt very intrusive at times. In one scene, I was too busy listening to the tune and missed a whole section of dialogue. Orlando Bloom is solid in the lead: nothing spectacular but not horribly stilted either. He doesn't hold the American accent consistently, but he does better than I could, and the camera sometimes spends too much time staring up close at his face, but that will probably make the fangirls squee no end. The scenes with the extended family remind me a lot of what families and funerals are like around here.

Net result: decent movie that I would be happy to see again. Wins points for the most inventive way to commit suicide I've seen in a film. And I would like the soundtrack please - the whole soundtrack, and not just the paltry 15 tracks they released as a "soundtrack". Intrusive it can be, but it's hard to be thoroughly irritated when the songs themselves are so good.

[Edit]: ( Tagged by Nissa )

[Edit 2]: ( Forgot to mention my X-Men nightmare )