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Brilliant Concept, needed rewriting and a different director.

posted 10 years ago by colespencermiller
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As I watched the film, led brilliantly by Crudup (the only flawless aspect of the entire work aside from the original music) I couldn't help but feeling like if the tone hadn't been so cheesy and generic as well as the aesthetic that it may have been a great film. Along with minor rewrites and more development into Anton Yelchin's character. And really the only thing that makes this film brilliant is the plot twist in regards to who Josh really was. So really, all in all, it was William H. Macy who denied this film of its true potential. Any thoughts on this? What made the film only work about 70% of the time?

[–] britwrit 10 years ago

I think it took too long to get to the general concept. We all know he's going to play with the band. Why waste a third of the film getting to that point?

Along with Crudup, I thought Anton Yelchin was great too. We needed more scenes between the two. As well as more strictly character scenes in general.

[–] denise1234 9 years ago

I liked the film, but I thought the writing and editing could have been a bit better...more needed in some places and less in others...

I don't know if that is the fault of the director though (?) as I thought the acting was good, some of which I think we can attribute to Macy's direction.

"Shake your hair girl with your ponytail"

[–] spaceman88 9 years ago

While in the beginning it felt like a lower quality made-for-tv film, I thought it built up to be quite a nice movie, with heart.

Filmmaking is hard, and often a gamble. I'm sure Macy himself could not answer your question. But I thought it was nice, and showed his potential. If only he was younger, to have more time to grow as a filmmaker.