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...serpentine sting plot, grainy filming, and complex ensemble of characters reek of Scott’s failed attempt to liken the film to the British thrillers “Snatch” or “Layer Cake.” The green-and-yellow tint of the film, quick camera cuts (so typical to Scott’s previous “Enemy of the State” and “Man on Fire”), and voyeuristic shots of Knightley function to inculcate the viewer into the sordid world of the bounty hunter, but become hackneyed...
...romantic viewing of the sunrise over the idyllic Kentucky countryside; it’s in the climactic memorial service for Drew’s father, drenched by sprinklers, surrounded by fire, and listening to the guitar solo from “Free Bird.” In its quirkiness, plot structure, reliance on music, and examination of a character overcoming malaise through an unexpected romance, “Elizabethtown” calls to mind “Garden State” (and looks worse for the comparison). While “Garden State” focused on a character awakening...
...selling his motorcycle, seems to trust that the evident evil of Demurral will provide an adequate motive for Kate and Thomas to kill the villain. Rather than creating main characters with any depth, Taylor deploys Christian imagery, seemingly hoping that the Holy Spirit will carry the plot forward...
...Taylor’s efforts to add his own mark to what is otherwise an amalgam of Rowling and Bible have the desired effect. Raphah, the guardian of the Keruvim, sets the plot in motion when he arrives in Yorkshire from Africa to return the talisman to its rightful owner. Taylor has said in interviews that Raphah was meant to atone for the paucity of black heroes in children’s literature. An admirable goal, but in the novel, anyway, Taylor fails to address the implications of his hero’s origins—even when Demurral takes...
...comes to realize that Walter and his company are riding on his success, a process that rides the real Brandon into the ground. As Brandon tries to break away from Walter, he begins to lose his predictive powers, sending both the betting organization and the movie’s plot into chaos. Brandon is caught between saving himself, saving the people he hates, and escaping the duplicitous world of sports betting. Since I am a sports fan, the many, many scenes of high-stakes college football in this movie should have enthralled me. Since I am a lover of drama...