tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post7993065090766797267..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: Almost Famous.....13 years burning down the roadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-51056630289228870032013-08-12T14:43:30.462-05:002013-08-12T14:43:30.462-05:00I've got "Laurence Anyways" and &quo...I've got "Laurence Anyways" and "Place Beyond The Pines" sitting on BluRay at home, but screw it - I'm watching this again (for the upteenth time) tonight.<br /><br />I showed this to my son last year (can't remember if he had turned 12 yet or not) and it was one of those great bonding moments...Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-37404087627883516052013-07-27T08:49:56.189-05:002013-07-27T08:49:56.189-05:00Thanks, man. Thanks for reading. Love the comment....Thanks, man. Thanks for reading. Love the comment. My perspective has darkened as well with age but there is something about this film - and this happened again on Tuesday when I saw it - that just takes me back to my mentality of 13 years ago. I just always figure that's how Crowe must have felt when he sat down to compose the screenplay. Do I include everything I saw or just what I'm choosing to remember? I'm still ok with his answer. I think.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-60866232902097524412013-07-23T16:22:23.789-05:002013-07-23T16:22:23.789-05:00Very nicely written piece. Would you believe I ha...Very nicely written piece. Would you believe I had the same reaction when I watched Almost Famous? I was totally and completely charmed with it in 2000. However, age and experience broaden (or darken) your perspective. The last time I watched it (about a year or so ago) I intuitively felt like the story had been a bit sanitized. And that goes back to your question: If Almost Famous had been rife with over doses, rampant nihilism, and the "die young and leave a beautiful" corpse mentality...would it be the same film? No, it wouldn't, and that's okay. The characters' real counterparts might not have grown up...but why not let their fictional alter egos do it for them? Dusty https://www.blogger.com/profile/10716220249953555521noreply@blogger.com