This Movie changed everything for me. I was fifteen and my mother bought be the movie. After watching the movie late that same very night something changed in me, something somehow clicked and I saw who I really was. This movie became my bedrock of all future movies.
I love films. I love how they can tell a story that can change your life. I wont talk about my personal life on this blog except when it comes to movies. I KNOW MOVIES. Its my thing. My hobby. I should warn you, I'm no writer! I'm not just saying that. I really cannot put a catchy sentence together without spelling a word or two spelled wrong. So read my movie blog or don't. I'm not a huge fan of you know the type ''mommy blogs'' or ''I sell homemade jewelry and scarves.'' So don't worry I'm not gonna sell you anything except maybe selling you on a must see movie. So here we go...
Penny Lane.
The girl every girl wants to be but could never be. She has wildly curly hair, sheer tops with no bras, and dirty bare feet.
William Miller is a 15 year old kid who is very smart with a pushy worry obsessive mother (played by Frances McDormand). William doesn't want to be a doctor or lawyer like his mother pushes on him. He loves music and whats to be a rock journalist.
He manages to meet a guy by the name of Lester Bangs (last picture posted and his quote is my title of this blog) who helps him take steps into becoming a rock journalist despite the fallout of rock in roll during the times.
William Miller through manipulation and lies and most importantly Penny Lane become connected to Still water (led my Russell) an up and coming band trying to make it big.
The movie shows the vulnerability of people and how complex they can be. Williams rough draft story of still water is picked up my Rolling Stones magazine (they think hes an adult), and Russell thinks this is his big break. Russell and Williams relationship is perfectly played out in this movie. Its a connection only Cameron Crowe could magically create. Penny Lane loves Russell. William loves Penny Lane.
One of my favorite scenes of any film is at the beginning right where William is able to get backstage to interview Still water with the help of Penny Lane. William falls in love with Penny in this scene and introduces Penny to Russell from still water (not knowing Penny and Russell have a past). The "remeet" of Russell and Penny Lane is fireworks. Its such a movement. Watch.
I love what Kate Hudson did to make Penny Lane come alive (she needs to get back to this kind of acting and leave the dumb popcorn movies to Anne Hathaway) and how a past love can bring you to tears just like that.
Also starring in this film is Zooey Deschanel, Anne Paquin, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Jimmy Fallon.
Music is the backbone of this movie. Tiny Dancer by Elton John, River by Joni Mitchell to name a few.
I hope if you haven't seen this movie you will. Everyone can relate to someone in this film. I hope you love it as much as I do.
Emily.
Lester Bangs: You CANNOT make friends with the rock stars. That's what's important. If you're a rock journalist - first, you will never get paid much. But you will get free records from the record company. And they'll buy you drinks, you'll meet girls, they'll try to fly you places for free, offer you drugs... I know. It sounds great. But they are not your friends. These are people who want you to write sanctimonious stories about the genius of the rock stars, and they will ruin rock and roll and strangle everything we love about it.
