dubya

Fails to hold attention.

dubya

Fun little indie romantic comedy that has a lot to say politically. Handling issues such as political protests, draft dodging & more.

Meyer and Paquin have a lot of chemistry together. I'd be interested in seeing them do more together.

Definitely check this one out!

Auf den Straßen kennt er sich nunmal aus: Breckin Meyer war im Jahre 2000 besonders erfolgreich als er den Frontmann der vierköpfigen „Road Triup“ Crew gab die unterwegs nach Texas war, in diesem Film ist das Reiseziel dann eben Kanada. Aber abgesehen von der Reisethematik ist dies ein gänzlich unterschiedlicher Film. Leider aber einer der sich gleichzeitig in mehreren Genres versucht und in Ehren scheitert: er will eine politische Lehrstunde sein über zwei grundverschiedene politische Ansichten, dabei noch frühlich unterhaltsam (und kommt leider eher verkrampft her) und dann soll die ganze Kiste auch noch als Liebesfilm herkommen. Das ist aber zuviel verlang: Blue State ist leichtverdauliches, aber schnell verfliegendes Laberkino mit Breckin Meyer der seinen Charme diesmal nicht so recht entfaltet kriegt. Ereignisloses Reisefilmchen das immerhin mit ein paar nette Wendungen parat hat.

Fazit: Viel Gerede mit ein paar interessanten Ansätzen, aber letztlich ist zuviel Gepäck dabei damit alles am Ziel ankommt.

Synchronicity today . . Driving on the Interstate and I hear The National performing "Fake Empire" with the introduction, "this was written when fucking Bush was President - glad this song is no longer relevant." Ahhh . . The Bush era . . . Outrage over a semi-competent President. Blue State is charming and while its political points are never subtle they never slam you in the head either. Such a dated film, a big part of its appeal! Our current climate would reject this for various reasons, mainly for its sincerity.

*watches movie*
*goes back and checks genre*
This... This was supposed to be a comedy?

I like Anna Paquin and Breckin Meyer, but there's just no reason to root for their characters to wind up together. This isn't even a matter of "opposites attract," they just don't fit together in any believable way. Meyer's character is almost entirely unlikeable, which is par for the course for most of the characters in this movie. At least Paquin's character has some nuance to it.

Speaking of nuance, the political message is way too heavy handed; even as a liberal, this was cringe-worthy as all hell to watch. The concept works just fine, but it needed more shades of grey to pull off effectively.

This film is like a visit from the Ghost of Pictures Past -- these are but shadows of what has been. The bigger ghost was Yet to Come.

You know that feeling you're getting re-watching The West Wing these days (the feeling Hrishikesh Hirway calls "Trump ay-yi-yi")? Where you feel sort of indignantly "aah! We didn't know how good we had it!" about a fictitious Presidency? Watching this movie will just make you scoff and say, "oh, honey. Bush was *nothing*."

A film about 2004, made in 2007, can have no idea how I will respond to it in 2017. It's a strong debut film of a not-bad script, with some funny moments and a corny ending. You won't be sorry you watched it. But you might be sorry you didn't move to Canada.

Renewed relevance + good hair.

It fails to hold attention.