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Here is another break-up film on the docket, this one just happens to star two people and is a musical. A musical to the point where there is next to no dialogue and everything is done in song. I can't help but feel the complexities of the story get lost when you have to convey the story and emotions in song. It asks you to be creative for sure, but you lose something because everything becomes "whimsical". You can't sell an argument or an intense conversation while they try to rhyme.
Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan star as two people who lust after one another, start to date, get married, then break-up. One is a successful author, the other a failed actress. Of course, these issues come up in their song fights. Unfortunately, I don't remember any of the songs. They were fine I guess, but I wasn't tapping my toes or feel engaged in any of the lyrics.
The two leads lacked chemistry with their love but sold it with their hatred. I believed in their fights, not their love. So I guess the movie doesn't succeed in that aspect. None of us had ever heard of the movie before and nothing about it made me think I would remember it in the next few days.
The Last Five Years
Theme: Break-up films.
Theme: Break-up films.
Here is another break-up film on the docket, this one just happens to star two people and is a musical. A musical to the point where there is next to no dialogue and everything is done in song. I can't help but feel the complexities of the story get lost when you have to convey the story and emotions in song. It asks you to be creative for sure, but you lose something because everything becomes "whimsical". You can't sell an argument or an intense conversation while they try to rhyme.
Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan star as two people who lust after one another, start to date, get married, then break-up. One is a successful author, the other a failed actress. Of course, these issues come up in their song fights. Unfortunately, I don't remember any of the songs. They were fine I guess, but I wasn't tapping my toes or feel engaged in any of the lyrics.
The two leads lacked chemistry with their love but sold it with their hatred. I believed in their fights, not their love. So I guess the movie doesn't succeed in that aspect. None of us had ever heard of the movie before and nothing about it made me think I would remember it in the next few days.