Elizabethtown

Ok, so I just saw this movie, with nothing better to do on a Saturday night. And I did NOT like it.

I'd read about it somewhere and it roused my interest, mainly because of Kirsten Dunst's character, which was apparently a perfect example of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
I thought she would be like a mix of a whimsical, quirky, sweet, girlish girl. And was I wrong! She came off as more of a stalker, who preys on innocent, vulnerable men, in this instance, Orlando Bloom.

Faced by failure at work causing a loss of about 1 Billion USD, Drew is about to kill himself, when his sister calls saying their Dad died while visiting his family in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. So Drew leaves for Elizabethtown to get him back home. He meets stewardess Claire, who is the MPDG in question. She gives him her number, and he calls her in a weak moment, and they end up talking all night. She falls in love and tells him so, he is too overwhelmed by his failure and Dad's death and is unable to respond and so leaves her. The rest of the movie is about how she gets him out of his depression or whatever, and teaches him to live again! Bollywood like you say? Yes, VERY!

I just realized I cant stand Kirsten Dunst, she was just about ok in the Spiderman movies, but this is the last of her movies I'll be watching for some time.
Oralndo Bloom wasn't that great either, may be its cause I'm not used to seeing him as anyone but Legolas!

The saving grace of the movie was Susan Sarandon as Drew's mother, who comes for the memorial to Elizabethtown, and meets all her husband's people. She even tap dances to Moon River!

Overall, I wouldn't have missed anything by not watching this movie. A disappointment. Nice posters though.