Tuesday, April 30, 2013
ROCK ALONG
Today's film was the "untitled" version of Russell Crowe's
I watched it because the Netflix queue did a post office burp and I have 5 films in transit one way or another.
A friend loaned us some discs when he found out I was "sick". A very nice gesture.
In the bag was the boxed set of this classic.
I have never seen the extended 2.5 hour version.
A very sweet and adoring film. Adoring of the music, the fallible people, the pop press, the kids who pay the money, the whole thing.
Everyone is great, the story is happy, the results are worth the time.
In the review at the link, the NYTimes guy bemoans the fact that the theatrical version was only 2 hours. He did not want it to be over.
Now, he can take a look at this disc.
This film was a NYTimes Best film and a 5 out of Netflix5.
Labels: best films, films
