Nashville – 6/10

I guess I just can’t really get into Altman films. It’s weird, I see the good in them, I really do, but I just didn’t have much of a connection with this one, and found myself more bored than anything. I do appreciate what it was trying to do, the style and format and the way everyone talks over each other, something that is practically a stereotype, but in a good way, of Altman’s films. The stories coming together… that’s nice, and I have a fondness for the characters on an individual basis, but as a whole, I just can’t imagine really seeing this again. There was a lot of singing, times when you were just watching TN style folk/country tunes for 5 minutes on end without much else in between. It’s also a very long film, which I suppose it needed to be to have enough time to devote to each individual character so when they start coming together, you will understand their interactions and placements. The ending was interesting though, not really obvious at all.

Anyway, I’m not going to recommend for or against this one because it’s a very personal taste I think. I will say that there is an Altman film that I’ve recently seen that was really wonderful and I’ll be posting a review of that one soon. In the meantime, see this? Don’t see this? Whatever.

~ by annemarieparade on May 16, 2008.