I’m at an impasse…
I hate country music, but I love Gwyneth Paltrow.
I hate feel-good country movies, but I loved Crazy Heart.
I REALLY hate country music, but I love that I can not hate it for a few hours if I want to.
Country Strong‘s (THR article) the name of the feel-good country movie about a big star (Paltrow) who falls from grace into a life of addiction, only to have a new chance thanks to a rising talent (Garret Hedlund), only to risk it all again as her husband (Tim McGraw) tries to hold it all together. Up and coming talent Leighton Meester plays the young belter also muddying the mix up. When you watch the trailer below all will become evident, because it’s the job of movies like this to showcase every plot twist in advance. Take a peek at the trailer:
Crazy Heart, stripped of Bridges is a very mediocre movie with some serious 3rd act problems. It just happened to benefit from one of a great actor’s greatest portrayals. On the surface it would appear this film would need more help based solely on the amount of melodrama in the trailer.
But it’s a great move for Gwyneth. We’ll see how it goes.





6 comments
Nick, I don't blame you for hating country, especially if you're talking about present-day country music which is really just pop with a little country tinge added, a caricature of country music if you will. But the old stuff, the waylon, the willie, the merle: that stuff is about as badass as any rock music out there. I've recently developed a taste for it myself. To me, the older material is similar to older rock: authentic, sincere music from real musicians. People who lived and breathed music. I encourage you to re-visit some of the older stuff if you haven't already. You may like what you find.
Actually I was going to expound on that about REAL country but I was in a hurry and figured few people were going to go all that nutty about reading this in the first place.
I agree with Nick on hating modern CUNTry music, and with the 1st poster on loving real Country music. I might see this movie because these types of movies have a tendency to fall into my guilty pleasure zone.
Paltrow is crap, I can't believe you're letting that temporary red hair of Pepper Potts blind you to her awful acting and basically fug horse face. Paltrow and McGraw, who's doing everything he can to ruin the genre, in a movie is something that should have never been allowed to happen. Call me when they're filming Miranda Lambert killing her with a flaming guitar. Also, talk to Devin and he'll send you toward genuine country music.
Paltrow is a shitty, low rate actress who is only famous because she was the daughter of a rich and famous couple.
Love Paltrow? really she is below average at best and I am refering to talent, looks, the whole shebang
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