A Great And Original Piece!

Rating: 10/10 (5 December 2007)

Well, words really can't describe the feeling of this movie. In fact, it wasn't my FAVORITE movie. But, it was one of those movies that just pulls at you.
After the movie was over, I was discussing the movie with my friend, (also a big Dylan fan) and found myself stuttering EVERY time I was trying to speak. I was halfway thinking about the movie, and halfway talking about Dylan's life. And also, trying to have a conversation.
The movie does a great job of showing the different elements in Dylan's life. The movie is jam packed with references to his songs and his book "Tarantula" I thought the movie also did a GREAT job of showing his rise and fall through fame. I LOVED Cate Blanchett, and I'm 100% sure that she'll be nominated for an Oscar, for her performance.
Heath Ledger was great too! He had the second biggest part in the film. Bale, had a rather small part, but an interesting part at that. Gere played a very boring part of the story, in my opinion. I was very uninterested in his part, as a lot of other people were. The young boy was great. He did a good job of playing the "phony" Bob Dylan. The one that went around claiming to be from all these different places, and friends with all these different people. Ben Windshaw was my third favorite of all the Bob Dylans. He literally ONLY had like a paragraph of lines throughout the entire film. However, they spaced them out through the whole movie.
The scenes were great too. I just plain out felt like I was watching Bob Dylan's life. Even though the film had it's own metaphors and references.
The film work was great too. The way they did it, was it was sort of a documentary, but also an actual movie. So, they would have scenes with other actors such as Julliane Moore, who would be getting interviewed, and playing a person in Dylan's life. The scenes were also a big part of the film, ESPECIALLY Blanchet's scenes. Her Black & White 60's scenes, blew my mind! And she played a GREAT "Bob Dylan under stress, turned drug addict" part! One scene in particular, was mind blowing in my opinion.
SPOILERS BELOW!!!!
They were at a party, and in this room that was shaped like a cube, and the walls were projecting video. Anyway, as Dylan (Blanchett) who was REALLY messed up at the time, went further and further in the rambling and the craziness, the screen showed images that reflected her tone. As he got worse, the images would get faster and/or stranger. At one point Dylan is yelling at his friend. And on the walls, we see video of Dylan freaking out, and spinning around. Then flipping off the cameraman, and dancing. The music supported the tone of the scene, as well.
The movie was filled with things like that example. AWESOME!!! Great movie!