Really?

Rating: 4/10 (30 March 2008)

As an avid Bob Dylan fan I was very exited to see this film. I saw it with a friend of mine who is also very into Dylan however, we both drew the same conclusion: we were very disappointed.
To start, if you've seen "Don't Look Back" of "No Direction Home" you will realize that this film has many parts which just mirror those films. I did think Cate Blanchette did very well, but then again all she really had to do was watch don't look back a bunch and mirror Dylan from that documentary. (I'm not saying I could have done it) Also, the whole Basement Tapes / Pat Garret & Billy the Kid Bob Dylan with Richard Geere made little sense to any of us, I saw what they were trying to do I just wasn't about it.
I guess I'm just a disappointed super-fan and I would probably find a problem with any Dylan movie that came out. This one was just particularly below my expectations. My favorite part had to be the 30 seconds of Dylan actually playing the harmonica at the end, that almost made the trip worth my ticket price. I also did like some of the takes on Dylan songs represented in the soundtrack.
I feel like I'm crazy because everyone raves about this movie. I think some of them just don't see whats going on and think it's good because it's "artsy"... Does anyone agree at all? Shoot me a message if so, or even if you don't I really want to talk about this.