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psmith2.0
Mr. Vieira
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
 
2007-12-27, 00:45

Yeah, that was a bit strange.

You just don't typically see wangage in mainstream, non-porno flicks. If you do, it's fleeting, from a distance and there's movement and obstructions (just a flicker of dick). But there's a scene in "Walk Hard" where Dewey is in his hotel room with his band and groupies and he's taking a phone call. Some guy is standing over his left shoulder, completely still, a foot or so from Dewey's face, just hanging around.

It's just...there.



Very unexpected. And it happens again later.

And oh yeah, I did forget to mention this in my initial post/review: the music in this movie is pretty good and enjoyable! I really liked some of the songs, and they worked. I stuck around and watched the credits, and saw that Reilly had a hand in quite a few of them. And I saw Marshall Crenshaw's name there too, so you know that's good stuff.

It's a lot like Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do", in that new songs were written in a specific style and with a period in mind (mid-60's pop) that really sounded like it belonged, and they were real songs you might've heard back then. Seems to ground it, making it all a bit more enjoyable (as though someone really put some work into it).

This "Walk Hard" movie, music-wise, is the same way. Some really nice tunes throughout. I figured that was Reilly singing. He does do a nice job. But I still laugh every time I see him...all I do is think back to how he was in "Boogie Nights" and I lose it.

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