Songcatcher
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Movie Reviews of Songcatcher
Movie Review: Best Of The Recent Best
Summary: 5 Stars
THis is one of the best Independant filsm I have seen in along time - since Like Water For Chocolate. The American South has alot of history and most of it was told through song. A really heart-felt and touching movie. Even the children and Lesbian themes prove themselves powerful in the 30's.When I saw this in the theatre I was amazed at how intertwined the music and the story was. In fact the songs tell part of the story as it moves through the film. The acting by everyone was phenomenal. Visually accurate costumes and dynamic performances that make you think they are REAL people.
Again, this is one of those DVD's I wish they had more features and commentary. But just as a stand=alone film - this is a great one. It'll make you happy and sad and humming the old South as you leave the credits.
Movie Review: Wonderful Story of Mountain Music
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this movie when it aired on HBO last year. When I saw it again this year, I had to purchase it for my collection. The acting by Janet McTeer and Aidan Quinn is superb. Aidan does an outstanding job and is very convincing as a mountain man who had a taste of the city and accordingly turned his back on it. I could have listened to the music from this movie for hours. I enjoyed it so much that I purchased the soundtrack of the movie - only thing is many of the people singing the music in the movie were not recorded, and many of the songs on the CD has today's top recording artists singing the music - that is the only disappointment. I would much rather listen to Iris Dement than Emmy Lou Harris as it is truer to the movie & the music of the wonderful mountain people.Movie Review: Why had I never heard of this?!
Summary: 5 Stars
I rented this movie from Netflix because I was in the mood for something different...when it came in the mail, I read the synopsis and wondered what I'd been on. When my husband and I watched it, though, we were both enchanted. The movie itself is extremely well done, with excellent characters and a good story. The music...well, I'd never encountered this kind of music before, and when I first heard it, I wasn't impressed. But it grew on me quickly, and it's powerful stuff! SONGCATCHER is an awesome film more people need to see.
Note to the reviewer who was worried about a misinterpretation of "O Death:" as a first time watcher (and listener: I've never heard the song before), my impression of the song matched yours. I didn't notice the movie slanting its meaning.
Movie Review: Finally a movie that mostly gets it right...
Summary: 5 Stars
First, I must say how ignorant it is for some to knock the lesbian storyline (very small anyway), when we get a great story about the mountains we don't need closeminded hicks to prove what so many think about us and sadly push people away from finding out more about a facinating life. I am from those mountains, West Virginia, and it affected my life profoundly as it does anyone blessed to be from them. Even after becoming a "city girl" as my father still calls me, I still operate day to day as if I hadn't left and am a much better person for it. I know some back home don't like outsiders but there are truly great people out there who just want to know all they can about life there and this movie kinda shows that and that not all are wanting to shame and judge us.Movie Review: a gem
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Songcatcher" is a movie gem, featuring wonderful acting performances, a gorgeous on-site location, and an intriguing story. My husband and I laughed out loud in delight at one of the later scenes, suggesting one view of the origins of the mega-giant country music recording industry. The movie tells of a woman's love for the old-mode Appalachian songs, unchanged since their origins in Elizabethan England. She studies how the songs are woven into the very lives of the mountain people who sing them.
Another love develops as she comes to know one of the men, so unlike her married professor-lover she has left behind in academia. The happy ending shows them riding off together, and you will come out of the movie smiling.