I stumbled upon this movie title a couple of days ago, while I was ‘hopping’ from one blog to another. The review said something about this movie that made me want to watch it myself. Was released by the end of year 2005, almost 5 years ago ^^; Elizabethtown, starring: Orlando Bloom *as Drew Baylor* and Kirsten Dunst *as Claire Colburn*.
I don’t wanna talk about the movie plot, you can read it here, or even better, watch the movie. Well, it contains a casual drama-comedy-romance, and I’d already have my own fave movie within this genre. But I fell in love with one part of this movie… the scrapbook!!
As a travel guide map from Kentucky *where Elizabethtown is located* to Oregon *Drew’s home* by car, Claire made a scrapbook for Drew. According to her guide map, the travel will take approximately 2 days. The interesting part is, Claire didn’t only give a guide which road to take, but also give Drew a chance to stop by at interesting places. She wrote a personal commentary, quotes, or sometimes a funny instruction for what Drew had to do. She also gave the road trip a soundtrack. Each page was provided with CD’s, which was compiled personally by her to create the appropriate mood.
Here are some lines of instruction which can be found in her guide map…
“Some music *needs* air. Roll down your window.”
“Sadness is easier because its surrender. I say make time to dance alone with one hand waving free.”
The point is, she personally made the guide map for Drew, so that he can enjoy the road trip, and forget his sadness. “I want you to get into the deep beautiful melancholy of everything that’s happened”, that’s what she said when she gave the scrapbook. Sweet ^^ Oh, and what a cool scrapbook. Made me want to make one just like that 😉
Lastly, my favourite quote…
“So you failed. Alright you really failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You think I care about that? I do understand. You wanna be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you’re still smiling.” ~ Claire Colburn
kaget. pernah nulis juga loh mit. http://mandhut.blogsome.com/2008/06/19/elizabethtown-2005/
quote favoritnya sama :D. alasan kenapa tertariknya juga sama : scrapbook.
ihihihih, ayyooo buat scrapbooknya 😀
aaah.. tuh kan, pantesan pas nulis ini kok berasa dejavu kayak pernah baca dimana gitu ^^; June 2008 ya, dan saya baru nonton June 2010, wakakakak, telat banget…
pengen deh bikin scrapbook, road trip dari ujung barat ke ujung timur pulau Jawa, beuhh, mantep tuh 😉
sebenernya tertarik sama ceritanya karna baca http://venus-to-mars.com/2007/11/14/elizabethtown/, dan barusan nge-scroll comment nya yang bejibun itu, ada nama situ!! ckckck, pantes… ^^;
“cheer up!”
ada hubungannya sama posting inikah ta? 😉
ahh.. me likey. 🙂
ehehehe… “Make them wonder why you’re still smiling”! 😉
this is one of my favorite movies of all time, ever. it’s not like anything else. Kirsten and Orlando are perfect in their roles, it’s quaint but authentic and such an original story with a great uplifting message behind a “dark” comedic background. so special.
nampaknya memang si mpunya blog venus and mars itu sudah menginspirasi banyak orang ya :D. wkwkwkwkwk.
kalo abis itu beneran buat scrapbooknya liat ya miiit :D. soalnya gue ga sesemangat itu buat merealisasikannya. males cari bahan euy. not mentioning lack of oxytocin :)). lo kayaknya bisa ;). hihi.
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