Like a lot of other JDM fans this weekend I saw Taking Woodstock. We went to a matinee Friday afternoon and there was about 16 people in the theatre. NOT a good sign in a movie mad town like Toronto.
Judging from the reaction to Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s name in the opening credits it seems a few were there to see him.
I’m a huge Ang Lee fan and though this is not going to be one of my favourites, parts of it were funny, but the first half was much better than the second. Judging from the video clips posted online I expected more screen time for Liev Schrieber and Emile Hirsch. Demetri Martin is likeable but I don’t think he can carry a whole film. He was in almost every scene and it got tiring watching him after a while.
As for Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s role, for the short amount of time he was onscreen he was funny. But he was in only three scenes. From what I’ve read online, there seems to be a lot of stuff that was filmed but not in the movie. A director’s cut DVD in the future? We’ll just have to see.
But go see this movie! It looks like we won’t be getting any new JDM at the theatres until Invasion of Privacy is released in February.
Just Press Play is giving away a Taking Woodstock prize pack, which includes the soundtrack, a t-shirt and an air freshener? I guess it would have come in handy if you hadn’t showered for three days!
