Guys, guys, guys... The movie was about recording a LIVE ALBUM in public - cool, right? Except the music was clearly - really, obviously - recorded all in a studio and heavily developed. Total fakeness. The definition of a lie. If the film had ANY credibility, they would have sung the real live concept album as depicted in the film.On a deeper level, the story is about overnight success. Which is NOT what real musicians - who are dedicated to their art - go through. No money. No success. Hard work. Refining the craft and honing their talent.This movie a betrayal of music and the artists who make it, not a celebration.

Mood booster an inspirational by the book, couldn't be better

I had heard about some parts of the plot, so I was expecting this film to a lot sadder than it turned out to be. Ruffalo and Knightley portrayed a music producer and folky songwriter who pleasantly were never romantically involved, but built a wonderful friendship instead. These two actors displayed this story very well, along with a few celebrities that I didn't expect, such as Adam Levine, James Corden, and upcoming actress Hailee Steinfeld. The director, John Carney, made a good use of many different angles and transitions in the film. There was a variety of uses for the cut transition, but most of them had the effect of making you feel like the scene was real. It cut forward in time, yet in the same scene, and that allows the audience to feel like the scene hasn't truly been cut. The transitions weren't the only thing that made this film feel real. The actors portrayed their emotions and the situations in a way that made it not seem planned out or scripted. This was what I loved about this movie most; that I hardly felt like I was watching a movie, but that I was living the journey with these unique characters.

I pick this one for Keira and it was a good opportunity to test my theory that actual American movies are totally disconnected with their audience (explaining that they are so bad!)… In short, the American movies offer today a restricted choice of characters: either Law, either Criminals, Either Vigilante, Either prestigious elite (doctors, lawyers, and entertainment). So this one belongs to the last category being a meeting about a new artist and an old famous producer, and it's not even a biopic! So who's really care about that? How many relatives of friends have you got with an album career? Zero, like me, so really I can't enter this movie and I'm already bored since the beginning!After, we have the complete track: the writing session, the session, the recording, the video, the live performance, all this with the same really poor songs and it's just excruciating! If that was not enough, the movie adds the usual rebel teen because the parents split (see JP3 for example)… and as expected, it's poor drama, fake feelings and lost time… At last, the movie shows clearly how America evolves for the worst: teen dress like prostitutes, parents look like bums, young wear beards and don't want to work much and homes are slums!! In a way, I have never found NYC so bad and so decadent… Compare to old movies from 70s or even 80s and this generation looks totally without taste…Indubitably, one of the worst movie for Keira!