Sunday, January 18, 2009

August Rush

I really liked this movie the first time I saw it, but by about the third or fourth time it was even better. I like dramatic love stories for some reason.. guess it's a bit of the romanticist in me :) But anyway, the story was well-plotted, the acting was great, and the music was awesome. It's the incredible story of a little boy that lives in an orphan home, but he knows his parents are out there somewhere. His parents don't know he exists, because his dad never knew about him, and his mother was under the impression that he had died at childbirth because her dad thought that would be best. Anyway, the boy hears music in everything, and longs to be able to play out what he hears in his head. Eventually he ends up getting a guitar, learning sheet music, and after only 6 months of musical involvement he was considered a child prodigy and had his own concert in New York city square. Well, all through the movie it builds up to a major climax at the end, although it's a bit unexpected when it comes. I kept getting closer and closer and my fingertips started getting whiter and whiter, and by the end I had chewed my nails off!! haha.. yea.. I get into movies just like I do with music. Anyway, I didn't know weather to laugh or cry at the end, but I knew I had to own it.. now I do, and I've watched it several times :)
The involvement of extramarital sexual relationships that is the baseline of this story may not be appropriate for young kids, but nothing graphic is shown, so i didn't think it was too much of a problem.
Anyway, I think due to awesome story, and great attention-grabbing capacities throughout, i have to award this one a 10.. definitely for older kids it merited a 10.

3 comments:

Melody Jo said...

I like the way he percusses the guitar. That thing had to be wired like a meguitar or something like that. But nevertheless, good flick. What movie is next?

Kyrene Denise said...

Have you seen Flags of our Fathers?
Its a WWII action movie.

Matt Skywalker said...

Nope, haven't seen it.. sounds cool though :)