The real tragedy is that most of the problems these characters have could have easily been solved by a bit of therapy and some Prozac. That's the real tragedy to me. Not Cate's death (have ANY of these characters heard of a hospital?! A woman is dying in a cave, so you take her home to your lighthouse where she can give birth and then die? Real smart, Heath), not the tumultuous love affair, not even the depressing, whiny music.
Which is hard for me to say. I'm a huge fan of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman music in general. I pretty much HAVE to like the songs in this movie. But the whiny vocals and the pasted-on angst just ruined the couple songs that were actually decent to begin with ("The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" and "Break It").
I went into it knowing it would be bad, and I wasn't disappointed. But I was terrifically bored.
Which is hard for me to say. I'm a huge fan of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman music in general. I pretty much HAVE to like the songs in this movie. But the whiny vocals and the pasted-on angst just ruined the couple songs that were actually decent to begin with ("The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" and "Break It").
I went into it knowing it would be bad, and I wasn't disappointed. But I was terrifically bored.