A few short weeks ago, we reported on the soundtrack to Ryan Murphy’s spiritual, you-go-girl, finding-yourself voyage, “Eat Pray Love” starring Julia Roberts. And now, by popular demand of course, we have the music video for Eddie Vedder’s “Better Days,” an original song the Pearl Jam singer wrote for the film, and all things considered it’s not bad. Or at least it works within the context of the film which we saw last night and isn’t terrible, at least not at first, but begins to grate with an exorbitant running time (also congratulations cinematographer Robert Richardson on overdoing the honey-glow halo look throughout). Though special note to James Franco who we normally like: you’re terrible in this film, please never make these acting choices again (it’s possible he might just have been stoned for the entire shoot, either that or its just a perennial pained-expression method).
Anywhoo, back to the song. The video is below. Much has been made about the songs featured in various trailers — “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence and the Machine and “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap (already used to better affect in “500 Days of Summer”), but neither track is on the CD, so don’t get too excited. And the the Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan track “The Long Road” is appropriated from the “Dead Man Walking” soundtrack. “Eat, Pray, Love” hits theaters tomorrow, August 13. Our review later today. The soundtrack has been out since July 20.
last 45 seclonds of that shite song
I thought it was a great movie, and the song from Mr. Vedder, was well quite moving so basically you idiot you know NOTHING
I have been all over the world, live in El Salvador, 15 years, just here in fucked up usa-amerika dealing with a demon in Mom's husband and her a 83 y.o. southern prima donna southern 'bitch' who was better looking than Ava Gardner
etc
so you like all dumbass punks under 30 in usa know not squat
the movie was good[I worked on many] and you should shut the fuck up, you could never debate me, and at 57 still surfing 10 meter Zunzal I would kick your wanna be ass
Ms Roberts is a Southern lady and did justice to this part
99% of you idiots sheeples in usa have not a gd clue
of the rest of the world
vale verga