It seems like a rarity, but sometimes you really connect with a movie in a way that you don't or didn't with any other movie. I suppose the same could be said for love - you love someone because you connect with them in a special way that you don't or didn't with anyone else.
Don't misunderstand - as I talk about this movie, I'm certainly not planning on getting carried away with the sentimental. Nor am I about to suggest that it's a masterpiece, that it is one of the best moving pictures ever to grace a theatre. Well, maybe it is the former, but probably not the latter.
I guess what I'm saying is this; there really aren't any other movies that upon watching, I weep all the way through. August Rush, for some reason, tugs at my heart strings every time.
Perhaps it is that sweeping sense of destiny that Evan has - determined to find his parents in a cruel and unforgiving world. Only that world is a place of wonder and providence through Evan's eyes. I love his childlike faith and sense of purpose in his world. He doesn't listen to people that try to pull him down.
It's a shame how this movie got panned by some circles. It's weird how you can find it in bargain bins across the country. People may doubt and scoff and laugh at the implausibility and romanticism of a story like this. Personally, I think it is closer to real life than many of us seem to think it is. That is why it resonates with my heart.
Additionally, it may have something to do with the fact that I'm a musician and this movie certainly channels the power of music in a way that other cookie-cutter, cut-and-paste, "sweeping" soundtracks other composers like to pass off as unique or original don't.
Am I crazy or fanatical? Decide for yourself. August Rush will remain a special movie in my library.
