The impunity of breaking your TV remote can only be justified when there's a good enough movie to curb channel surfing tendencies. Elizabethtown isn't your typical blockbuster movie, but Kirsten Dunst caught my attention. Her character in the movie, in my opinion, is the perfect woman.
The last part of the film is a road trip mapped out by Claire (Kirsten Dunst) that Drew (Orlando Bloom) takes with the ashes of his father. The map ends with clues that lead him to the "girl in the red hat" in a crowded place. It's a lot of effort, but she does it with ease.
Kirsten is sweet, Southern and mischievous. Perfecto. Some of her quotes are priceless:
- Claire Colburn: Life cannot be so cruel that we don't deserve to be together... to eat.
- Claire Colburn: Just tell me you love me and get it over with!
- Claire Colburn: [after learning that Drew's father is Mitch] Ah, so you're a son of a Mitch.
- Claire Colburn: You know, You're always trying to break up with me, and we're not even together. Drew Baylor: I know... We're not?
- Claire Colburn: I'm going to miss your lips. And everything attached to them.
- Claire Colburn: Sadness is easier because it's surrender. I say make time to dance alone with one hand waving free.
- Claire Colburn: So you failed. Alright you really failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You failed. You think I care about that? I do understand. You wanna be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you're still smiling.
- Claire Colburn: I want you to get into the deep beautiful melancholy of everything that's happened.
- Drew Baylor: You know, there is nothing greater than deciding in your life that things maybe really are black and white! And this guy Ben, who clearly takes you for granted, who serially takes advantage of you, is bad! And what I'm saying is good! See what I mean? You shouldn't be the substitute for anybody. This guy should be right here, right now, doing this [kisses Claire]
- Claire Colburn: I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember.
- Drew Baylor: So what are you doing right now? Claire Colburn: [referring to Drew] I'm checking out this cute guy... Drew Baylor: [disgusted face] Why are you telling me that?
- Claire Colburn: I'm one of a kind.
- Claire Colburn: Hey, you're only 45 minutes away. You wanna meet halfway and see the sunrise? At this point it's probably easier to stay up! Drew Baylor: You think so? Claire Colburn: I think that's what "they" say! Drew Baylor: And who says we have to listen to 'them'? Claire Colburn: *They* do!