I'll state my objections to the movie again, then.

First - I liked the movie. I went into it for the music, and for that, I was incredibly satisfied.

Beyond that though...

In my opinion, the Cohens had a great story idea, a great soundtrack, and several great setpiece scenes. Unfortunately, unlike past ventures, I don't personally feel that they pulled off the connections between the three. It's one of those things that I can't point to any *one* thing and say "Bad Cohens, no donuts for you!", yet it's there. At times, the music seemed to live in a movie of it's own, without regard for the movie it was from... others, the characters seemed to have come from a couple very similar yet unique films, and the three 'wanderers' the only connection between them (yet without seeming part of them). Or wonderful scenes, but without the connection to any of the characters in them besides their presence.

I'll probably eventually buy it, if only for the music. At the very least, it's a love letter of a music video for music that I hold dear, and at that it succeeded better than anything I've seen in years.

M