A formulated storyline that many musician movies follow.
"Crazy Heart" follows the story of Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges), a country singer who is looking into revamping his career. From the opening scene, we see Bad traveling a road that seems to never end. He finally stops and steps out of his truck with his pants unzipped. Now this doesn't seem disturbing at first, but as the movie progresses, we see him constantly with his pants unzipped. To me this is just the start of disturbing images that pop up in the movie. Seriously an "80" year old man walking around majority of the time with his pants unzipped. It just doesn't seem right.
As the movie's plot progressed, Bad meets Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who wants to interview him. Things start to get steamy between the two. The first scene when they meet, Bad has just a towel on. After he changes, Bad thinks well I can try a few one liners on Jean and see if she flirts back. At this point, she's what 30 years old? And he's what 80? You would think the flirting would just be enough, but no Bad and Jean are sitting on the bed and then they kiss. You then see Jean and Bad naked in bed together.
This just adds to the formulated musician movie. After this Bad realizes he loves Jean and wants to be with her. He realizes that he is an alcoholic and gets clean. However, unlike most musician movies, the ending is what changes the formula.
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