Logan Lucky has so many accolades that have been lauded by reviewers and moviegoers alike, my friends have said the same thing. But I was also glad to see that the song "Country Roads" brought them and me together a little bit more.
It wasn't cool at all to say you liked John Denver in the '80s, my older brothers hated his "wimpy" records. If you were a rocker, you couldn't admit to liking that song, that made you seem like you liked the things your (babyboomer or '60s parents liked, which was uncool). But that song is bigger than John Denver, it was written by another, better songwriter, and the harmonies are so incredibly sentimental and happy. And I grew up to love Blues, Jazz, and Bluegrass, on top of Rock. And a horseload of other music.
The little song number by the daughter really tied the movie together, as a love letter to West Virginia. And I thought it painted the funny quaint cultural things they joke about in the movie in a loving light, and leaves the moviegoer off with the knowledge that they only added all those weird shots about Nascars, balloon animals, and fried food to tease the inhabitants like a cheeky sibling would. The writers showed they really loved the underlying culture, the heart of it.
Just to tie it off with a bow, and to show what the movie made me feel (partly), I end with a link to my favorite rendition of the song, from wonderful Georgia.
The love of play in that video, that happiness in the bandmembers, all the smiles between them. Pure love of something nice. Such a great feeling. Pon and Zi-level. The movie had that. Unconditional love. Love between the father and daughter. The deepest form of sibling love between a man and his struggling, one-armed brother (gets me deep, because I have one brother and I love him, would take a bullet for him). Love for his friends. That is what "Logan Lucky" made me feel. I'm not drunk or high.
Submitted January 01, 2018 at 11:11AM by Arknell http://ift.tt/2C4x9Ta
