To see or not to see: Country Strong

Rarely do I venture out of the world of books here on this blog- but as this is my primary outlet to talk- I figure it's okay to step outside the book every once in a while. Plus- this is about a movie, which is like a cousin of the book, so I'm still in the right family. Here's a little back ground info on this topic.

1. I'm a huge country music dork. Love it. my zune is 90% country, 5% showtunes and 5% music I listened to when I was in High School (I'm talking about you Lit and Blink 182). The radio is always tuned to the country station as well. I also drive a Ram and tow my horse around to go riding in the wilderness- so that's where I'm at.

2. Huge movie fan. I don't get to go as much as I'd like (that shit's expensive!)- but I love watching movies. Add country music into the movie and I'm there.

3. Hate Gwyneth Paltrow. I have no rational reason for this. It just is. So you add Paltrow to a movie about country music and I'm out.

So that's where I stood when Country Strong crossed the radar. Movie (yay!) + Country music (double yay!) + Gwenyth Paltrow (boo!) = not paying for that. Of course, then Lainey at Lainey Gossip started posting videos from this movie.


Did you know that Garrett Hedlund is in this movie? And Blair Waldorf (whose real name I can not spell- and I'm too lazy to look up)? Those are both big, big pluses in my book. Please, I've been all over Garrett Hedlund since Four Brothers with Marky Mark Wahlberg. Almost obsessed, but the guy is so not in the spotlight that he is easily missed. He's got the lead in Tron and we barely see him out and about, playing the game, promoting this huge movie. It's no wonder I completely missed he was in Country Strong. I was too busy hating on Paltrow to notice.

Have you seen these videos? Go ahead, watch them, I dare you not to fall in love with this guy. I've already watched him sing Chances Are (first clip) a good dozen times.

I'm now editing my edit. I first thought I could post a video for Chances Are- then my site said I couldn't, that it wasn't available, so I sent you packing to Lainey Gossip. Then in the comments Just Your Typical Book Blog was nice enough to post some links to more videos and there it was. The video. Available for all of our enjoyment. So here you go...

So now I'm stuck- suffer through Paltrow pretending to be a country singer to get my Hedlund fix, or just watch these clips over and over again? Has there ever been a movie like this for you- where you fork over a rediculous sum of money to watch a supporting cast member in a movie starring some questionable actor? Lastly- are you know in love with Hedlund too?

How about now?