September 12, 2006
I finally saw Don’t Come Knocking, a 2005 movie directed by Wim Wenders. This majority of this movie took place in Butte, MT. I heard mixed reviews about the movie from fellow home-towners, but one thing everyone seemed to agree on was the movie’s visual awesomeness.
I was totally impressed with the movie! It had a good story to it, the colors were great, and I forgot why I wanted to watch it in the first place (to see cool Butte scenes, of course). The few comments I have are:
- Loved the M&M action that took place in much of the movie, although Skye (Sarah Polley) surfing on a Macintosh in the M&M was a tad…uh, never gonna happen.
- Attitude of main (Sam Shepard) dude’s son (Gabriel Mann) is a little over the top
- The inspector (Tim Roth) was fantastic. Hilarious scene with the cookie offer.
So for you fellow Butte peeps, do rent Don’t Come knocking. You will see lots of familar sights and scenes (to include the mirrored car) and you really have never seen Butte looking this good.