This movie is beautifully shot, well made, and completely pointless. This film was an excellent example of how Spielberg was able to take an un-story and tell in such a way that we almost forget how terrible the movie is. The non-twist at the end with the guitar case was such a huge let-down that it left me with the feeling that I had just wasted 25 minutes of my life. It was, to me anyway, the cinematic equivalent of a Hostess Snowball; pretty to look at but utterly lacking in nutritional value. That being said, if you change the contents of the guitar case to something remotely interesting, then you have an actual movie. You can force a point out of the movie by saying that it is about how we are all just drifting in the wind. Or that the guy with the case was a poser, symbolic of our superficial society. But that's one hell of a stretch.
Review of Amblin'
