Drops of Jupiter

Author: Evan (NY)

"Drops Of Jupiter"

Written and Directed By: Baz Luhrmann

Cast
Evan Rachel Wood - Stella Belle
Megan Fox - Pearl Perdente
Jesse Eisenberg - Dio Lord

"stars were never meant to be tied down."

Synopsis
Since she was 17, and had first seen the female body as more than something to simply admire or envy, Pearl Perdente had been madly in love with her lifelong friend, Stella Belle. Stella was a dreamy, adventurous, and very creative person who enjoyed life, but longed for her life to be like that of the people on movie screens and magazines. she longed to befamous. famous and beautiful. Having both grown up in the small southern Wisconsin town of Shuttlehead, they had had a simple, active upbringing. They matured side by side, along with a boy who lived down the road named Dio Lord. Dio was a low key, thoughtful, content person who had started dating Stella when they were 19. Now, at 22, their relationship is more a product of convenience, and friendship, than of love or sexual attraction. Him and Stella both worked at a roadside dinner, and Pearl at the bait & tackle shop next door to it. Although infatuated with Stella, pearl didn’t act on any of her feelings, out of a fear that their perfect life would be broken. neither her nor Dio expected too much from life. That's the main difference between them and Stella, who dreamed big. bigger than planets. Dio gave her a weeklong vacation to L.A. for her 23rd birthday. L.A. was her dream city. full of excitement, Stella joyfully traveled to California. The lights are bright, the streets flat and devoid of pot holes, and the people beautiful. Stella has her breath taken away by how much more magical LA was than her hometown. She wandered around, and accidentally walked into a private party. she mingled with various stars, and had a great time. For a week she is was heaven, soaring higher and higher, becoming someone different. her plaid skirts became Abercrombie, her hair shifted from auburn to platinum blonde, and her boots; stilettos. Upon her return to her hometown, she takes both Dio and Pearl aback transformation. not only did she glow , she held herself higher. Stella longed for LA, and the stars again. she had returned from fleeting among them, and had traveled back into earths atmosphere; back to the real world. but she then has far greater horizons. She wants to be a star.Pearl doesn't understand her friend anymore, but is still in love with her. but Stella really was like a star. she was unattainable, even her light came from the past, when she was still the old her. Dio has even started to lose his attraction to her, and began to drift away on the cosmic winds. He was frightened of what she was becoming, and of the life she wanted to lead. Dio got in his car and drove south, looking for a new place to be simple. Stella decided that she has to leave her town to become herself. Pearl, devastated, finally confessed her love, but Stella has already gone too far away from earth. Stella was always moving forward. Stella, not really knowing how to take this new piece of information, also fled the town, without leaving as much as a note for Pearl. Heaven is overrated, Pearl knew, and she had fallen in love with a shooting star. She had never thought about the future, only about the past and the present. But now she had too decide what to do next. The past is only the past if you let it be.

Press Section
In Baez Luhrmann's visually arresting, wonderfully imagined new film, "DropsOf Jupiter," very loosely based on the song by Train, everything seems tomean something else. the fantastic script uses symbolism and metaphorsvery well, as images return and mean certain things (like the stars, andthe unattainable). Even the characters Italian names mean something.Stella Bella is beautiful star, Dio is God, and Percent is loser. theplot of "Drops Of Jupiter" is internally complex, but also quiteinteresting. a two of friends, Pearl and Dio (Fox and Eisenberg) inWisconsin witness a profound transformation as one of their friends, Stella (Evan Rachel Wood), becomes conceited, and overly confident. one ofher friends sticks by her, because she loves her, as more than a friend,while her boyfriend drifts away, scared of the complicated life shewanted. topically, this story is simple, but the underlying profoundnessis something audiences will take with them out of the theatre. asides frombeing a visual breakthrough, the performances by the three young leads areextraordinary. Jesse Eisenberg gives a quiet, moving performance as ayoung man who doesn't want life to be any more complicated. his feelingstowards his girlfriend cause inner struggles that we can see brewing inhis eyes. Evan Rachel Wood also gives a thoroughly engaging, wonderfulperformance as a dreamy girl who at first is interested in fame, but afterexperiencing it, finds a hunger inside her that causes her to distanceherself from those she loves. as part of a character study, Evan RachelWood gives a truly phenomenal performance. Looking beautiful as always,the stunning Megan Fox gives an emotional, but reserved performance asPearl, the closet lesbian who tries to stay in love with her best friend,even when her friend no longer even seems to care. never before has Foxgiven this good a performance, but now we can all see she has a brightfuture as more than a sex symbol. "Drops Of Jupiter" is a veryinteresting, powerful film that anyone who has ever witnessed a friendchange, while they seem to stay the same, should see.

FYC
Best Picture
Best Director - Baez Luhrmann
Best Actress - Evan Rachel Wood
Best Supporting Actress - Megan Fox
Best Supporting Actor - Jesse Eisenberg
Best Adapted Screenplay