Jennifer Lopez’s “This Is Me… Then: A Love Story” Now… With Us: Today

If it’s true, that in every relationship, there is a flower and a gardener in the case of traveler who is the Flower and who is the gardener? Bennifer right 1.2 same question is Jen the Flower or the gardener?Are Leo’s generally more likely to be flowers or Gardners in their relationships? This is Me…Now: A love story … lol … a both critical and astrological review either your hosts Molly Mulshine & Sara Armour Key Takeaways:The film is an hour-long music video linking together songs from Lopez's new album It focuses on her relationship with Ben Affleck, framing it as her one true loveOverall the film lacked a strong narrative and felt a bit self-indulgent Affleck seemed detached from the project and gave Lopez minimal creative feedback The $20 million budget was excessive for what the final product was Topics:Film Concept and ExecutionThe film strings together music videos for Lopez's new album into an hour-long extended video It centers on Lopez's relationship with Ben Affleck, portraying it as her one enduring true loveThe narrative structure is loose and dreamlike rather than having a defined plotMuch of the imagery is CGI and fantastical rather than relatable scenesThe overall concept comes across as self-indulgent and naval-gazing Affleck's Involvement and FeedbackAffleck seemed detached from the project creatively He provided little actual feedback to Lopez on the film's direction His main advice was procedural - "write it then film it" After viewing the final cut, his praise was lukewarm, saying she "made a film for herself" Budget and Financing:The film's budget was $20 million, very high for what the final product was Lopez had trouble getting financing because the concept was too "wacky" She ended up self-financing after studios declined to back it The budget could have likely been 10x lower by using up-and-coming talent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.