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Watching this right now. WTF?

posted 12 years ago by propinquity4
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This is a jarring (not the good kind) film so far. WARNING SPOILERS>>>>

Fine, she sees the name and has a bit of a shock that it is so similar to her old boyfriend's. She schedules the interview, takes him home and bones him. But doesn't seem to find this odd. Neither does Topher Grace.

Ok, let's see where this goes.

Then Gabriel Byrne makes a stunning admission that he is a sex addict and during their marriage he slept with 100's of women and approximately 10 men. He's on step 9, trying to make amends to the people he has hurt.

And yet she is pursuing this instantly needy, smothering relationship with Topher Grace? If there was any time for her to rethink her instincts, it's now. Pathetic and boring.

I'm sitting here waiting for the story to become coherent, to find something endearing about any of these characters... I rarely walk away from any movie but jeez this one is testing me.

editing this now that I finished watching this.

AWFUL. RUN,DON"T WALK. ABYSSMAL.

I like the cast but this is so bad.

[–] MisanthropeLove 12 years ago

DUDE, harsh much?? I think Laura's character matures a lot in her relationship with Topher's character. She reaches a healthy place and they're going to move at a decent pace and keep getting to know each other.

People DO have some sexy time after just meeting. It happens. The impact of that for these two is how instantly and magnetically they were attracted to each other. AND over the course of the film, Louise see's Fran as his own person and stops getting stuck in the past.

Marcia's character and Paul Rudd also serve important roles. All of these people in her life are pushing her forward, helping her to progress and work through things and she comes out the other side.

Gabriel's character is a mess in his own right and he owns up to it which is quite big of him all things considered. Even their relationship reaches a relatively healthy conclusion in the film.

Louise isn't perfect, she isn't balanced or in a healthy place...but she's getting somewhere. That reflects life for a LOT of people. Maybe not for you, but for many.

[–] propinquity4 12 years ago

Just calling it like I see it. I was not entertained or otherwise intrigued. Of course I know that people hook up all the time as complete strangers. I also know that not completely healthy relationships start this way but usually I find something interesting/endearing about how the relationship continues or crashes and burns. Rudd, Harden and Byrne have such small roles their appearances and exposition are jarring and not in a good way.

I completely disagree that Linney's character arrives at "a healthy place". I also know that lots of unhealthy people are out there having relationships, it doesn't mean that it's entertaining and often completely tedious and mundane.

I like all sorts of films about disturbed people. This is not one of them. I do not recommend it.

[–] MisanthropeLove 12 years ago

True, and I can respect that. But what I personally find compelling to watch is when people who are messed up don't just sit there and stew in their sad, effed-up excuse for a life. They try to pick up the pieces or even make a start. I find it encouraging and yes, endearing. That's just my perspective, of course. (And Laura is very expressive and radiantly beautiful...I love her.)

[–] propinquity4 12 years ago

As I mentioned, I really do like the cast for their other work though. The problem, as I see it is definitely not the cast. Partially it's casting people like Rudd, Harden and Byrne in such small roles. Not because they can't handle it, it just comes across as casting as a way of getting financing for the movie and very misleading. The direction (possibly editing) and writing seem to be the biggest culprits.

I would have to read the novel to get a better feel for the adaptation but I'm not much interested in that.

On a side note: I recently read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and was thoroughly underwhelmed. I found it's plot points and ending similarly jarring and pointless. The up coming adaptation has some pretty good actors (and Paul Rudd I might add in a similarly small role-who chooses his material?) with Melanie Lynskey and Dylan McDermott.

[–] MisanthropeLove 12 years ago

Cool cool, thanks for the heads up!