"Closer" - I hated this movie! In the past, I've heard people complain that they didn't like a particular book or movie because they didn't find any of the characters likable. I never really understood this, until I saw "Closer." Ugh! I hated all of them! Peh!
"Sideways" - In contrast, here was a movie you couldn't help liking, or at least admiring. You get a tight, well-done story, with good performances and no need for overwriting or overacting. My only regret was that we weren't drinking a pinot while watching—not that we had any complaints with our 1999 Bodegas Ramirez de la Piscina Rioja Crianza, mind you. Yum.
re Closer:
this movie ticked me off so much that I walked out after 40 minutes (roz, too, although I had offered to find another flick to watch in the multiplex and meet her afterward. Turned out, she was suffering in silence at this abomination). What got to me most, was the phony "artines", the self-consciousness of it all, plus, the fact that the characters were worthless individuals. They all deserved each other, just not an audience. There. I feel better.
Posted by: uncle ern | April 12, 2005 at 11:03 AM