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The Women (2008)
"We shouldn't Talk down to women" - Mission Unaccomplished
This movie was confusing more than anything else. I still can't figure out what the message is of this movie and more so, who the target audience is?
As this is a remake (which I have not seen) maybe it's so bad because the dialogue is outdated? Or is the target audience 19-year old girls that might grab this excuse of a film at 2 for 1 Sex and the City-night?
What happened to Candace Bergen? - As Meg Ryans mother she provided an intelligent balance in rhetorics and dialog but at the end of the movie she has transformed to a babbling, botoxed and victimized housewife. And the Jada Pinkett Smith character as the gay friend who in her womanizer, spread-leg, shot-drinking self is so over the top trying to portray a lesbian that it makes me think that the director never met a gay woman in her life! Why else would she portray this WONDERFUL actress as a foul mouthed macho man?
I can't even comment on the Eva Mendez character. Ms Mendez is a fantastic actress who in her prior roles has done nothing but added "Girl Power" to the row of the typical Hollywood vamp. She is a sexy, beautiful, strong Latina who in this movie comes off as nothing but a victim. I think the idea was to portray her as the conniving snake who steal other womens husbands - and that's fine. But she comes off as nothing but stupid with the attention span of a tween.
If this movie's target audience are adult women, it makes me nothing less than ANGRY. Did the director think that we, the women, are that uninvolved? Incredibly heavy subjects were brought up but all the director did was throw fluff at it. The subject matter of friendship betrayal for example - the entire movie could have been dedicated to it! You have 4 very different women with extreme circumstances. Each one of them could have developed a different solution or cope with the problem and actually have HELPED someone.
Do NOT watch this movie. It is a complete waste of time.
Please excuse any errors. English is not my first language.
Bill (2007)
Inspiring and Cute Comedy
This is a cute little movie. Aaron Eckhart is wonderful as the main character, being the regular guy that he so well plays. It makes you laugh, chuckle and feel.
I have to say though that I am not sure why Jessica Alba was casted in this role. She adds nothing, I believe that a Zooey Dechanel or a comedienne with more depth would have made you engage more in the relationship between her and Logan. Jessica Alba is a sure way to get the guys to rent this movie, but it's also a sure bet to ruin it.
All over a movie well worth watching, although I have to look away when Jessica Alba enters the dialog. Sorry.
Så som i himmelen (2004)
A Movie that you keep thinking about
This is one of those movies that you keep thinking about when you wake up the next morning. It will give you that warm, fuzzy feeling and leave you with a smile on your face.
Sure, we get fed the typical stereotype characters and stories, but it does do the trick: Entertain.
Being from Sweden and living in the US for quite sometime, it is funny how we react. "The deadbeat husband is going to kill him", "She (Gabriella) is going to die and then there will be a heartbreaking larger-than-life ending". We know how these things work, everything comes together at the end. And it did. The characters were somewhat simple, they were so elaborate that you didn't really think twice about it, nothing was really left for your own imagination. The closest would probably be Siv, she makes you ask yourself if she indeed was in love with Daniel, but that's about it.
But the movie is beautiful, set in rural Norrland, the music is absolutely amazing and the characters are lovable. Michael Nyqvist is truly genius, with his crazy unique look and Frida Hallberg is charming and approachable. Maybe a little too nice.
But most of all this movie makes you feel, and that is the most important thing. You cry, you laugh, you hate and you identify. I don't know about you guys, but that does not happen that often.