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I Am Not Amused:
I stayed up nearly the whole night after that movie.

I was thinking very long, very hard and was incredibly upset.

Why, in this movie, did Clive Owen get everything he wanted, and Jude Law get nothing? They both made the same exact fuck-ups, the same exact infidelities. So why did Clive get Julia and Jude get no one?

The answer came to me very suddenly and I fell into a deep and peaceful sleep.

Clive always ALWAYS ALWAYS told the truth. He was completely honest from beginning to end, almost ridiculously unbelievable in that respect. But he was.

It came to me that this movie (formerly a play, which makes the time gaps make more sense to me as they would have been seperate "acts") is basically an attack on how many people deal with difficult aspects of their relationships and, in fact, one need only to be totally honest - even with their mistakes - to find happiness. Even if you get hurt in the process.

Also, I wanted to shake Jude Law at the end of the movie. DONT JUST LET NATALIE FREAKING PORTMAN WALK OUT ON YOU YOU FOOL> MAKE A CONVINCING DRAMATIC SPEECH TO MAKE HER STAY OR AT LEAST MAKE A STAND FOR YOURSELF>

Sigh.

Terrific movie, though.

Gryff:
I haven't seen it, but from your descriptions the relationships seem quite realistic. The guy doesn't always get the girl, peope are arseholes to each other etc.

Not always the easiest thing to watch, but I for one like the sound of it.

sandysmilinstrange:
I didn't like this movie.  The writing was really good and the acting was spot on, but the fact remains that I cannot enjoy a movie in which I loathe every character.

Larry came close to gaining some of my sympathy because he was honest and because he had his vulnerable moments, but the fact remains that he was a brutal asshole the sort of which you can't imagine feeling sympathetic towards because they wouldn't be receptive to it.

Jude Law especially needed a good closed-fist smack in the throat.  With Portman pulling in a close second.

Maximo Bean:
What about Julia Roberts?

octozombie:
Agh, brilliant movie. One of my all-time favorites; I like how someone else in this thread mentioned how, after thinking about it, they realized the the characters' fates depended upon how many lies they spoke, and Clive Owen's character, who was not a liar, ended up in a great situation (compared to Jude Law's character).

Beautiful movie. I wish I could've seen the play.

I wasn't bothered by the white-outs, they reminded me of the show Six Feet Under. Subtle artistic touch; I like it.

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