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Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Interesting, but there are problems.
This is a tv movie with three sections based on works by three writers. I would recommend viewing it for entertainment value. But there are flaws that also make it quite interesting . The first vignette is hard to watch. The dialogue is not realistic. It's only saving grace is Elizabeth McGovern, whose performance attempts to make something out of the story line. But I personally have a hard time believing that someone with her beauty would have sex with a guy who looks like Elmer Fudd just because they are both traveling on the same train. That scene was nauseating.
The second vignette was the weakest of the three. Peter Weller is just mugging and being semi-amusing while Molly Ringwald speaks her lines like someone doing their first high school play. The contrast is stunning when the third segment begins, a story based on Hemingway. James Woods and Melanie Griffith are great in their parts. Suddenly there are characters on the screen who actually seem real. In fact I would suggest watching the last two segments of this movie if I were to illustrate the difference between a talented vs not so talented actors. So "Women and Men" is worth checking out.
Past Lives (2023)
Don't bother.
Many viewers seem to really like this film, but this is a case of mass-delusion. This is a self indulgent semi biopic that is over-long, a slowly paced dragged out film. The characters are two-dimensional, in fact they are only ideas of characters, and are therefore impossible to care about. My advice to those who have not seen it, is to either avoid it altogether, or if you are curious, watch it on tv so you can turn it off when it seems to be going nowhere (because that is in fact its final destination). Personally, I also have a problem with the concept of past lives or reincarnation. It's just people trying to add false meanings to events (or non-events) that occur in their one actual life. In the case of this film, it is just another annoyance factor thrown into the cauldron like "eye of toad". Anyway, when characters on the screen here display emotion, it doesn't work, for the aforementioned reasons about character non-development. I wasted my time watching this based on someone's second- hand recommendation, but you don't have to.
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Nice try
The format of this film seemed interesting at first, but it asks too much of the viewer and becomes a drag. Fatiguing. I stopped trying to care about any of the characters half way through. YMMV, but overall, the film was flawed at its core. It seemed self-indulgent, as well. Three stars.
The format of this film seemed interesting at first, but it asks too much of the viewer and becomes a drag. Fatiguing. I stopped trying to care about any of the characters half way through. YMMV, but overall, the film was flawed at its core. It seemed self-indulgent, as well. Three stars.
The format of this film seemed interesting at first, but it asks too much of the viewer and becomes a drag. Fatiguing. I stopped trying to care about any of the characters half way through. YMMV, but overall, the film was flawed at its core. It seemed self-indulgent, as well. Three stars.
Candy (1968)
The worst
This movie just plain sucks. Don't waste your time. Lots of well known actors, horrible script, no real nudity of the star despite the poster photographs promising as such. Pointless drivel. Marlon Brando called it the worst movie he ever made. I call it the worst movie I ever sat through.