Le Divorce
I watched this movie last night. I always mean to go to bed on the weekend nights so I can 'do a lot of work' on the weekends - it never works....
This movie was not as great as I thought it COULD be - it had a nice cast of characters who seemed to be sleep-walking through their roles. I think the interesting bit to me was the way they portrayed the French and how the French handle things like affairs. Very civilised apparently. The other intriguing part were the 'laws' governing divorce in France - where it seems women are at a definite disadvantage. (note to self: DO NOT marry a French man if you ever DO get to that apartment you want in Paris.) ^_^
Once again there seemed to be a crazed husband - this one played by Matthew Modine - who did seem to convey his desperation and emotion on the screen - of course in this film, he shoots the man we want to see get shot (or at least *I* wanted to see shot) - I mean what the hell was the French husband thinking leaving his wife (played by Naomi Watts) for this ditzy (and when I say ditzy I mean that the ONLY shots that they seemed to show of this pretty "Russian" woman were of her babbling/singing incoherently to herself! - um yeah OK).
The other thing is that I believe this movie was labeled a comedy (a romantic comedy?) n'est ce pas? I did not laugh at all during this move - did not cry either - but still I was drawn in a bit - mainly because I can't believe how much of my French I remember. Secondly because I was/am/will always be fascinated with the anatomy of affairs and why we participate in them and what happens when they fizzle out. Finally because the man that Kate Hudson was having an affair with (as his mistress), was gorgeous, (for an older French man). Again, I have to say here that the French just seem so much more at ease with this crap. I don't know if that's good or bad - I wish I could live up to my nom-de-plume and feel that way myself right now.
This movie was not as great as I thought it COULD be - it had a nice cast of characters who seemed to be sleep-walking through their roles. I think the interesting bit to me was the way they portrayed the French and how the French handle things like affairs. Very civilised apparently. The other intriguing part were the 'laws' governing divorce in France - where it seems women are at a definite disadvantage. (note to self: DO NOT marry a French man if you ever DO get to that apartment you want in Paris.) ^_^
Once again there seemed to be a crazed husband - this one played by Matthew Modine - who did seem to convey his desperation and emotion on the screen - of course in this film, he shoots the man we want to see get shot (or at least *I* wanted to see shot) - I mean what the hell was the French husband thinking leaving his wife (played by Naomi Watts) for this ditzy (and when I say ditzy I mean that the ONLY shots that they seemed to show of this pretty "Russian" woman were of her babbling/singing incoherently to herself! - um yeah OK).
The other thing is that I believe this movie was labeled a comedy (a romantic comedy?) n'est ce pas? I did not laugh at all during this move - did not cry either - but still I was drawn in a bit - mainly because I can't believe how much of my French I remember. Secondly because I was/am/will always be fascinated with the anatomy of affairs and why we participate in them and what happens when they fizzle out. Finally because the man that Kate Hudson was having an affair with (as his mistress), was gorgeous, (for an older French man). Again, I have to say here that the French just seem so much more at ease with this crap. I don't know if that's good or bad - I wish I could live up to my nom-de-plume and feel that way myself right now.
posted by Colette at 10:19 AM
2 Comments:
That also explains why the French couldn't understand the whole Lewinsky thing.
The French do strike me as just freaky enough to get a kick out of saving a "stained" dress.
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