tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post1447404008500820922..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: Love And Other DrugsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-7003390965456120772011-12-09T11:21:28.015-06:002011-12-09T11:21:28.015-06:00Yeah, if they could have honed in on the performan...Yeah, if they could have honed in on the performances and realized what was making them good and shied away from the "twist" later it could have been better. Alas.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-27640264880716082112011-12-09T09:22:34.203-06:002011-12-09T09:22:34.203-06:00I thought this movie was OK, but nothing more than...I thought this movie was OK, but nothing more than that. Hathaway gave a decent performance, but I agree with your thoughts--they didn't start treating her life as problem and disease-filled until it was necessary that they do so. The performances outdo the story or the movie as a whole, but even then, I'm still not surprised there were no nominations from this film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-68364619778182458952011-12-07T20:56:18.519-06:002011-12-07T20:56:18.519-06:00Yeah, when it hits that 60 minute mark it's ju...Yeah, when it hits that 60 minute mark it's just.....game over.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-23714121673968581572011-12-07T16:05:50.227-06:002011-12-07T16:05:50.227-06:00This movie is sort of bizarre, and I shall admit t...This movie is sort of bizarre, and I shall admit that I have been using that word a bit too often as of late, but whatever. It starts of popping, a bit annoying but always certain of what it wants to achieve and then gets better when they meet despite that annoying meet-cute and the two really are impossibly charming together. And, then it hits the 60/70 minute mark and gets ridiculous, and I start getting annoyed minute by minute. I shall always appreciate it for making me realise that I was wrong and Anne Hathaway IS charming.Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-4666631047362704932011-12-05T15:56:28.686-06:002011-12-05T15:56:28.686-06:00Yes. Yes, it is. If Zwick had stayed with the tone...Yes. Yes, it is. If Zwick had stayed with the tone he started with then that scene works (maybe). But he wants it to be funny and then serious and sappy and then funny again and...oh, Lord help us.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-56680237523311688162011-12-05T14:51:35.716-06:002011-12-05T14:51:35.716-06:00This movie is a mess, pure and simple.
My favorit...This movie is a mess, pure and simple.<br /><br />My favorite example of its messiness is the big scene where Jake and Anne break up, and it's because of her disease, and everyone's sad, but that's real life. Then the next scene is of Jake doing ecstasy and trying to have sex with two girls at once and getting a permanent erection for which he needs to seek medical treatment. Wow, that's a comic set piece that should really not have come that late in the movie.Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-76812729098743021442011-12-05T12:07:19.318-06:002011-12-05T12:07:19.318-06:00dtmmr: They did have good chemistry and that was t...dtmmr: They did have good chemistry and that was the best part of the film. I just wish this movie could have stuck to the tone it set early on.<br /><br />Ruth: Agreed. There will never be another Cary Grant or Gregory Peck. I actually just watched a Cary Grant classic I'd never seen - holiday related - for my forthcoming Friday post.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-53306778883482555032011-12-05T10:46:39.348-06:002011-12-05T10:46:39.348-06:00Gyllenhaal as the dot com Cary Grant??! Eh, I thin...Gyllenhaal as the dot com Cary Grant??! Eh, I think Grant would be offended, ahah. I hear some people saying George Clooney is today's Gregory Peck and I scoff that very idea! He can't hold a candle to such a legend, not even close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-55486512463710631772011-12-05T08:59:30.159-06:002011-12-05T08:59:30.159-06:00The film is very messy and can be very obvious but...The film is very messy and can be very obvious but the chemistry between Gyllenhaal and Hathaway is what saved this film for me. Good review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com