I saw the movie 3 times. I can say that is not so BAD as the critics said. I am a great fan of Mr Ritchie's movie. Madonna is good as Mr Adriano Giannini. Sure we cannot compare that movie with the Wertmuller's original,.. but in the end I like the movie!
Watch it!
I'm with you. I enjoyed this film. Madonna might not be a GREAT actress, but neither is Renee Zellwegger, and she has a friggin oscar! This movie got mauled by the critics because of their expectations or something. It's definitely watchable.
shareYeah this movies was alright, silly at times but still watchable. Certainly not Guy Ritchie's best work. Was entertaining enough to watch the dude treat Madonna like crap when they first got to the island.
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I agree with your comments. I felt that there was no attempt to give the movie some depth, by exploring the other characters amongst the guests.
I think Madonna played the "rich bitch" to perfection.
The amazing scenery and the haunting instrumental music made the film easily bearable, probably more than bearable. I think the change in attitude towards each other where Madonna finally decides she loves Pepe was not beleivable, but because there was no credible catalyst for this to occur - not because of poor performances. No shared experiences, few hardships, no catastrophe. No feeling that their survival was truly threatened and hence it was relying upon their team work and trust in each other developing from that. Consequently it lacked the feel of truth that it could have. There were no true tender moments between the couple until late in the movie. Just images of them laying in the sun or by the beach.
There was such an absence of sex or love making in the movie, that if you didn't know that her husband was directing it, you'd have thought the Pope had directed it.
For me, the only cougageous or interesting part about the movie was that the director/scriptwriter resisted the temptaion to give it a syrupy ending where they run off into the sunset together, as happens inevitably in most movies.
But for me, this movie has proved that no matter what Madonna's part in a movie or the quality of her performance, she will be roundly condemned by critic, if not totally blamed for the movie's lack of success.
... but I can't believe you're comparing her acting abilities IN A POSITIVE WAY to those of Renee Zellweger. There really is no 'basis' at all.
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I said "Always" because 'True love never dies'.
I also liked it. I expected to hate it and only watched it because I'm a huge Madonna fan. But she was far better in it than she was given credit for - she usually is. The movie falls down in places and there are several cringe-worthy moments, but there are far worse films than this.
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All of you don't know anyhting about quality. I'm sorry but you got NO TASTE and don't understand what's a movie and what's SH*T.
This piece of attempt of a movie can't be called differently.
I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bored watching it. So lame. Gianninis over over over over acting bothered me a lot and Madonna's nonchalance was so fake.
Worst cinema ever.
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This movie wasn't horrible, but it was pretty stupid. It seemed like all they were doing was smoking, and I don't think the acting was very good. Still, it was WAY better than Gigli and I wasn't expecting very much.
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My only remark for this movie:
During this movie I always had to use the remote FF button. Sometimes 20x speed. The lenght of this movie is 89' I finished it in less than 30'
Blown away...
The performance of Madonna is not so good. In my opinion, her performance in her MTV is perfect, but that in this movie...
But this movie is still watchable because of the beautiful view of ocean and the hot guy---Adriano Giannini.
That's all. See it but don't expect too much. Just enjoy the days they sepnt in the island and imagine you are there with your Italian boyfriend.
Not bad but sad... I mean this movie basically says that "true love" will always be destroyed by money and power... The ending makes you feel like the movie has not ended, how could it end like this???!!!
I guess we are living in a "material world"...
I agree. I hadn't seen the original version or heard of the plot line or i would have obvisously seen it coming but my reaction to the ending was one of "are you friggen kidding me with this?"
And although it wasn't the best movie ever made, it was good enough to leave me sad at the end. Then again i'm a madonna fan and yeah we're totally biased.
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I have to say I got pushed into watching this movie.
I thoroughly enjoyed the WHOLE MOVIE.
**With all the ctitics backlash and the star (Madonna) a box office Bomb (other than her role in Evita) I was upset I was going to sit through this one, but I am sure glad I did.
I was wrong, this little piece of cinema is Great. The acting is on par, the scenery was great and the remake alone stood hands above the original.
Give this one a shot. You just might go away scratching your head thinking "why haven't I seen this before now."
Not an Academy Award wining movie but This version of "Swept Away", is NOT that bad!
Enjoy this, as I did.
My boyfriend and I watched this for the first time today, and I have to say...I was surprised..I actually liked it. It's not a movie I'd watch again, but it was entertaining..and it even got a few chuckles out of my boyfriend...which is VERY rare when he watches movies that I make him watch, haha. I didnt get to see the end tho because something came up and I had to tend to it.
shareNo it's not bad, it would never be a huge box office smash because of the nature of film it was, but I enjoyed it.
The middle bit where she falls in love with him was unbelievable and the worst part but I though Madonna was credible as the rich bitch and she did play being in love very well.
Apart from that flaw in the script I thought the style of the movie was brilliant and a credit to Guy.
I people would be more open minded and not listen to critics.
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You have to admit, this movie was a bit twisted. I couldn't believe how many times he slapped her, then kicked her etc... I was expecting a volley of insults etc... but not physical abuse. Then it seemed like mental abuse at times. Truth be told, it gave me the willy's more than entertain me. reason for the willy's was because "Pee Pee" LOL was smacking her around, and she liked it! Then in the end she was in love with her "master?" Sounds like Patty Hurst type crap. I have seen her do worse, what a stretch it was for her to act like herself, LOL. This mess makes me want to watch the original, hopefully it's not so sadistic (i'm not a wuss or anything, I'm just not a fan of women slapping, even if it is Madonna getting the taste smacked out of her mouth) AGAIN, this is just my opinion :)
Hey old man river! Zip it, before I break your hip!~~~~Tyna