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There's a good movie in there somewhere

posted 15 years ago by glenn212
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**spoilers included**

First, let me say I was really excited to see this film because of all the rave reviews, however I found the story melodramatic and not completely believable.

Tilda Swinton is a fascinating and brave actress, and I think the film is only getting so much attention because of her. I liked her performance, but I did not fully believe her character's actions. Certainly not in the final scene. I could buy the love affair, but I can't buy a woman turning her back on her entire family at that particular moment of tragedy, no matter how much she wanted to be with her lover. And did it really have to be such a melodramatic departure? I found it astoundingly laughable.

There were far too many longggg sequences of snowy Milan, mountainsides, flowers blowing in the breeze and out of focus windows. After five or six flower shots, I get it. Move on.

Basically, the direction is bloated, and the story pushes the bounds of plausibility a bit too much for my taste. Still, having said all this, it's always great to see a movie that provokes such strong reactions.

[–] ewdot2480 15 years ago

(SPOILERS AHEAD) what you said, how could she leave her family?

I mean, you are the reason for your beloved son's death ... you barely mourn, you tell your loving husband that you love Antonio ... you fly into the house, change your clothes ... you desert your impressionable daughter and other son and flee AS your dead son's baby is to be born??? (SPOILER END).

If that's the real case/message of the film, than that's one Hell of a weird, tragic outcome for Tilda's character.

No??

[–] thirtyspokes 15 years ago

"Barely mourn"??

Well, it was implied that she laid in Edo's bed for days possibly without moving... until the housekeeper made her get up for the funeral. Then she walked around in a helpless daze.

As people are going through intense grief, they sometimes make rash, drastic, life-altering decisions. Like... literally running out of the house on one's family to go live in nature with a lover.

[–] susieq8684 14 years ago

There were far too many longggg sequences of snowy Milan, mountainsides, flowers blowing in the breeze and out of focus windows. After five or six flower shots, I get it. Move on.

I agree that was one of the things that made me not like this movie.

[–] poc-1 14 years ago

Good comment.

There are plenty of flaws in this movie, cinematic over indulgence in lots of scenes.

But it does one thing really well - the character arc of Emma.
She goes from the ultimate Recchi wife to become independent again. It is this journey of self-rediscovery that works in the movie. She finally realises that she cannot be a kept woman."You no longer know me" is the moment.

The rest is rather flimsily held together with scenes which would be better used in chocolate and shampoo advertisments and plot devices from Miss Marple.

I think I watched this movie going through all different emotions:

This is *beep* this is total self-indulgent poo... can't walk out, wife seems to like it... nice scene there... keep the boom out of shot... what did she say? I am lost... ok I get it now... good ending.