Comments on: Closer http://yannisms.com/archives/2005/03/06/closer/ watching the world go by Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:20:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ash http://yannisms.com/archives/2005/03/06/closer/#comment-3368 ash Sun, 06 Mar 2005 15:55:36 +0000 http://intransit.cynics.info/archives/2005/03/06/closer/#comment-3368 Natalie Portman in the pink wig reminds me of Scarlett Johansson in Lost In Translation. Natalie Portman in the pink wig reminds me of Scarlett Johansson in Lost In Translation.

]]> By: boh liao http://yannisms.com/archives/2005/03/06/closer/#comment-3367 boh liao Sun, 06 Mar 2005 13:11:30 +0000 http://intransit.cynics.info/archives/2005/03/06/closer/#comment-3367 i find the julia roberts portrayal very amusing cos in a lot of ways, i think it mirrors her messed up emotional life/relationships. The other might be acting but i thought hers was the most intriguing cos one keep thinkg, "how much of it is her ? " If there is really much of her in the performance, its a courageous way to act ,feeding on your actual experiences/emotions so fully, leaving yourself extremely exposed. Larry and Dan are both the same in the intensity of their obsessions. somehow I dont qualify their passions/emotions as love. Just obsessions.They are both alpha males, just that Larry is the more brutal/manipulative one. Both pissed (figuratively ) over their "territory" and are enraged when their "territory" are breached. Movie more about the two men than about relationships? Sex/the women are merely the battefields upon which they wage their war. Just my thoughts. Actually throughout the movie, i was ruminating on the beauty that is julia roberts. In her "presence", i am contented. oops. i find the julia roberts portrayal very amusing cos in a lot of ways, i think it mirrors her messed up emotional life/relationships. The other might be acting but i thought hers was the most intriguing cos one keep thinkg, “how much of it is her ? ” If there is really much of her in the performance, its a courageous way to act ,feeding on your actual experiences/emotions so fully, leaving yourself extremely exposed.

Larry and Dan are both the same in the intensity of their obsessions. somehow I dont qualify their passions/emotions as love. Just obsessions.They are both alpha males, just that Larry is the more brutal/manipulative one. Both pissed (figuratively ) over their “territory” and are enraged when their “territory” are breached. Movie more about the two men than about relationships? Sex/the women are merely the battefields upon which they wage their war.

Just my thoughts.

Actually throughout the movie, i was ruminating on the beauty that is julia roberts. In her “presence”, i am contented.

oops.

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