Comments on: Extended Thoughts: Closer http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/ Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rot http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20695 rot Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:08:15 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20695 Thanks for the heads-up Bob Thanks for the heads-up Bob

]]> By: kurt http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20687 kurt Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:36:56 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20687 (And Daily Greencine rocks my world....) (And Daily Greencine rocks my world….)

]]> By: kurt http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20686 kurt Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:36:37 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20686 I've emailed David to fix the error. I’ve emailed David to fix the error.

]]> By: Bob Turnbull http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20684 Bob Turnbull Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:29:26 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20684 Just wanted to let you know Mike, that the usually very reliable David Hudson at <a href="http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007101.html" rel="nofollow">Greencine Daily</a> linked this article, but mis-attributed it to Kurt. I haven't seen "Closer" and was never interested in it, but I'll have to reconsider now... Just wanted to let you know Mike, that the usually very reliable David Hudson at Greencine Daily linked this article, but mis-attributed it to Kurt.

I haven’t seen “Closer” and was never interested in it, but I’ll have to reconsider now…

]]> By: Kurt Halfyard http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20667 Kurt Halfyard Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:14:23 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20667 Good call on the FF, I may just do that. I'm sure I've got that DVD kickin' around somewhere. Good call on the FF, I may just do that. I’m sure I’ve got that DVD kickin’ around somewhere.

]]> By: rot http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20657 rot Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:34:10 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20657 bulging goldblum eyes, ah, made my day. bulging goldblum eyes, ah, made my day.

]]> By: rot http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20655 rot Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:29:40 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20655 Just watched it again and it is really surprising to me how much is packed in the film which on the surface looks like your average boys loses girl scenario. A lot is made of the idea of honesty in the film, I can't count the times Dr. Larry thanks someone for their honesty, and this inability of the characters to withhold their secrets thoughts is another way in which this film is not about real people, rather symbolic expressions of some kind of social experiment on display... essentially the moral of the story is you must compromise to stay in romantic love, that any effort to be completely honest and act upon every impulse will get you trapped in a cycle of self-loathing decisions. and Kurt, that strip tease scene is calling out for a finite focus, Clive Owen has never been better than in that scene, and screenwriter Patrick Marber rocks... its showy theatrical dialogue but damn it works. Just watched it again and it is really surprising to me how much is packed in the film which on the surface looks like your average boys loses girl scenario. A lot is made of the idea of honesty in the film, I can’t count the times Dr. Larry thanks someone for their honesty, and this inability of the characters to withhold their secrets thoughts is another way in which this film is not about real people, rather symbolic expressions of some kind of social experiment on display… essentially the moral of the story is you must compromise to stay in romantic love, that any effort to be completely honest and act upon every impulse will get you trapped in a cycle of self-loathing decisions.

and Kurt, that strip tease scene is calling out for a finite focus, Clive Owen has never been better than in that scene, and screenwriter Patrick Marber rocks… its showy theatrical dialogue but damn it works.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20652 Ashley Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:25:18 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20652 I saw it ages ago and really disliked it. But I might have been biased because of my major disklike of three of the leads. The only actor I do admire here is Clive Owen. Still, some scenes have managed to stay in my head even though I saw this at least two years ago. My tastes have definitely changed. I may also have been rushed when I saw it. The play is coming to Toronto early next year. I might check it out, and then I'll look into the movie again. I saw it ages ago and really disliked it. But I might have been biased because of my major disklike of three of the leads. The only actor I do admire here is Clive Owen. Still, some scenes have managed to stay in my head even though I saw this at least two years ago. My tastes have definitely changed. I may also have been rushed when I saw it. The play is coming to Toronto early next year. I might check it out, and then I’ll look into the movie again.

]]> By: Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20643 Andrew James Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:49:29 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20643 I've seen it; and while I don't have time this second to read the novel you've written here, I can honestly say I love the film. I’ve seen it; and while I don’t have time this second to read the novel you’ve written here, I can honestly say I love the film.

]]> By: Goon http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20642 Goon Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:49:20 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20642 I simply find the movie extremely funny and awkward. I love Clive Owen's tantrums. Also Closer inspired these: http://youre-jealous.ytmnd.com/ http://padme.ytmnd.com/ I simply find the movie extremely funny and awkward. I love Clive Owen’s tantrums.

Also Closer inspired these:

http://youre-jealous.ytmnd.com/
http://padme.ytmnd.com/

]]> By: rot http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20639 rot Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:39:21 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20639 I feel compelled to say again, no one listens, no one has seen this film, but I highly recommend people check out Nichol's Wit, it is devastating. I feel compelled to say again, no one listens, no one has seen this film, but I highly recommend people check out Nichol’s Wit, it is devastating.

]]> By: Kurt Halfyard http://www.rowthree.com/2008/12/02/extended-thoughts-closer/#comment-20638 Kurt Halfyard Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:21:59 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=7607#comment-20638 Good Call and thorough insight into this fabulous film, Mike! I absolutely love Mike Nichol's 'relationship/gender movies' (Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf, Carnal Knowledge, Closer) Which each very much reflect the decade they were made in. I wish he actually had one for the 1980s, and 1990s to complete the 'series' Good Call and thorough insight into this fabulous film, Mike! I absolutely love Mike Nichol’s ‘relationship/gender movies’ (Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf, Carnal Knowledge, Closer) Which each very much reflect the decade they were made in. I wish he actually had one for the 1980s, and 1990s to complete the ‘series’

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