A Lot Like Love Vs. Closer
The next two movies are less rom-com like in their approach choosing to go into dramedy (dramatic comedy or comedy that’s just simply NOT funny) instead.
A Lot Like Love featuring Ashton Kutcher (70s Show) and Amanda Peet (Jack & Jill, The Whole Nine Yards) playing the leads for once, follows the When Harry met Sally format of rom-coms updated for Generation X (i.e. the story starts sometime in the 90s and proceeds to end in the Millenium).
Closer on the other hand is a character piece, which plots the evolution of two couples: Natalie Portman & JudeLaw and Julia Roberts & Clive Owen. Boy A meets Girl A, Boy A then meets Girl B. Girl B leaves Boy B for Boy A. Boy B hooks up with Girl A. Everyone gets tired of playing musical sex and the plot comes to a resounding end by overcoming some underlying crisis.
In conclusion, A Lot Like Love tries hard to offer something new to the tired When Harry Met Sally tale by giving it a 90's spin complete with weird 90's hair, slang and music at the start of the movie when the characters first meet.No one can beat Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in that classic!
And as the movie gradually progress, we’re supposed to believe that Ashton Kutcher’s character grows and finally realises that Amanda Peet’s the One.
Kutcher’s okay but I would have loved to see Josh Hartnett play this role since he showed quite a range of emotions in my humble opinion, in the heart-breaking Wicker Park. The same range is needed in Kutcher’s character as we see him grow and gradually realise idealistic teenage dreams can’t all be fulfilled, yet he falls short. Peet is great as the leading lady and hopefully she’ll get more leading parts in the future.
In summary, Closer wins out over A Lot like Love because of its more adult portrayal of adult relationships and how people hurt the ones they love the most with their actions. Oh yeah...that and the fact that any flick having Natalie Portman (hot!) researching a stripper role is GREAT in my books!
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A Lot Like Love featuring Ashton Kutcher (70s Show) and Amanda Peet (Jack & Jill, The Whole Nine Yards) playing the leads for once, follows the When Harry met Sally format of rom-coms updated for Generation X (i.e. the story starts sometime in the 90s and proceeds to end in the Millenium).
Closer on the other hand is a character piece, which plots the evolution of two couples: Natalie Portman & JudeLaw and Julia Roberts & Clive Owen. Boy A meets Girl A, Boy A then meets Girl B. Girl B leaves Boy B for Boy A. Boy B hooks up with Girl A. Everyone gets tired of playing musical sex and the plot comes to a resounding end by overcoming some underlying crisis.
In conclusion, A Lot Like Love tries hard to offer something new to the tired When Harry Met Sally tale by giving it a 90's spin complete with weird 90's hair, slang and music at the start of the movie when the characters first meet.No one can beat Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in that classic!
And as the movie gradually progress, we’re supposed to believe that Ashton Kutcher’s character grows and finally realises that Amanda Peet’s the One.
Kutcher’s okay but I would have loved to see Josh Hartnett play this role since he showed quite a range of emotions in my humble opinion, in the heart-breaking Wicker Park. The same range is needed in Kutcher’s character as we see him grow and gradually realise idealistic teenage dreams can’t all be fulfilled, yet he falls short. Peet is great as the leading lady and hopefully she’ll get more leading parts in the future.
In summary, Closer wins out over A Lot like Love because of its more adult portrayal of adult relationships and how people hurt the ones they love the most with their actions. Oh yeah...that and the fact that any flick having Natalie Portman (hot!) researching a stripper role is GREAT in my books!
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posted by NiK! at
5:25 PM
