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The Affair (2004)
Like a mediocre porn film without the sex
After about watching 45 minutes of this film, my wife and I gave up. There was no reason to care about any of the characters. The husband was a bore. The wife needed a career. Viggo needed to grow up. The acting,dialog, and soundtrack was on par with a bad adult film. We sat there predicting nearly every line anyone would say. Except for the wife admitting she had an abortion instead of a miscarriage.
Both the husband's and Viggo's psycho babble about meteors and the planets was laughable. "In wine there is truth" Did the writers really listen to these lines?
It was not ever explained how a woman with no job always had money, the same thing for Viggo. He didn't work, yet lived near the ocean, had a constant supply of marijuana and other drugs, and always had money to go out to the clubs.
When we saw Starr's penis painting and then when she started her chanting, we were rolling in laughter.
It would have benefited from the inclusion of explicit sex and being marketed as an adult feature and we would have maybe appreciated it better after a few dozen bong hits and bottles of wine.
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)
a huge disappointment
I've been a fan since his first album. This film is a disservice to him. The performances, except for one by Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson are simply terrible.
Those by Martha Wainwright, Nick Cave, Antony, and Jarvis Cocker were particularly annoying. Even the one by the McGarrigle sisters was ruined by the so called harmony of Martha Wainwright.
I've never seen my wife get up and walk out of the room on a film before and I found myself fast forwarding through the performances to get to the few interview segments, which were also difficult to watch due to the poor camera work.
There are many who have been able to interpret Mr. Cohen's songs, Jennifer Warnes, KD Lang, Billy Joel, Aaron Neville, and Willie Nelson come to mind, but those people selected for this performance were just awful.
Hopefully there will be another attempt at capturing Leonard Cohen on film that will illustrate his insight, talent, and intelligence.
So sad