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Two movies in one?

posted 14 years ago by alexbunardzic
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My wife was watching this movie last night on Netflix. I was busy, so I joined her late into the movie -- basically I joined at the point where there was a party in some posh Manhattan apartment hosted by a douche bag classical violinist and his million bucks Stradivarius violin.

From that moment on, the movie felt to me like an insufferable dreck. Acting was atrocious (constant mumbling from the main lead), gratuitous 'romantic' scenes and the unbearably loud and overbearing music. The overall impression was ruinous.

My wife fully agrees with my assessment, however she told me that before this snivelling dreck started happening during the latter part of the movie, the earlier parts of the movie were quite different, very intense and dramatic with very little syrupy sentimentality.

My question is: should I bother watching it from the beginning, or is it really just a pretentious, fishing-for-Oscar over-the-top drivel infested with painful to watch over-acting?

[–] hinebabe8 13 years ago

I always watch the beginning of the movie up to where Herbert plays the violin, then I don't like the rest. It just feels silly. The beginning is much better.

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[–] Treg1980 13 years ago

I'm sorry you feel this way, but it's just the story as it is in the book. The movies screenplay was written by the book's author Pat Conroy and I think Barbra did a great job directing it.

[–] cwbellor 12 years ago

I'm about a year late responding, but it depends. Do you want to see a tragic and disturbing sequence of a mother, son and daughter being raped at the same time? That happens minutes before the scene you walked in on.

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