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Who has seen both Nathalie + Chloe?

posted 12 years ago by kirsty-phillips
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A few things,

- I saw Nathalie first (but only by 24 hours)
- I found Nathalie an excellent, highly erotic film

Going into Chloe so quickly was probably a bad idea as the cynic in me had started quipping before I had even pushed play.
I couldn't get my head round how they would take the smokey, illicit characters of polygamy into an American setting.

The truth is, they don't. The films are completley different with the exception of some quote crossovers and the premise of hiring of a prostitute, everything else is different.

I actually hoped the physical sexual contact between American Catherine & Chloe would be the one bit I had missed from French Catherine & Nathalie. But no, the sex scene was ok at best. The film Chloe has very little to do with sex, it's about trust, nurture, self confidence, and emotional connnections. The sex was a vague extention of these things, but it wasn't really needed.

It's not fair for me to keep mentally comparing kohl eyed Nathalies sexual descriptions... to Chloes floaty descriptions of sandwiches in the park (can't resisit an eye roll)
So despite the effort in doing so, I'm treating them as seperate entities.
I prefer the backdrop, darkness and depth of Nathalie. But Chloe was an ok thriller to watch.

Anyone else?

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[–] Rheli 11 years ago

Completely agree, and even more in the direction you're going. Chloe was a boring experience for the most part while Nathalie is the most erotic film I've seen.

[–] JeopardyLeyton 10 years ago

I saw Nathalie years ago, and just watched Chloe without realising it was a remake until it had started. It reminded me so much of Nathalie I just knew it was a remake without looking it up, so as someone who watched them very far apart, I would say they are very similar.

I definitely preferred Nathalie - it was very much more engaging and more erotic, even if there was less actual sex in it. The cast was much better too - Nathalie was mesmerising and charismatic, it was easy to believe how anyone could become enchanted by her. Chloe was just like any pretty girl, she didn't have the right kind of quality to make it work,

[–] jcgoodwin2 10 years ago

I prefer Chloe because I found the suspense more engaging and the characters more interesting -- particularly Moore's shaken Catherine, Seyfried's tainted Chloe, and the secret desires that both of them have.

I'm a little confused -- you admit that Chloe is about deeper issues than sex, but also claim to enjoy Nathalie for having "depth."

I also sympathized with the husband more in Chloe, seeing as he's never confirmed to be a cheater.

Like many, I don't much care for the ending, but I was engaged by Chloe all the way through. I didn't feel that way while watching Nathalie, but to each their own.