Sunday, June 29, 2008
This holds up pretty well on a second viewing, but left me asking the same question: why is Naomi Watts in this movie? She starts off as the main character, only to be overtaken by Viggo Mortensen in the 2nd half, and more or less completely forgotten. She feels like a remnant from an earlier draft of the script. Watts, in addition to being ridiculously hot, is a pretty good actress, so it's a shame that they put her to waste.
Aside from that, you know what movie this one reminds me of? Brokeback Mountain. Sound kinda crazy? Well, when you look back on it, both movies are about men who, because of the society they are in, spend their lives pretending to be something they're not, and as a result end up miserable and without love. Think about that shit for a while.
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