my new vibrator is named Clive

[lauralh]

I saw Closer last night and really enjoyed it. I thought it was an excellent study of archetypes: the nebbish who betrays every woman he loves in the cause of his own ego; the typical brute who is true to society's mores; the woman who needs a man to support her but doesn't realize her own strength. Mainly, of course, I was astonished at the intensity of Clive Owen actually distracting me from my former ideal specimen of maleness, Jude Law.

I've liked Clive Owen ever since seeing Croupier all those years ago, but in almost everything I've seen him in, he's not really cast against type. Whereas in this movie he was, but you could hardly tell. Reading the script or seeing the play would make it clearer, but come on, doctors don't look like that. Especially not dermatologists. They are not big thugs with broken noses and unruly hair who don't shave every day. They are true to their girlfriends and wives, maybe stray once or twice, and play the game straight-up. I mean, you don't expect a guy who looks like that to fit so seamlessly into the role, but he did, so well. And such a wonderful counterpoint to Law's fey prettiness and lack of honor.

Perhaps this is yet another signal of men being men again. Not that I'm so anti-metrosexuality, but this, Deadwood, and Sin City seems to be marking a trend.

Comments

[perich.livejournal.com]

Hang on tightly, let go lightly.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I understand that Clive Owen played Jude Law's role in the original theatrical production.

[mindme.livejournal.com]

No one would ever call their vibrator Karl and that depresses me.

[tyrven.livejournal.com]

I really liked him in Croupier; since then I've seen him in some REALLY bad movies, though (not just bad movies, but where his acting completely sucked).

I liked Closer; I didn't feel an attachment to it when I saw it (even though I liked the concept and the actors) but that last scene with Natalie Portman and Jude Law totally makes the film for me.

[daeverra.livejournal.com]

I adore Jude Law and he annoyed the piss out of me in that movie.

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[satanseviltwin.livejournal.com]

Perhaps this is yet another signal of men being men again....Deadwood, and Sin City seems to be marking a trend.

If by the word men you mean "men" or men™ then I would agree with you. That kind of gender persona is such a tired old put-on. At least the metro-dudes have the novelty of being new.