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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 335440" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That's one of the things we loved about the movie - seeing Alec Baldwin playing himself, so brilliantly! Watching him up on the screen you could really understand that yes, he could easily have done that.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, about that incident - Kim was as bad as him, posting that message on YouTube or wherever it got leaked.</p><p></p><p>No, in the movie, the guy he plays is sympathetic, sort-of, you CAN see how things happened and you can see the attraction and the fun, but you can also see the flip side and - yes, it IS complicated. </p><p></p><p>But very well done.</p><p></p><p>Steve martin comes out smelling like roses, Alec Baldwin's character does not. But you can also see that it's not b/w, it is more complex than that. You can't be married to someone for that long, produce children, and not recognise that once, at some time, there was something important between you. Otherwise, what do their children represent?</p><p></p><p>I don't want to say too much because it will give away too many surprises, but it's a good film for Alec Baldwin fans as well as Alec Baldwin haters. I guess it's more about balance, and finding your own centre in the midst of all the confusion. Even when you feel there is no confusion any more, everything is OK.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes it isn't as OK as you thought.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it will stay in the cinemas long, certainly not here in Australia. it's not a summer holidays film. Yesterday there were about six people in the cinema. Counting us.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, it took a bit for us to get used to Steve Martin looking - sculptured. His eyes don't look quite right. But Streep's character is against plastic surgery, that comes across well, early in the film in a rather fun scene.</p><p></p><p>Seeing Alec Baldwin's character struggling with his new wife and her bratty five year old son was fun. Very good therapy for any former wife whose husband traded her on a newer (and shrewder, it turns out) model. Revenge can be unexpected.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 335440, member: 1991"] That's one of the things we loved about the movie - seeing Alec Baldwin playing himself, so brilliantly! Watching him up on the screen you could really understand that yes, he could easily have done that. Mind you, about that incident - Kim was as bad as him, posting that message on YouTube or wherever it got leaked. No, in the movie, the guy he plays is sympathetic, sort-of, you CAN see how things happened and you can see the attraction and the fun, but you can also see the flip side and - yes, it IS complicated. But very well done. Steve martin comes out smelling like roses, Alec Baldwin's character does not. But you can also see that it's not b/w, it is more complex than that. You can't be married to someone for that long, produce children, and not recognise that once, at some time, there was something important between you. Otherwise, what do their children represent? I don't want to say too much because it will give away too many surprises, but it's a good film for Alec Baldwin fans as well as Alec Baldwin haters. I guess it's more about balance, and finding your own centre in the midst of all the confusion. Even when you feel there is no confusion any more, everything is OK. Sometimes it isn't as OK as you thought. I don't think it will stay in the cinemas long, certainly not here in Australia. it's not a summer holidays film. Yesterday there were about six people in the cinema. Counting us. Mind you, it took a bit for us to get used to Steve Martin looking - sculptured. His eyes don't look quite right. But Streep's character is against plastic surgery, that comes across well, early in the film in a rather fun scene. Seeing Alec Baldwin's character struggling with his new wife and her bratty five year old son was fun. Very good therapy for any former wife whose husband traded her on a newer (and shrewder, it turns out) model. Revenge can be unexpected. Marg [/QUOTE]
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