I liked this movie but I did think the story was somewhat weak and not told in a truly great way.
Its ending isn't to my liking, really. I mean Tom Berenger's character should have been rejected as far as I'm concerned. That would have been more interesting. Now, the guy had it both ways. He got to have his cake and eat it too. He got to have sex with Mimi Roger's character and he got to keep his cozy family with the kid and Lorraine Bracco's sympathetic character. This sucks to me.
All he really got was a slap (punch?) in the face. His wife cried and got angry but then later he says "I do love you" and she takes him back. It's kind of sad. What does that mean, anyway? When he says "I do love you"? Does it mean "It's become clear that when I meet another woman I like I might just betray you and jump into bed with her...but I do love you"? I thought it was a weak line and it makes Lorraine Bracco's character come across as weak too when she decides to take him back. He should have ended up alone. Divorced. A dramatic ending is what it should have been. Not this sweet, lovely, reassuring "Even after infidelity all can still be just as before" ending. It's not powerful, if you ask me.
I thought it could have been more erotic. It would have made for a more memorable movie. There's a moment where the villain approaches Mimi Roger's character in the ladies room. She's full bosomed and dressed classy. He puts his hand between her breasts, grabs her dress and pulls her towards her. This certainly kept me from nodding off. It was exciting. If the story would have been rewritten to accommodate more of that kind of thing it would have been awesome. Now, overall, it's a tad too restrained for a movie about seduction, in my opinion. Mimi and Tom have conversations and they look at each other...but the real magnetism isn't felt. Or at least it wasn't by me. There should have been a proper sex scene. Show us the passion!
The movie does work but it's like you're looking from a distance to an extent. Part of the power of cinema is that you can be put inside the story and see it from an angle that you can't really in real life. This could have been used to a greater extent, I feel. It all could have been ramped up a bit more. Made to be more powerful than it is now.
Its ending isn't to my liking, really. I mean Tom Berenger's character should have been rejected as far as I'm concerned. That would have been more interesting. Now, the guy had it both ways. He got to have his cake and eat it too. He got to have sex with Mimi Roger's character and he got to keep his cozy family with the kid and Lorraine Bracco's sympathetic character. This sucks to me.
All he really got was a slap (punch?) in the face. His wife cried and got angry but then later he says "I do love you" and she takes him back. It's kind of sad. What does that mean, anyway? When he says "I do love you"? Does it mean "It's become clear that when I meet another woman I like I might just betray you and jump into bed with her...but I do love you"? I thought it was a weak line and it makes Lorraine Bracco's character come across as weak too when she decides to take him back. He should have ended up alone. Divorced. A dramatic ending is what it should have been. Not this sweet, lovely, reassuring "Even after infidelity all can still be just as before" ending. It's not powerful, if you ask me.
I thought it could have been more erotic. It would have made for a more memorable movie. There's a moment where the villain approaches Mimi Roger's character in the ladies room. She's full bosomed and dressed classy. He puts his hand between her breasts, grabs her dress and pulls her towards her. This certainly kept me from nodding off. It was exciting. If the story would have been rewritten to accommodate more of that kind of thing it would have been awesome. Now, overall, it's a tad too restrained for a movie about seduction, in my opinion. Mimi and Tom have conversations and they look at each other...but the real magnetism isn't felt. Or at least it wasn't by me. There should have been a proper sex scene. Show us the passion!
The movie does work but it's like you're looking from a distance to an extent. Part of the power of cinema is that you can be put inside the story and see it from an angle that you can't really in real life. This could have been used to a greater extent, I feel. It all could have been ramped up a bit more. Made to be more powerful than it is now.