Okay, so I saw this several weeks ago and wasn't going to post on it at all, but then I saw Lara's review of it. And I agree with her on the artistic and thought-producing aspects of the movie, but I just wasn't thrilled by it. When the movie was over, I felt like I had read Chapter One, and was waiting on the next installment. It just had this "and then what happened?" feel to the ending. I had to look at the clock to tell myself that an hour and a half had truly gone by, because it just felt like an episode of a show, rather than a full-length movie.
And I know that the sex scenes showed how the marital relationship had changed, but they just felt voyeuristic. Watching the first one felt like an intrusion on a couple's intimate moment, and the second one (being much angrier) felt like a weird fetish porno. I was uncomfortable watching both of them. I usually don't mind a gratuitous scene now and then (it gives you time to focus on your knitting for a moment), but these just weirded me out. As much as I love Viggo, and certainly don't mind a bum shot of him, these scenes were a waste.
What I did like about the movie (maybe the only redeeming thing for me), was how schizophrenic Tom Stall (Viggo's character) was in his fight scenes. It was so on/off for him to be serving coffee to a local, then punch the bad guy / whirl around / stab him in the foot / shoot the other guy / shoot the first guy ... aaannnd stick the dismount! The motions were ingrained enough in him that he didn't have to think about what he was doing. He was just fluid. Maybe that's my action movie -lover coming out, but whatever.
My rating: almost bad enough to want the time back. But maybe I just wasn't in a "thinky" mood. I was hoping for a more thoughtless flick.
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