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Bliss (1997)
beautiful
I truly enjoyed this movie. I rented it to watch alone, my wife out of town for the weekend, and I am definitely going to get her to watch it with me when she comes home. There were a few scenes that strained my ability to believe, such as when the main character would attempt to advise strangers, but they ended up really just providing humorous relief. I can't really imagine the modern practice of Balthazar's profession as presented in this movie, but everything else was intuitively spot-on. The movie is erotic, but even more importantly, it is a richly layered love story, one that I personally, really became invested in emotionally. There aren't too many movies that focus on the relationship within marriage, and give powerful hope for the unimaginable possibilities within it. Bliss definitely does this. It's very real, and I thought the acting was excellent. Perhaps I'm easily moved, but I found myself sitting close to the screen, fully emotionally locked into the script. My grade? A-
Femme Fatale (2002)
quite entertaining
What disappoints me is that "sucked" is the subject line of the only post viewable on the main screen, I should have read more to get a balanced view before watching it, rather than being prejudiced by critiques that I don't agree with. It's funny how those who critique a film often sound as if they themselves could make a better movie.
Personally, I quite enjoyed the film, and grew to truly hate the main character, which (without spoiling it) proved to work quite well dramatically in the big picture. I was in suspense for most of the film, and emotionally drawn in, and the cinematography was quite nice. Not my favorite genre of film overall, but surely a top-notch film of this style.