LisaAire

If I had approached this movie as a satire, perhaps it would have been more bearable. Or maybe not. It somewhat feels like a play on 40's-50's movie comedy, but set in the early 1900's. The script (and the acting for that matter) is so flawed, there is no need to even bother going over its flaws. Fassbender clearly lives in the 21st century and Romola is straight out of an overacted tragicomedy play from the 1800's, except she is behaving like a bratty teenager we see on Sweet 16. I hope she was doing it on purpose, otherwise there are no excuses for her annoyance. There is a fine line between funny and annoying. I had to force myself to finish watching this movie just because I am such a huge Fassbender fan. Him, along with Charlotte and Sam, what a waste of talent.

Why do we watch movies? To live vicariously through other people, to step away for a moment, to experience an array of emotions we don't always get to experience in our lives. Its a release. Eat, Pray, Love? Hard to watch. Painful in fact. No release there, no lessons, no joy. Unfounded arguments, I could not for a second feel any compassion or sorrow or even simple understanding for this lady. Only real moment: Javier saying goodbye to his son. It made me angry at this Liz lady, and all her self whiny centered-ness. Bad script, terrible. Common thread: men. Lessons: none. Only positives: the Food, the wine, Javier, Richard, James and Billy. Oh, Eddie Vedder too. And that is it.