[Claire]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

The other screener I found most swanky was Closer. I think I ought to rent more Mike Nichols films. This was a fascinating tale of messed up love affairs between four well-drawn characters. Clive Owen certainly deserves his Academy Award nom, and there were surprisingly great performances from actors who've certainly turned in their share of drek over the past few years. Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman were flat-out terrific. The clever dialoge and dead-on sexy situations made this a pretty good swankfest. In the end, I was taken by how much the clever dialogue really revealed about these characters with some good acting ladled over the script. A brutal story of hurtful love among four of the more well established movie characters I've seen in quite a while.

I looooooved this movie and not (surprise!) because of Jude Law, although I thought he was intensely dreamy. He was overshadowed by Clive Owens and Natalie Portman...amazing. I'm seeing it again tonight with a girlfriend who hasn't seen it and my sister who has (we saw it together and agreed immediately to see it again). Mike Nichols is an actors' director. He's so good.

Giant was good! I hadn't seen it since high school when I was in my James Dean phase. Damn, but he and Rock Hudson were H-O-T. I watched some of the supplemental stuff. What's weird is that the next movie I have lined up is A Place in the Sun. Same director and Elizabeth Taylor.

We also have Seinfeld Season 1 &2 sitting on the shelf. I'm not sure if I'll get to it anytime soon......I'm not all that excited about it.