In Reply to: Sideways: posted by tinear on February 2, 2005 at 13:14:05:
do you get out much?
The guy's wife left him because he is such a self-centered loser. You may think attractive women find it attractive for a guy to give them zero eye-contact on a first date and spend most of the time thinking of their ex, and then to ignore a cautious romantic overture. Listen, talk this film over with women, puhleeese. It's obvious a geeky guy who wrote a fantasy. Seriously, have you ever known, personally, a guy like that character that ended up with a babe? No. He'd have ended up with the chubby waitress----if he was lucky.
Oh, the fourth good performance was, of course, that of the waitress: she gave 2 good ones...
Let me emphasize how GREAT I think the two women and the actor guy were: his performance is Oscar caliber.
Giamatti's character was a nice counterpoint but exactly the same irascible character we've seen in countless other movies. The actor, on the other hand, was an unforgettable original.
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Follow Ups
- To the guys who loved this movie and disagreed w/me below: - tinear 18:18:57 02/03/05 (9)
- Re: To the guys who loved this movie and disagreed w/me below: - Analog Scott 08:29:40 02/05/05 (6)
- Ok, you're right. Divorced babes are attracted to - tinear 07:07:58 02/06/05 (5)
- Re: Ok, you're right. Divorced babes are attracted to - Analog Scott 08:18:51 02/06/05 (4)
- Exactly what is incorrect? Giamatti's description? His "pass?" - tinear 11:24:40 02/06/05 (3)
- Re: Exactly what is incorrect? Giamatti's description? His "pass?" - Analog Scott 12:29:01 02/06/05 (2)
- Please, please, Scott, ask Virginia - tinear 05:17:41 02/07/05 (1)
- Re: Please, please, Scott, ask Virginia - Analog Scott 14:55:42 02/07/05 (0)
- I saw it with my wife - mvwine 07:30:45 02/04/05 (0)
- I'm surprised that you can be so effected/triggered by the character and still not think the actor did a good job. - sjb 07:14:07 02/04/05 (0)