100 more movies like Closer - there are some out there...

Rating: 7/10 (30 January 2005)

I saw this film Closer last week and yes, it was brilliantly acted but what in the hell does the public need a film like this for? It really opens your eyes to the deceptive sexual lifestyle of swapping and swingers that destroys the American family. They advertise that critics (like Rolling Stone Magazine) states - why can't there be a hundred films like it? What the heck do we need that for? Then I realized what they possibly could mean. If you peel back the deceptive layers of Closer, you realize that the writing, acting and the way the relationships were handled - makes for brilliant story telling. The reason I mention this here, (as I have copied to the Sight for Sore Eyes comments) is that there are films out there that are honest and pure of relationships and not buried under special effects, five kids locked in a cabin as they are slashed one-by-one or films just buried in some slick studio marketing scheme of selling action figures and party favors to children. I truly hope that more films like this do get made, whether or not I agree with the content, is besides the point - but back to basic film-making is refreshing.