Comments on: 'Two Lovers' – A Young Man Who Would Rather Care for Someone Else Than Be Cared For http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/two-lovers-joaquin-phoenix-vinessa-shaw-gwyneth-paltrow/ Tue, 22 May 2012 13:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Film Talk » The Movie of the Year 2009http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/two-lovers-joaquin-phoenix-vinessa-shaw-gwyneth-paltrow/#comment-1804 The Film Talk » The Movie of the Year 2009 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:03:07 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=519#comment-1804 [...] guy falls in love with both Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw; they love him back.  Kind [...] [...] guy falls in love with both Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw; they love him back.  Kind [...]

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]]> By: StanleyRummhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/two-lovers-joaquin-phoenix-vinessa-shaw-gwyneth-paltrow/#comment-1806 StanleyRumm Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:38:46 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=519#comment-1806 I'm sure it's a good movie, but I won't be going to see it. I generally go to the cinema alone. I prefer it that way, but anyway my wife has little interest in movies even if we did get time off together.<br>So the thought of walking up the ticket office and saying "Two Lovers please" is just too much.<br><br>Another film I felt awkward buying a ticket for was "Michael Clayton". Thankfully I hadn't realised how awkward it was to say it until I was standing there with cash in hand saying it. It just felt wrong somehow. Not entirely sure why with that one.<br><br>Are movies with people's names harder to say at the ticket office?<br>I recall having a similar dilemma paying for Amelie. I think that might have a longer name in other countries (?) but around here it's just called Amelie. The problem for me there though was the young couple who paid before me asked for 2 tickets to "ay-muh-lee-uh". <br>Even though I knew it to be wrong I had a sudden burst of ...FEAR, is the only word I can think of, that I was about to say it wrong. <br>It induced a kind of mental stutter that heard me purchasing "One for the same please". I'm sure it's a good movie, but I won't be going to see it. I generally go to the cinema alone. I prefer it that way, but anyway my wife has little interest in movies even if we did get time off together.
So the thought of walking up the ticket office and saying “Two Lovers please” is just too much.

Another film I felt awkward buying a ticket for was “Michael Clayton”. Thankfully I hadn't realised how awkward it was to say it until I was standing there with cash in hand saying it. It just felt wrong somehow. Not entirely sure why with that one.

Are movies with people's names harder to say at the ticket office?
I recall having a similar dilemma paying for Amelie. I think that might have a longer name in other countries (?) but around here it's just called Amelie. The problem for me there though was the young couple who paid before me asked for 2 tickets to “ay-muh-lee-uh”.
Even though I knew it to be wrong I had a sudden burst of …FEAR, is the only word I can think of, that I was about to say it wrong.
It induced a kind of mental stutter that heard me purchasing “One for the same please”.

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]]> By: StanleyRummhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/two-lovers-joaquin-phoenix-vinessa-shaw-gwyneth-paltrow/#comment-1801 StanleyRumm Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:38:46 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=519#comment-1801 I'm sure it's a good movie, but I won't be going to see it. I generally go to the cinema alone. I prefer it that way, but anyway my wife has little interest in movies even if we did get time off together.<br>So the thought of walking up the ticket office and saying "Two Lovers please" is just too much.<br><br>Another film I felt awkward buying a ticket for was "Michael Clayton". Thankfully I hadn't realised how awkward it was to say it until I was standing there with cash in hand saying it. It just felt wrong somehow. Not entirely sure why with that one.<br><br>Are movies with people's names harder to say at the ticket office?<br>I recall having a similar dilemma paying for Amelie. I think that might have a longer name in other countries (?) but around here it's just called Amelie. The problem for me there though was the young couple who paid before me asked for 2 tickets to "ay-muh-lee-uh". <br>Even though I knew it to be wrong I had a sudden burst of ...FEAR, is the only word I can think of, that I was about to say it wrong. <br>It induced a kind of mental stutter that heard me purchasing "One for the same please". I'm sure it's a good movie, but I won't be going to see it. I generally go to the cinema alone. I prefer it that way, but anyway my wife has little interest in movies even if we did get time off together.
So the thought of walking up the ticket office and saying “Two Lovers please” is just too much.

Another film I felt awkward buying a ticket for was “Michael Clayton”. Thankfully I hadn't realised how awkward it was to say it until I was standing there with cash in hand saying it. It just felt wrong somehow. Not entirely sure why with that one.

Are movies with people's names harder to say at the ticket office?
I recall having a similar dilemma paying for Amelie. I think that might have a longer name in other countries (?) but around here it's just called Amelie. The problem for me there though was the young couple who paid before me asked for 2 tickets to “ay-muh-lee-uh”.
Even though I knew it to be wrong I had a sudden burst of …FEAR, is the only word I can think of, that I was about to say it wrong.
It induced a kind of mental stutter that heard me purchasing “One for the same please”.

]]> By: Joe Nolanhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/two-lovers-joaquin-phoenix-vinessa-shaw-gwyneth-paltrow/#comment-1800 Joe Nolan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:42:12 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=519#comment-1800 Jett, you are right on the money here. I just saw this on a lark on Tuesday afternoon at the Belcourt and I LOVE THIS MOVIE. This is one of - the only? - film on my best of 2009 list thus far. It is a tremendous thing to see complex, struggling, deep, interesting people-being-people on screen. I love your notion of this film as a thriller and I think the analogy fits, however, it is also a romance - of course - and I think we may both feel the need to reach for extra adjectives as we rarely see romance movies with this kind of true beauty. We see lustful cliches, and zany misunderstandings, but scarcely glimpse the thing itself. This movie is a long hard gaze, eye-to-eye, and it spends a lot of time poised in that confused place that finds people crying because they are happy and laughing because they are sad. I am particularly haunted by the two moments in the movie when Gwyneth (on the rooftop, holding Phoenix) and Phoenix (on the couch, with Shaw, at the end of the film) each look directly into the camera with such ravaged intensity that you can't tell if they are feeling love, hate, anger or shame. Probably, all of the above. Jett, you are right on the money here. I just saw this on a lark on Tuesday afternoon at the Belcourt and I LOVE THIS MOVIE. This is one of – the only? – film on my best of 2009 list thus far. It is a tremendous thing to see complex, struggling, deep, interesting people-being-people on screen. I love your notion of this film as a thriller and I think the analogy fits, however, it is also a romance – of course – and I think we may both feel the need to reach for extra adjectives as we rarely see romance movies with this kind of true beauty. We see lustful cliches, and zany misunderstandings, but scarcely glimpse the thing itself. This movie is a long hard gaze, eye-to-eye, and it spends a lot of time poised in that confused place that finds people crying because they are happy and laughing because they are sad. I am particularly haunted by the two moments in the movie when Gwyneth (on the rooftop, holding Phoenix) and Phoenix (on the couch, with Shaw, at the end of the film) each look directly into the camera with such ravaged intensity that you can't tell if they are feeling love, hate, anger or shame. Probably, all of the above.

]]> By: Jett Loehttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/two-lovers-joaquin-phoenix-vinessa-shaw-gwyneth-paltrow/#comment-1799 Jett Loe Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=519#comment-1799 It's a great film - can't recommend it highly enough. It's a great film – can't recommend it highly enough.

]]> By: kileyhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/two-lovers-joaquin-phoenix-vinessa-shaw-gwyneth-paltrow/#comment-1798 kiley Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:23:12 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=519#comment-1798 just watched the trailer....beautiful just watched the trailer….beautiful

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