{"id":784,"date":"2009-10-23T18:34:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T16:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.wordpress.com\/?p=784"},"modified":"2010-09-24T19:19:01","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T17:19:01","slug":"the-other-man-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-other-man-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other Man starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Other Man starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Can I have another movie? Another movie where Antonio Banderas<\/a> teams up with Liam Neeson<\/a>? Because this can’t be it. It shouldn’t be. Liam Neeson is a marvelous actor. I have tremendous respect for his work. No matter what the genre, he shines through his role. Take a look at Nell, Schindler’s List, Michael Collins, Love Actually, Kinsey…The list goes on. And last but not least I have seen him in Taken- a breath-taking action drama, where he proves to be an impressive action hero – at the age of 56, which is downright cool. And in the same year as Taken, I saw him in The Other Man, where he plays the husband, as opposed to the other man portrayed by Antonio Banderas. And Antonio Banderas is a good actor. Sure he has to play roles\u00a0that greet his Hispanic roots (he has never mastered the\u00a0American accent, as you might have noticed)\u00a0and this of course blocks his diversity to some level but other than that,\u00a0he is\u00a0almost always fun to watch. And\u00a0under normal circumstances, he would\u00a0be perfect to play the lover. He\u00a0has made a name for himself for being hot – and rightfully so. Remember Desperado<\/a>? Femme Fatale? Original Sin? Never Talk to Strangers? Even if he played guys that fall for the lead\u00a0females\u00a0deceptive ways (apart from\u00a0Desperado), he is perfect as the sexy man. Hell,\u00a0the first two Spanish guys\u00a0\u00a0were blonde, boyish and not nearly half as masculine.<\/p>\n

So normally, it is a good idea to cast Neeson as the devoted husband who gets crushed to find out his wife had an affair. And it would make perfect sense that a woman could fall for an exotic looking stranger. But then there is the movie plot where I didn’t get or\u00a0sympathize with any of the characters.<\/p>\n

The movie overall has a very dark, gloomy and tedious atmosphere. Instead of mystery and curiousity, boredom is much more likely to happen. I couldn’t understand for the life of me why Laura Linney’s Lisa would fall for Antonio’s Ralph. He doesn’t have anything going for him (not even looks- you should see the haircut and the white socks). He is an average guy who doesn’t even have an ounce of mystery around him (well- that’s what you think a woman cheating on a devoted,stable and predictable husband would go for). So Lisa cheats and we can’t see why. I can’t see what it is about Lisa that made those two men love her that much…<\/p>\n

Did I not go into the plot? Well, when Peter (Neeson) finds out, he finds out who and where he is and sets out to…well to kill him. The cat and mouse thing gives the movie a little thrill, but then it is slow again and the twists we get\u00a0do\u00a0more harm than good.<\/p>\n

If it hadn’t\u00a0been\u00a0a movie with Neeson and Banderas – and I really like Laura Linney’s work too\u00a0 (especially\u00a0The Life of David Gale <\/a>with Kevin Spacey<\/a>) – I would have just said that it was a slow movie and not exactly my thing. But I know how much excitement the actors can bring to the right parts and how capable they are of picking good scripts. So the result is disappointment and well, hopes for a reunion – fingerscrossed, with a different\u00a0director and a screenwriter.<\/p>\n

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Sounds and looks promising? Yes. Interesting and intelligent? No.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Posts Featuring Antonio Banderas<\/strong><\/p>\n

OF LOVE AND SHADOWS (1994)<\/a><\/p>\n

Favorite Revenge Movies<\/a><\/p>\n

Thick as Thieves<\/a><\/p>\n

Dispara<\/a><\/p>\n

Actors, getting naked and their take on nudity<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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