I done earned myself some serious Spouse Points this weekend, as I volunteered to go with Samwise to watch a romantic movie based on a classic French novel. (Sorry; romantic film.)
Despite the fact that nothing blows up, at least not physically, in this movie, I enjoyed it immensely. It’s certainly pretty, and the acting is wonderful. Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) is beautiful, but the movie makes absolutely no attempt to hide her age, or the physical differences between Lea and her much younger lover. It’s based on a French novel, so of course there is Drama, but it is not stupid drama. One of the reasons I really loathe romances (aside from the lack of boom boom pow and all that) is the creation of artificial obstacles, usually by the device of having the characters act like they have the IQ of warm jellyfish. Here, nobody is stupid – not even Edmee, the very young and innocent wife – and the obstacles are very real, not simply things that would vanish if people stopped being foolish.
Rupert Friend is, of course, the eye candy, but by jingo he can act. As can everyone else in this movie. It’s not often that a movie that would be watchable with the sound off is a thousand times better with it on.
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Nice of you to volunteer.
I’m sorry for “cheating” to do what I’m about to do, but I’d like to offer you my sincere condolences. I know it’s not always a comfort to think that they made it into their 90s. It just means you have even more years of memories with them. Besides, life is the one thing we should all be greedy about, right?