Blown away…..
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Alex_Priest — 18 years ago(July 22, 2007 09:06 AM)
I've seen both the original Giancarlo Giannini one and the Richie-Madonna Remake.the original is for sure superior,more dramatic,more realistic and with better actingBUT the remake wasn't as bad as people saidok,it was more of a comedy than a serious film IMO,while the original one was almost 100% serious dramanonetheless,the remake still entertained and touched me+ if u think that 28 years after the first one,we get Giannini's son,Adriano to star in the remake,it's pretty amazing
I believe there were 3 reasons for which people hated the remake:
1.They had seen the original one and they didn't like the different tone the remake had
2.They were Richie fans,so they were expecting a far more serious storysthg complex like Lock Stock or Snatchrather than just a comedy with some drama in it(which,I believe was too shortthe 1st one focused more on the relationship that was created on the island between the 2 "cast-aways")
3.They were Madonna haters,so no matter how much effort she put to make the movie believable,they bombed the movie.(yes,I do believe that Madonna did a pretty good job here..not Oscar worthy performance,but still goodhaters must ask themselves:if Madonna wasn't famous as she is now,but she was one of those actresses that appear in just one movie and then disappear,would they have hated the movie as they did?Yes is not an answer here)
So,that's my advise..forget all the people involved in the movieforget all the big names.lay confortable on ur couch and enjoy the movie:^)
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kristinarnors — 18 years ago(August 09, 2007 01:44 AM)
I totally agree with you, I think this movie is surprisingly good, and I don't say that about many films I have actually watched it a few times now and it gets better with each time. Guy Ritche is a great director.
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Devotion — 11 years ago(June 12, 2014 07:22 PM)
I agree with you Culver01. After hearing the movie bashed for over a decade, I thought I'd give it a watch Perhaps expectations were low, but I liked it. Enjoyed it, even. I thought Madonna did good.
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zee944 — 10 years ago(December 15, 2015 01:29 PM)
Yeah, the critics were really disgusting towards this movie. They wanted to hate it, because a well known director did it for his wife who happened to be Madonna. And it was a remake, too. So they hated it in unisono.
But people were disgusting too, most of them jumped on the same bandwagon.
This movie is not perfect (in fact, some of it is very well done), but nowhere, really nowehere near as bad as it was reviewed. -
Thats_A_Print — 11 years ago(September 06, 2014 01:04 AM)
The ending reminded me of Immortal Beloved when Beethoven leaves a love note to his mistress and she never gets it from the Hotel keeper who hid it under her meal tray. ALl those years they spent apart because of the note never being delivered. So sad.
The ending to Swept Away was heart wrenching to see him see the love of his life leave. But he would never follow her because in their phone call after being rescued he told her "now you are back in charge" when he fell in love with her. He told her " I will do whatever you say" he loved her so much and did not know how much until they were rescued. He was tested to find out he loved her more. He though she failed the test by returning the ring in the envelope and that because she was in charge and he would do whatever she said, he took the ring sent back as her saying to stay away that she did not want him. Such a sad misunderstanding.
I would like to see a sequel where a decade later they find each other again by bumping into each other.. Something like that movie Before Sunset sequel to After Sunset.
End of line.