Post by Vits on Aug 1, 2020 18:02:32 GMT
LES INFIDELES (THE PLAYERS 2012)
3/10
Tom Jones' IT'S NOT UNUSUAL plays during the title sequence of the anthology GLI INFEDELI (THE PLAYERS 2020). When the song starts playing again, it's natural to assume the end credits are about to roll... but no, there's one last segment. You can't do that! Also, I understand choosing similar songs to have a consistent soundtrack, but a lot of them don't fit with their respective scenes. Just like LES INFIDELES (THE PLAYERS 2012), this remake doesn't provide any real insight into the subject of infidelity. Neither movie is funny, but at least this one isn't crass. It only reuses a couple of segments, while others are new. It doesn't use any of the mini-segments that I guess were supposed to be transitions but just felt pointless. The running time is shorter, even though there are some dialogue-less sequences that go on for far too long.
3/10
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3/10
Tom Jones' IT'S NOT UNUSUAL plays during the title sequence of the anthology GLI INFEDELI (THE PLAYERS 2020). When the song starts playing again, it's natural to assume the end credits are about to roll... but no, there's one last segment. You can't do that! Also, I understand choosing similar songs to have a consistent soundtrack, but a lot of them don't fit with their respective scenes. Just like LES INFIDELES (THE PLAYERS 2012), this remake doesn't provide any real insight into the subject of infidelity. Neither movie is funny, but at least this one isn't crass. It only reuses a couple of segments, while others are new. It doesn't use any of the mini-segments that I guess were supposed to be transitions but just felt pointless. The running time is shorter, even though there are some dialogue-less sequences that go on for far too long.
I couldn't help but notice something during the scene where womanizer Lorenzo flirts with hotel receptionist Julia. He goes to change his clothes and, when he comes back, he finds another receptionist who says that Julia has finished her shift. In the original, Laurent (his counterpart) asked a couple of questions and the receptionist said that Julia wouldn't come back until Monday. He then decided to continue with his pursuit. Here, Lorenzo doesn't ask anything and leaves. He sees Julia the next day (I'm guessing this segment doesn't take place on a weekend), they say hello and nothing else happens because she's too busy. What's the point of these changes? Is it to show that Lorenzo gives up easily (which contradicts the rest of the segment)? There's another scene at a restaurant where a group of friends look at a pair of women from behind. When they turn around, we see the same actors in drag (the characters had talked about the idea that you like to have sex with yourself). It's supposed to be a surprise, but you can already tell that they're men due to the bad shot composition.
3/10
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