http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3p_G4NLmX0

You know how, sometimes you put too much sugar in your coffee and it comes out sickeningly sweet and you just want spit it up?

You know how, sometimes (extraordinarily rarely)a man can be so beautiful, intelligent and sweet that he seems almost a little too perfect? Like something has to be wrong with him, he just hasn't let you see it yet, and it seems deceptive? (this is why I'm actually very happy that Keanu's bottom teeth are a little crooked, and his eyes are a tiny bit close together and his neck is just a touch wide, it makes me feel so much better, I can't explain it)

You know how, sometimes you're in the company of an obnoxious new couple and they just want to dry hump and lick each others' uvulas all g-d damned day, and you feel sort of awkward? You feel a little turned on, but mostly saddened because all that passion, excitement and devotion is not really in YOUR reality, is it? And you feel it may never be again?

You know how a woman is theoretically pretty by your society's measurements and standards, but she's still repulsive to you? You know how sometimes actresses go a little overboard with the starvation and they look like mannequins in a store window? Like when a woman is thirty and she has the body of a twelve year-old and she looks all bony and uncomfortable? Like one of those bones is about to poke out through her skin if she moves the wrong way?

I don't know :( I don't think I'll ever watch that movie. Sorry, I really didn't mean to be so negative, but this brought me horribly down for some inexplicable reason. I hope there's someone who understands :(

Yes, I think 'cloying' is the perfect word :p

Anyone ever see the original from 1968? I wonder if the Sara in that version was as bats*** crazy and annoying as the Sara in the remake.

http://www.tastemysad.com/2011/05/sweet-november.html

btw, I think I like this blog. ;) :D
thanks for posting the link.

I have a few problems myself with this film ; one of them is finding out that 'they' made Nelson cry artificial tears in that ending scene. and I fell for it, like the fool that I am :D
another would be that almost everything in said film is highly unbelievable - even as a bunch of metaphors.
BUT. as I keep on saying, ANY actor who could keep a straight face while delivering that insane advertising pitch is my hero for life ;) :D
and if there's one thing that I like about the plot, it's the way the whole 'thing' backfires on Sara.

Charlize and Keanu did as well as could be expected with the material I'm guessing. The Sara character's 'mission' makes for an interesting premise, on the surface, but is ultimately unfair and misguided to those she encounters. Sara's kind of predatory selfishness is not my cuppa :).

@LucaM, I only saw his eyes filling a bit & I can deal with it being a little saline drops. It was when he brought that scarf up to his face to smell it that I lost all reserve. Of course that was only the first dozen or so times I viewed it. Now I can look at it without turning into a weeping willow. :)

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nothing backfired LucaM. It all worked out just as it should.

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English=second language here, so I'll try to explain what I meant by 'backfired'.
The way I see it, Sara's plans when taking in the November resident did not include falling in love, accepting she has a serious problem, or reconciling with her family. But Nelson's change was so intense that it changed her in return. She found her match. And while we the audience probably saw it coming, the Sara character didn't.
... nevermind. two people will watch the same movie and yet see two different movies ;)

... by the time he brought that scarf up to his face to smell it I was already lost ;) :D

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... by the time he brought that scarf up to his face to smell it I was already lost ;) :D

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My meaning might be too vague. I meant that she acknowledged that he had allowed her to have the feeling of being in love. But would not bind him to a commitment of a sick wife.
Reminds me of the Bob Thurman quote
"Love is not possession of the beloved but wishing the happiness of the beloved."

Lets face it, an enlightened Nelson with the way he looks...is gonna be able to hook up with the life he deserves. Ya know? The line will be long. lol

wasn't talking about Sara's decision to leave, though. that's... sort of the final twist. while it teaches Nelson the final lesson, that of 'letting go', it also scars him for life. The line will be long, but he'll keep looking for Sara in each and every person in that line...
then again, who knows? Nelson is a survivor. ;)

well when a movie remain on a surface of things , then the feelings of the audience would remain on the surface too .. they could simply LOVE a character or HATE a character ...
Sara is not a saint like 99% of us and selfish like 99% of us , but her selfishness goes on another level because of her situation and it has many psychological level behind it , that if the script would be written good ENOUGH ( I mean not even in a brilliant level ), the character would be more agreeable , and despite the fact the shes not doing the most right thing in the world , you could understand where shes coming from and nod .



i think "THE MASSAGE " of the movie , must've been something like " SEE THE LIFE AND LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST " , but i never get inspired by watching this movie :D

okay time to zip it :D

@ARYA : your insights are interesting . I'm just not sure if Nelson can handle the life perfectly after she's gone .

PS:" English is not my first language either , that's why I sometimes get confused what you folks are talking about :D

no actor always have a masterpiece as an script in his/her hand !!

BTW , i like Bob Thurman :D