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Don't waste a Netflix pick. I mean, figured it would be bad, given that it was out in the theatres for what one week? But I figured, hey, they shot in Venice, at least it'll be fun to look at, so I can relive my memories of Venice. Did that in first 10 seconds, and the rest wasn't worth watching. I don't care what Jake Gyllenhaal thinks -- Heath Ledger is NOT attractive, and he's just not interesting to watch. And it was no fun watching Oliver Platt and Jeremy Irons play 2-dimensional buffoons, no matter how talented they are. Only made it through the first half or two-thirds or so, before deciding I cared more about finishing my book than I did about sitting through the end of this piece of dreck.
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I caught it on an airplane flight recently. The flight was a reroute to O'hare (when I should have been headed to Newark) and what a dismal outcome that was, a bit like being rerouted from purgatory through hell. Anyway we at least got those little mini-tv screens and I kept toggling back and forth between Casanova and The New World, hoping to catch fight scenes or some exposed chocolate chips. Oh right, it was a plane movie and they edit those. Neither film was really captivating for me and the screens kept getting interupted by turbulance. Oliver and Jeremy were the highlights for sure. Q'Orianka Kilcher was good, mostly because she had an interesting face, reminding me of Andie McDowell, or perhaps Maggie Q. Oh wait, wrong film. I liked Lena Olin, mainly because she was in Alias. Needed more sword fights. Then again, pretty much every movie could be improved with more sword fights, even King Kong.
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