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just watched the movie on video last night. WOW! one of smartest and most riveting movies i've ever seen. so well-acted.

natalie portman's the best! she deserved the oscar this year (i can't for the life of me, imagine how cate blanchett won over her, maybe for sentimental reasons. fine she's a great actress, but no way she could've beaten natalie portman in this movie). she was such a revelation in this movie. Alice, her character, has the innocence and sweetness of a young girl, and the passion of a woman in-love, then scorned, then used, then in-love again, then finally, freed.

and Clive Owen, it's my first time to see him in a movie(as far as i can recall, though), and wow, this man can act. galeng nya, grabe. he's doctor larry. funny yung chat nila ni jude law sa net. and the time when he found out that he's been had. ang galeng how he showed both his gentleman-ly side and his almost-animalistic-lust, plus the torment of being had for the 2nd time around by the same man. galing nung pag-transition nung character nya, he was able to show that his bad side has always been lurking around, but what you see is his good side. but in the end, his bad side finally took control over him.

Julia's okay naman, kaya lang mejo distracting yung superstar image nya. i wish na someone with a less stellar status could have been asked to play her character, Anna. (it's the same feeling i felt when i watched War of the Worlds, yung tipong sana hindi si Tom Cruise. dapat parang Matthew broderick sa Godzilla lang, big movie, with not-so-big a star. Big Movie + a Bigger Star = distracting, in my opinion lang). great confrontation scene though, between larry and anna, when she told him that he's been seeing Dan for a year already and they just had something special on their couch. one of Julia's best. kinda reminds you of her erin brockovich. pero buti nga hindi masyado madame yung scenes nya kahit sya yung biggest star sa apat. I just texted Mina nga last night, and i told her, sana mag-horror naman si Julia Roberts, para lang maiba. Jude Law, hmmm, okay din naman, pero i was able to watch Alfie first kase so parang similar lang yung roles. sana nagpalit na lang sila ng Clive ng role, para mejo different naman for Jude.

Great story! deals with man's basic instincts, love and lust! dialouges are smart and provoking! mejo for mature audience nga lang, hehehehe.

and btw, Damien Rice's Blower's Daughter couldn't have been more perfect for the movie. Great Song! Great Voice!

haaaay, lately, sunod-sunod ang mga movies na napapanuod kong maganda.