Closer

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1. ›[ESP-ENG] Film Review: Closer (2004) - Un enredo de amor, pasión y desilusiones.@naath819d

   

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   Hola amigos de la comunidad de Movies & Tv, espero se encuentren muy bien el día de hoy. Quiero hablarles de una película que encontré gracias a un vídeo de TikTok y que es algo antigüa, está película se llama Closer y es del año 2004 dirigida por Mike Nichols y la cual fue aclamada por ser una obra del cine de los 2000 además de ser una historia que te atrapa y que esta llena de enredos, amor, pasión y desilusiones. Es una película que vale la pena ver y que muestra de forma realista el tema de las relaciones de parejas y como el amor puede hacer que algunas veces nos metamos en enredos y que los sentimientos nos hagan actuar de forma poco racional, el amor es algo que simplemente no se piensa sino que se siente. Así que los invito a leer mi reseña de Closer 😳

   Hello friends of the Movies & Tv community, I hope you are very well today. I want to tell you about a movie that I found thanks to a video of TikTok and that is somewhat old, this movie is called Closer and is from 2004 directed by Mike Nichols and which was acclaimed for being a work of cinema of the 2000s besides being a story that catches you and is full of entanglements, love, passion and disillusionment. It is a movie that is worth watching and that shows in a realistic way the theme of relationships and how love can sometimes make us get into entanglements and that feelings make us act in a non-rational way, love is something that simply is not thought but felt. So I invite you to read my review of Closer 😳

   

   ¿De qué trata esta película? - What is this film about?

   

   

   

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   La historia de Closer se desarrolla dentro de la vida de cuatros personajes principales quienes son Dan, Alice, Anna y Larry. Dan interpretado por Jude Law, es un periodista de necrológicas y escritor bastante frustrado quien un día conoce a una joven muy llamativa llamada Alice interpretada por Natalie Portman, una bailarina de striptease cuya vida es bastante alocada y siendo una mujer tan joven siente que el mundo es un lugar en el que hay todo tipo de posibilidades para ser y vivir como mejor le parezca. Pero un día caminando Alice y Dan se encuentren por casualidad y empiezan a conversar, la conversación se extiende de manera que Dan queda muy flechado por esta hermosa joven llena de vida y quien le es muy interesante por lo que quiere seguir viendola y conocerla un poco más.

   The story of Closer unfolds within the lives of four main characters who are Dan, Alice, Anna and Larry. Dan played by Jude Law, is a frustrated obituary journalist and writer who one day meets a striking young woman named Alice played by Natalie Portman, a stripper whose life is quite crazy and being such a young woman she feels that the world is a place where there are all kinds of possibilities to be and live as she sees fit. But one day while walking Alice and Dan meet by chance and begin to talk, the conversation extends so that Dan is very attracted to this beautiful young woman full of life and who is very interesting to him so he wants to continue seeing her and get to know her a little more.

   

   

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   Sin embargo, Dan conoce a Anna una increíble y talentosa fotógrafa interpretada por Julia Roberts ambos tienen una fuerte conexión y aunque en la película no se comprende si ya Dan conocia a Anna antes de tener interes en Alice el seguirá teniendo una relación con Anna mientras en su mente no puede dejar de olvidar a la jovial Alice y su forma tan genuina de ser lo que hace que se sienta aun mas atraído hacia ella. Todo comienza a empeorar cuando Dan empieza una relación paralela con Alice mientras aún mantiene sentimientos por Anna y esto lo hace sentir impotente por no saber que hacer ante esta situación, mientras que Anna a pesar de amar a Dan conoce a un dermatólogo llamado Larry interpretado por Clive Owen quien acude a una cita a ciegas y se encuentra con Anna, para colmo Dan tuvo que ver sin pensarlo en que se diera el encuentro de ambos y esto le hace sentir emociones encontradas.

   However, Dan meets Anna, an amazing and talented photographer played by Julia Roberts and the two have a strong connection and although in the movie it is not clear if Dan knew Anna before he was interested in Alice, he will continue to have a relationship with Anna while in his mind he can't stop forgetting the jovial Alice and her genuine way of being which makes him feel even more attracted to her. Everything starts to get worse when Dan starts a parallel relationship with Alice while he still has feelings for Anna and this makes him feel helpless for not knowing what to do in this situation, while Anna despite loving Dan meets a dermatologist named Larry played by Clive Owen who goes on a blind date and meets Anna, to make matters worse Dan had to see without thinking about it in the meeting of the two and this makes him feel mixed emotions.

   

   

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   Tanto Dan como Anna comienza relaciones paralelas con Alice y Larry y es ahí cuando todo empieza a complicarse porque Dan siente un profundo amor hacia Anna pero no puede evitar volver cada vez que lo necesita a los brazos de Alice, lo mismo ocurre con Anna y Larry quienes formalizan su relación y hasta llegan al matrimonio de manera apresurada, a pesar de que Anna aún piensa en Dan y lo sigue amando. Cómo pueden dos personas querer a una mientras al mismo tiempo sienten algo por otra, hay muchas confusiones y se cometen muchos errores dentro de la relación de cada uno por no saber hablar a tiempo sobre como se sienten realmente y sobre sus sentimientos, muestran de manera muy clara el conflicto del ser humano al momento de tener una relación y conocer a otra persona que parece ser eso que tanto esperaban como pareja.

   Both Dan and Anna start parallel relationships with Alice and Larry and that's when everything starts to get complicated because Dan feels a deep love for Anna but he can't avoid going back to Alice's arms every time he needs it, the same happens with Anna and Larry who formalize their relationship and even get married in a hurry, even though Anna still thinks about Dan and still loves him. How can two people love one while at the same time feel something for another, there are many confusions and many mistakes are made within the relationship of each one for not knowing how to talk in time about how they really feel and about their feelings, they show in a very clear way the conflict of the human being at the moment of having a relationship and meeting another person who seems to be what they expected as a couple.

   

   Mi Opinión - My Opinion

   

   

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   Esta película está llena de enredos y de cambios en la trama la cual avanza y hay ciertos momentos en los que no sabemos que es lo que está ocurriendo realmente. La vida de los cuatro se entrelazan y todo se vuelve un caos emocional, hay sentimientos de por medio que hacen difícil el poder tomar decisiones y el deseo complica aún más el poder hablar de forma clara, Closer nos sumerge en la historia de amor y desamor de cada uno de los personajes mientras ellos van aprendiendo de lo que les sucede y tambien cometen errores que pueden ser fatales en una relación, ellos exploran sus limites y al final se tienen que enfrentar a las consecuencias de sus acciones. Está historia es un enredo de amor, pasión y desilusiones, Closer tiene una duración de 1 hora y 44 minutos de romance y suspenso y la puedes encontrar en la plataforma de Netflix y PrimeVideo y también en otras plataformas de películas online por internet subtitulada o al idioma español.

   This film is full of entanglements and changes in the plot which advances and there are certain moments in which we do not know what is really happening. The lives of the four intertwine and everything becomes an emotional chaos, there are feelings involved that make it difficult to make decisions and desire further complicates the ability to speak clearly, Closer immerses us in the story of love and heartbreak of each of the characters as they learn from what happens to them and also make mistakes that can be fatal in a relationship, they explore their limits and in the end they have to face the consequences of their actions. This story is a tangle of love, passion and disillusionment, Closer has a duration of 1 hour and 44 minutes of romance and suspense and you can find it on the Netflix and PrimeVideo platforms and also on other online movie platforms subtitled or in Spanish.

   

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   Una de las cosas que más me gustaron de este film es la capacidad de mostrar la complejidad del ser humano en sus relaciones, la fugacidad de los encuentros, la forma en que las mentiras siempre salen a la luz y como esto puede destruir la confianza en las relaciones y terminar por destruirlas. Podemos ver que el guión y los diálogos entre los actores capturan la realidad y la complejidad de las relaciones modernas, hay escenas donde podemos ver cómo si las cosas se hubieran hablado y aclarado desde el principio al final podrían no haber terminado mal. Además hay que destacar que las actuaciones son increíbles teniendo en cuenta los actores como Jude Law, Natalie Portman y Julia Roberts quienes cada uno hicieron que la pelicula se sintiera real y que nos adentraramos al caos en el que todos fueron complices.

   One of the things I liked most about this film is the ability to show the complexity of human beings in their relationships, the transience of encounters, the way lies always come to light and how this can destroy trust in relationships and end up destroying them. We can see that the script and the dialogues between the actors capture the reality and complexity of modern relationships, there are scenes where we can see how if things had been talked about and clarified from the beginning to the end they might not have ended badly. In addition, the performances are incredible considering the actors like Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts who each made the movie feel real and made us enter into the chaos in which they were all complicit.

   

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   Sin duda es una de esas películas que tienes que ver con atención para no perderte de ningún detalle y en el que no puedes juzgar la forma en la que sucedieron las cosas porque tal vez los personajes en la historia no tenían la madurez emocional para poder hablar con la verdad desde un principio y poder ver quién era la persona realmente importante para sus vidas. Y así son las relaciones de parejas, complejas llenas de altibajos que hacen que algunas veces sintamos que estamos dentro de un caos pero que si podemos tener la capacidad para aceptar lo que sentimos entonces desde ahí podemos tomar las mejores decisiones y amar a la persona con la que nos sintamos realmente auténticos y dónde las mentiras no existan aunque sea complicado.

   It is undoubtedly one of those movies that you have to watch carefully to not miss any detail and in which you can not judge the way things happened because perhaps the characters in the story did not have the emotional maturity to be able to speak the truth from the beginning and to see who was the person really important to their lives. And that's how relationships are, complex, full of ups and downs that sometimes make us feel that we are in chaos but if we can have the ability to accept what we feel then from there we can make the best decisions and love the person with whom we feel really authentic and where lies do not exist even if it is complicated.

   

   Gracias a todos por tomarse un momento en leer mi post, espero que mi contenido sea de su agrado y también gracias por dejarme sus comentarios y apoyarme, les deseo un bonito día y les envío un fuerte abrazo, nos vemos pronto en un próximo post 💓✨

   Thank you all for taking a moment to read my post, I hope you like my content and also thank you for leaving me your comments and support me, I wish you a nice day and I send you a big hug, see you soon in a next post 💓✨

   

   Las imágenes fueron editadas en Canva - The images were edited in Canva.

   Traducción - Translation with Deepl

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2. ›Closer (film): A wonderful thought-provoking movie@netflixr1318d

   I managed to never see this when it was released in 2004 and didn't know it existed until a good friend of mine insisted that I watch it. Even though I promised for ages that I was going to do so it still took me about a month to get around to actually watching it. While it seemed rather "ho hum" while I was watching it, the entire story is something that sticks with you and makes you think about its nuances for a long time after you have seen it and this is something that not many films can do to a person.

   While the movie might seem a bit hokey or even boring while you are watching it, it's totally worth the time and one of the major things I enjoy about the story is that even once it reaches its conclusion, you aren't really certain about the end. A lot of the experience is left up to interpretation and perhaps you too will end up discussing what happened with friends the same way that I did with mine.

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   This is a love story of sorts and that is a big part of the reason why it took me so long to get around to watching it. Love stories and rom-coms are not my favorite kind of movies so I left it alone for a long time.

   The story starts in a really dumb kind of way where Jude Law meets Natalie Portman for the very first time after making eye-contact from across the street and then she gets hit by a car. He ends up escorting her to the hospital and they hit it off and end up getting involved in a relationship with one another.

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   Portman's "Alice" character is a free-spirited wanderlust type of person whereas Jude Law's "Dan" is pretty straight-laced and serious. He is actually quite boring and "normal" to a degree and this is something that i have encountered in my own life. When people at opposite ends of the personality spectrum end up getting involved with one another, it has been my experience that while it is exciting at first, it almost never ends up working out.

   Alice is really into Dan and is very devoted to him. It might be because of this guaranteed love that he starts to have wandering eyes and on a chance encounter he ends up taking a liking to Julia Robert's "Anna."

   Jude feels as though he has the confidence or ability to woo both of them and does so for a time. This is also something that I have experienced in my own life and once again, it never works out yet so many people pursue it.

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   Clive Owen gets introduced into the mix in another rather dumb coincidental encounter and he represents a more devoted and stable individual as far as relationships are concerned. Once he enters the picture, it puts Dan into a position where he has to choose. Unwilling to do so, he waits until it is too late and then ends up screwing up all of the relationships.

   I'm not going to spoil how this movie ends because I can't do it. There is no definitive ending and we the audience are left to our own devices about what the actual ending is. For some this might seem annoying and if every movie was like this, I would hate it also. Since it is a rarity in reality, this vague ending is actually quite refreshing.

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   In one surprising scene, Portman gets damn near naked and acts in an extremely sexual way and this was a break from what I consider her normal acting style to be. I was really impressed with her in particular in this movie because her character is a lot more emotional than the others and she does an amazing job with the role. This ended up getting Portman nominated for an Oscar but unfortunately she didn't win.

   Should I watch it?

   This is one of the best movies I have seen in quite some time. Don't let the threat of it being a sappy love story turn you off because this film is so much more than that. This is a tragedy of sorts and according to some, it is actually an adaptation of a Mozart opera and the movie is based on a play. While not officially inspired by the opera, it is generally agreed that it draws from it. I've not seen it or heard of it so I don't really have an opinion about that aspect of it.

   I feel as though anyone who has experienced the complications of a failed relationship will appreciate this film even though it is a bit far fetched in many ways. If you can see past that this movie will give you a wide range of emotions including feeling a sense of shame or even hatred towards every single one of the major characters at one point in the film or another. There is no defined "good guy" or "bad guy" in this movie, it is just a representation of how the way that we handle relationships can end up self-destructing even though our intentions are actually good to begin with.

   I really think that most people who watch this are going to walk away being glad that they did so. I know that I am.

   

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3. ›Closer || The ebb and flow of relationships and its reflections in dialogues@cute-cactus1433d

   The film Closer, whose director is an award-winning director and award-winning actors, resembling a parade of stars, was made in 2004 and attracts attention as a production belonging to a cast that has received many awards and award nominations.

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   Making a living writing obituaries sounds pretty interesting. The character Dan (played by Jede Law) from the film Closer does exactly this job, but his dream job is to be a writer. Inspired by the life of Alice (played by Natalie Portman), a character he met in an accident, he writes a book about her. The couple fall in love during the writing and publication of the book. For the cover photo of the book that is ready to be published, Dan goes to the character Anna (played by Julia Roberts), who is a photographer, and falls in love with Anna during the shooting of the pictures. Anna marries Larry (played by Clive Owen), whom she met because of Dan.

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   The whole plot of the film is about the relationships between these 4. None of them is faithful to their relationship and they cheat on each other in a cross-match. The ebb and flow and contradictions experienced throughout the relationships are reflected in the dialogues and the arguments of the couples make the film gripping.

   Considering the names in the cast and director cast, we can naturally meet the high expectations, but we can only see the gripping effect in the dialogues. They shout the ugly face of infidelity at every opportunity and lies between spouses and lovers are flying in the air, so to speak. Strangely, they sometimes choose honesty in relationships and confess their infidelity to each other. In mutual dialogues, they shout the details of the forbidden relationships in their faces as if they hurt each other.

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   Despite all the ugliness, the 4 cannot fully separate from each other and cannot continue on their way in a way that has solved the problems. During the viewing, you witness the words "I love you" suddenly turn into "I hate you". It arouses curiosity about the direction in which very fragile relationships will continue.

   Closer may push the moral boundaries for many people, I say this not for the scenes in the film, but for the dialogues and the distortions in the relationships. It was interesting that a stripper summarizes the difference in how moral the logic of "you can see where you want, but you can't touch me" would be and how much it would separate her from a prostitute with a relationship in exchange for money. It is difficult to distinguish between a prostitute having sex for money and a stripper showing her whole body for money.

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   For writers, meeting new people and falling in love with someone can provide inspiration for writing. Dan's love affair with Alice, whom he meets by accident, is exactly what inspires the author to write a book about her, and Alice's stripping at the time provides the most important material for the book. A relationship that starts off warm and ordinary gets out of control with the intervening third and fourth parties, leading to unusual events and dialogues. Director Mike Nichols handles the dialogues and out of control events well throughout the film and reflects them well to the audience on the screen.

   The strangest scene in the film was when the abandoned husband wanted to be with his wife for the last time to sign the divorce agreement. Choosing to fulfil this request rather than dealing with the court process that will last for years can be seen as an understandable situation, but it is also an issue that will bring many debates.

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   I can say that the film is gripping in terms of watchability. I must say that I found the reflections and dialogues interesting in the film where relationships are taken as the main theme. You can watch the film, but I have to warn you about some dialogues and slang words. You should be careful with whom you watch the film!

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