tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post5319194996501718556..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Revolutionary Road Warriorblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-44270821940991317942009-02-18T11:58:00.000-08:002009-02-18T11:58:00.000-08:00That's the Kate Winslet effect, which you can see ...That's the Kate Winslet effect, which you can see in <I>The Reader</I> and <I>Little Children</I>, to name two. <BR/><BR/>Basically, any character no matter how despicable, is sympathetic if Winslet plays her. <BR/><BR/>April's an absolute monster, though. Worse in the movie, probably, than the book, because her only humanizing feature is her love for her children--which we never really see in this movie, except (sort of/maybe) for a phone call at the end.<BR/><BR/>Frank's a jerk, but he feels guilt and remorse and demonstrates affection. (April's demonstrations of affection are always self-serving in some fashion.)blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-6496435838417534682009-02-18T11:39:00.000-08:002009-02-18T11:39:00.000-08:00I thought I had read that in the movie, the April ...I thought I had read that in the movie, the April character was presented very sympathetically--quite different from how the book was (supposedly, I haven't read it.) But it doesn't sound that way from your review. <BR/><BR/><I>Of course, now, when he's taking out the trash, he looks pensively up-and-down the street</I><BR/><BR/>LOL! Call the doctor when he starts filming plastic bags blowing in the street.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-62663825959696375942009-02-18T10:55:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:55:00.000-08:00Great review. I didn't know this movie was based ...Great review. I didn't know this movie was based on a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Road" REL="nofollow">book</A>. Whoever wrote the Wikipedia plot summary has a soft spot for the April character.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.com