Pretty much what I expected. I've avoided this movie since it came out because I didn't think I would like it, ya, that's pretty much it. I never really liked these actors at the time the movie came out, but Robert Downey Jr. and James Spader have become great actors since then. I haven't seem much of Andrew McCarthy, but Jami Gertz is pretty funny in tv's Still Standing.I didn't care for the characters. They were all irritating. Which makes me wonder if that's necessary for a good story. Do the characters in your story need to be likable? I always hear that the audience needs to relate to the characters. I wonder if that's true. Or do the characters just need to be entertaining. Do you need to root for them? Or can a story work if you hate them. I think as long as they're interesting, and you care what happens to them, even if you don't like them, the story will work. In Monster (2003), you sympathized with Aileen Wuornos, but you probably didn't like her. In Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), I doubt you sympathized with the character, you were repelled, and possibly pitied him. I can't imagine you'd like or sympathize with Adolph Hitler in a movie, but you could still be interested in the story. But would you need another character within the movie to relate to. Hmmm. I dunno. In Schindler's List (1993), you didn't like the Nazi characters, but they created an emotional response. You still needed characters to care about though, to draw you into the movie.
The tag line for the movie is “It only looks like the good life”. Hmmm. I guess, if you're the type of person that wants to lead a life like this, then you may be able to relate to the characters more. Unfortunately there may be a lot of people who want to be rich, obnoxious and shallow.
The movie definitely made me think, not so much about what I liked about it, but more for what I didn't. I wonder if I'd like the book.
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