reminded me of a friend who realized, while honeymooning with his wife in Europe, that it wasn't going to last. Shortly after their return to the US, they divorced.

Damn, Bill Murray is always right.

@1 He is, isn't he?

watching couples argue is near the top of my list of Movie Subjects I Have No Interest In Watching, right after rape.

@3 Fortunately, it's only a small part of the film. Call me crazy, but I enjoy films about unhappy couples (Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now is one of my favorites). Happy couples can be a little boring. On film, at any rate. Sometimes in real life, too...

I wasn't bored while watching this film, but ultimately, I felt like it was a lot of atmosphere and very little substance. The cinematography is gorgeous, the acting is good -- but I just felt totally unmoved. It seemed like the director/writer thought that a bunch of gorgeous scenery would substitute for a real story. The characterization is pretty flimsy.

I did, however, notice for the first time just how gorgeous Vincent Kartheiser's laser-blue eyes are ... how is it that I never noticed that on Mad Men?

@5 I noticed the same thing. They've gone out their way to uglify his character on Mad Men.