Alfie (Special Collector's Edition) | Jude Law, Renée Taylor

Alfie (Special Collector's Edition) | Jude Law, Renée Taylor | cute cute cute

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	Alfie (Special Collector's Edition) Jude Law, Renée Taylor Paramount, 2005 average customer review:based on 72 reviews view larger image
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In this remake of the 1966 classic, Jude Law stars as Alfie, the quintessential Don Juan who is rather caught up in himself. Using his charm and a great smile, Alfie searches for beautiful women who will give him what he wants. Once they become too attached, he breaks their heart. This ideal bachelor lifestyle ends up unraveling and Alfie must learn to admit defeat and change his ways.

You can never go home again...

This movie is a remake of a 1966 movie of the same name in which Michael Caine portrayed the leading character. This time around, Jude Law takes a crack @ playing Alfie. I've actually not seen the 1966 version so I can't comment much on that. However, the special features of the DVD compare & contrast a great many aspects of the 2004 version vs. the original. It's readily apparent that several of the characters (i.e.: Alfie's women) have been updated to the 21st century milieu.

Alfie is a commit-o-phobic playboy who lives a carefree, day-to-day life. Carpe Diem would be his mantra that he lives by. He certainly has no trouble picking up women, so many may ask what the "problem" is. Of course, the problem is that Alfie himself ends up asking this very question.

Well, the issue is that his decisions have an effect on other people, and frequently these effects are negative. Alfie is kind of like an octopus that has his tentacles wrapped around the lives of other persons, and the negative repurcussions of his sometimes rash decisions eventually come back to drown the octopus.

One of the most favorable aspects of the movie is the inclusion of Sienna Miller. She is an up-and-coming star who has grabbed my attention. She is a lovely young woman, and she also has genuine acting skills and a very credible screen-presence. In the current film she plays a sort of Britney Spears type of woman; drop dead gorgeous, but unpredictable, volatile and emotionally unstable. She's brought to mind a great many women I've known in my own life!!

The weakest part of the cast, for me, was Susan Sarandon. I know she has a lot of fans & followers and admirers and that's all good & well. It's just that, in truth, she's never moved me. In the present film she's supposed to be an older woman who is still a goddess post-50. For me, this doesn't really "work" as I've never thought that Sarandon was that hot to begin with. Her acting doesn't really make up the ground for the non-believability of her pulling off this particular role. Again, this is my opinion.

A lot of people are bound to find this film boring. To be sure, there is not a lot of "action" in it. The film is very subtle and is focused on relationships. It's quite introspective, with Alfie frequently going off on Shakespearesque soliloquies. Many people may not find this appealing (and some may even find it archaic), but I enjoy these types of films.

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Jude Law is always great to watch and this version of Alfie is up to date and truthful in content. I think bachelors all over the world should watch this because they just may learn something. It's not easy out there.

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