Well, I tried. (And it wasn’t that the Iron Man lines were too long as Hugh sang in the opening song.) Instead, The Reader was one movie I had to shut off this year because of my fear for what it was doing to my head. I made it about 30 minutes in and while I appreciated some of the art to it, I couldn’t get past the nudity and sex.My wife and I decided to shut it off. This has rarely happened for me, but the sexual depiction of this relationship between Kate Winslet and a teen was too much for me personally.So this is one film I really can’t judge tonight…
But back to Hugh, what did you think of the opening? I thought it was fun–but I missed a lot of the lines so I’ll need to read a transcript of the song at some point. Anne Hathaway’s inclusion was fun. And my favorite part was that they didn’t cut away after the song’s inclusion–instead, the camera caught what felt like a very real party.It’s obvious that they’re going for intimacy and informality. It’s a good tone so far.
