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Somewhat Blurry DVD, Definitely Flat Dialogue
Sometimes a movie makes you take notice, ponder at the first-rate acting talent, and force you to wonder why anyone went to all the trouble to make it. Affair, starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood, the real-life couple-in-matrimony, have really strange on-screen 'chemistry.' Wagner comes across as Mr. Silent Stalker to Wood's character, almost forcing himself into her life. Wood's character, legs paralyzed from illness as a child, finally gives into his advances, and before you know it, he's proclaiming his love for her.
Spelling must have financed this movie by the word --- and with a really tight budget.... I've never heard such abstract, unbelievable, and unnatural dialogue in my life.
The DVD itself has clear menus, and great packaging, however the film transfer looks like soemthing out of a high-school science class: grainy, dark, inconsistant coloring between reels, and flat sound.
This movie is straight from the 70s, and it shows. Bell bottoms, shag carpeting, and Elton John eyewear is shared by all in this completely forgettable and pointless anti-romance.... And I'm a huge Natalie Wood fan. Stick with Splendor In The Grass if you want to see Wood in a real romance; watch Wagner in Austin Powers (at least he's supposed to be funny in that flick).
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Made in 1973, and it shows
Sometimes a movie makes you take notice, ponder at the first-rate acting talent, and force you to wonder why anyone went to all the trouble to make it. Affair, starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood, the real-life couple-in-matrimony, have really strange on-screen 'chemistry.' Wagner comes across as Mr. Silent Stalker to Wood's character, almost forcing himself into her life. Wood's character, legs paralyzed from illness as a child, finally gives into his advances, and before you know it, he's proclaiming his love for her. Spelling must have financed this movie by the word --- and with a really tight budget.... I've never heard such abstract, unbelievable, and unnatural dialogue in my life.
The DVD itself has clear menus, and great packaging, however the film transfer looks like soemthing out of a high-school science class: grainy, dark, inconsistant coloring between reels, and flat sound.
This movie is straight from the 70s, and it shows. Bell bottoms, shag carpeting, and Elton John eyewear is shared by all in this completely forgettable and pointless anti-romance.... And I'm a huge Natalie Wood fan. Stick with Splendor In The Grass if you want to see Wood in a real romance; watch Wagner in Austin Powers (at least he's supposed to be funny in that flick).
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The Affair
If you are looking for a feel good and cry movie this is it. A very touching story with two great stars. Natalie Wood just glows!
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Quite possible the worst film I've ever seen...
If you're a die-hard Wagner or Wood fan you MIGHT be able to sit all the way through this movie, but otherwise, you'll turn it off within the first half hour. The acting is atrocious - not even close to the caliber that these two actors were capable of. The plot is weak and the characters grossly underdeveloped. It was unbelievable that I was looking at the same woman that played "Maria" in "Westside Story" so beautifully. Don't waste your time, or your money with this one...
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Not your average tv movie of the week!
I've recently become reacquainted with Natalie Wood's films and found THE AFFAIR at a local video shop. The film was made in 1973 and appeared on television, not in the theatres. Despite its distinct 1970s TV movie aura, there is something about this film that is hard to dismiss. In fact, this movie left its sadness with me for a long while after I finished watching it. As is the case with two of Natalie Wood's other films SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS and ALL THE FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS, THE AFFAIR is a much more realistic look at love that your dreamy-eyed love-drenched variety of film. In THE AFFAIR, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner play a couple who fall in love. I can't remember the screenwriter's name, but she does a great job with the dialogue and Natalie delivers it well, sometimes with subtle sarcasm and sometimes with honest vulnerability. Her character, "Courtney," has always kept to herself and is wary of getting involved in a relationship. She meets a lawyer who visits her father's house one day and eventually "Courtney" and the lawyer (played by Robert Wagner) become involved.
Perhaps the most touching part of the whole movie is when Courtney expresses her awkwardness with love, esp. physical love during a weekend retreat the two make to a cabin. All of Courtney's previous dry wit and polite distance up til now make sense and counterpointher vulnerability perfectly. (And also click with a scene later in the movie, which highlights the sadness of the film.)
Both actors do a good job, esp. Natalie Wood! But the unusual tone (particularly unusual for a 70s tv movie) and love scenes (though not at all explicit) between real-life husband and wife make for a realistic film experience that can be unnerving! Make sure you have something to cheer you up afterwards!
