Cheap Breaking Up (DVD) (Russell Crowe, Salma Hayek) (Robert Greenwald) Price

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For Russell Crowe fans
Honestly, I watched this movie for Russell Crowe. If that's why you're here, rent the movie and watch the first ten minutes. After he's finished licking Salma Hayek's toes, hit rewind, then play. Repeat a dozen times, then return the movie. The story is sour and depressing, and follows a doomed relationship. There are enough doomed relationships in the real world that I can't find a fictional one entertaining. On the plus side, Russell does a nice subtle New York accent.

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Good movie but they should have kept the original VHS cover
have you seen the original VHS cover? it screams sexy! When they converted the movie to DVD they made it seem sad. just go to the VHS version and take a look. There's a shot of sexy salma lying on a bed talking on the phone in a tight top giving you come hither looks! Also a nice romantic shot of the couple. the front cover text reads
When the sex is great.
When the passion is intense.
When the love is strong.
It's time for...
Breaking Up

now that's sexy!

The DVD on the other hand is sad, sad, melancholy. two forlorn lovers. they have that same shot on the VHS version, but it's on the back on the box, not the front cover. They completely removed all the text. Also on the disk itself they show them arguing. this is sexy Salma. I don't want to see a picture of her arguing on the disk!(there is some of that in the movie, but there is also a lot of making out!) They kept a slightly different shot of them on the inside cover, but it's not exactly the same powerful shot used on the VHS cover. Also they say something like
"Rich in both comic asides and emotional fisticuffs, Crowe and Hayek are perfectly matched"
matched? fisticuffs?! what happened to the sexy stuff?
I have noticed they are getting rid of a lot of the sex appeal in movies that used to be acceptable and commonplace when they convert a movie to DVD now(2004). politically correct.
just show their heads. They frown on showing anything too sexy now. Unlike prior to the mid 90s when it was ok to show sex appeal.
But the DVD picture quality is great, so that is a fantastic improvement over VHS . Good movie.

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Salma Hayek is simply gorgeous!!!
This movie is so lame on so many different levels I cannot begin to write about them without taking a deep breath for the long journey ahead. I'll go a little ways, then turn back. First off, there is no genuine chemistry between the two lead actors, although they try very hard to mask this fact, and nearly succeed in a few scenes. What this film lacks it tries to make up for with numerous sexual situations, most of which seem staged, not passionate and unpredictable. Okay, but there are two especially memorable scenes: the first is set at a coffee shop and it has a well thought out back and forth tracking shot that comes off nicely; the second is a surreal moment when Russell Crowe's character is imagining Salma Hayek's character having amazing fantasy sex with her new male interest. But after those scenes fade the movie spirals downward through forced melodrama. But Salma Hayek looks stunningly beautiful, so that's how I made it to the end.