Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza
Synopsis: Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) only cares about a few things in life: his body, house, family, car, church, friends, ladies and, of course, his porn. That is until he meets Barbara (Scarlett Johansson), a beautiful blonde who believes that her love life should be exactly like the romantic movies she loves to watch. Clashing with Don's belief that his love life should be like that of a porn film, both struggle to overcome their unrealistic expectations of romance.
When Levitt announced he was working on his directorial debut, I imagined wonderful things. This may have not been what I expected - but after watching the trailer, I am so damn excited to see if he can pull this off. Levitt has already intrigued me (and a lot of others) with the synopsis: two people who become romantically involved with deluded expectations of love from entirely different ends of the spectrum. It's a risqué and bold move for a debut from such a well known actor, but it has to be praised. It opens the doors for discussion about the stereotypes that both men and women are often placed in, especially concerning relationships. Hopefully Levitt will address these issues in the film and at least create a positive solution for an ongoing problem, but I can see that others will antagonise the film for it's portrayal of gender stereotypes based solely on the trailer. This seems deliberate when we think about the kind of person Levitt usually is and this seems more satirical than anything when we see the way the trailer is put together. I'm definitely going to go into this with an open mind but I am still ridiculously excited to see how Levitt is behind the camera.
Check out the full trailer below.
I think this looks great (and not just because Scarlett looks ridiculously attractive, though that helps). Hopefully it's as funny and sweet as the trailer suggests. Gordon-Levitt is definitely a talent in front of the camera, I hope he shows it behind the camera too.
ReplyDeleteI agree about Scarlett, she looks as gorgeous as ever. Yes, I hope so too. I feel nervous/excited but most reviews so far seem very positive so I think we have nothing to worry about. It'll be interesting to see how he handles being both director, writer and main star. That's a lot of work.
DeleteIt is a lot but I'm sure he's up to the task and he's not the first. I quite like that, from the trailer at least, his character seems like he's a little bit of a dick. Not overly so but it must be tempting to write your own character as the sort of knight riding gallantly into battle to save the fair maiden.
DeleteSO EXCITED MOSTLY CUZ OF SCARJO MY PRINCESS
ReplyDeleteOhhhh, you should see all the things she's got lined up! She's working on her directorial debut, is playing an alien in Under the Skin, obviously working on The Avengers 2 and will be starring in Jon Favreau's Chef in 2015 but we'll just call that Iron Man 3.2 because it's basically got the same cast in it, haha.
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