Apostrophe S

Michelle and I watched “Enduring Love” this morning, starring Daniel Craig. (We also watched “American Psycho” this weekend, and I loved it, but I don’t have much else to say about it.)

(The truth is, I don’t have much to say about “Enduring Love” either.)

But I will say this: It’s a pretty standard “paranoid obsession” thriller, wherein the protagonist attracts the obsessive attention of the antagonist, whose actions slowly cause the life of the protagonist to deteriorate, until in the end every believes the protagonist is just going nuts. It’s been done. So what’s the difference? Well, there are subtle subplots about love and trauma that are pleasantly under-developed. (I hate when every single subplot ends up being crucial and integral to the main plot. It’s just so lazy.)

But anyway, the real strength of this movie is that it is beautiful. The characters are all beautiful but flawed. They have (somewhat) normal lives, and (somewhat) normal relationships. The camera pauses when it needs to pause and follows the action when the action calls for it. The crazy obsessed guy is allowed some time to actually build a character and define a reason for his obsession, so when the final confrontation does come, we know a lot about each of the characters in the room, what they want, and what they have to lose.

Plus with every picture I see Daniel Craig in, the more I think he’s fantastic.

A pleasant way to spend a blustery Fall morning.