Ewan McGregor and Writers and Love

[butterfly]

So, I have two Ewan McGregor movies rattling about in my head, longing to be compared. They are, of course, Moulin Rouge and Young Adam.

Comments

[jedinic]

I've been hearing a lot about 'Young Adam' recently, and having read your comparison, I'm tempted to go watch it. (It's so strange, at one stage of my life I would never have let an Ewan McGregor film pass me by!)

[butterfly]

I'd definitely recommend it -- it's a very good movie. Very bleak and a bit graphic, but incredibly well done. The acting is, of course, superb, but the film is beautiful -- washed out colors and mists. The story's quite interesting (though, again, very bleak -- it's described as an 'amoral morality tale') and the editing is very good.

[jedinic]

I hired it last night. I agree, very bleak, and so fascinating to see a morally ambiguous character in the central role.

[butterfly]

Joe was a really interesting character -- I can definitely see why Ewan was keen to play him, he's really nothing like what Ewan's been doing recently.