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Same As It Ever Was / Dustin Rowles

Trailers | January 13, 2009 | Comments (49)

I’m not sure exactly why I haven’t run the Duplicity trailer yet — it’s been out a few weeks, and I’ve seen it a few times. The problem is: It looks like so many other films that Clive Owen has been in or set to be in that I’d just assumed I’d already ran it. A quick search reveals that I have not.

Duplicity stars Owen and Julia Roberts as pair of corporate spies who “share a steamy past and hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses.” It’s like Ocean’s Eleven crossed with a bland romantic comedy. It comes from Tony Gilroy, who wrote the Bourne flicks, and wrote and directed Michael Clayton (the same guy, inexplicably, is also responsible for The Cutting Edge).

I don’t have anything against the trailer — cool cast (Giammatti, Tom Wilkinson, and Tom McCarthy are also in it), good writer/director, decent premise — it just feels very generic, and I could swear I’ve already seen it. It’s like Oceans, or Inside Man, or Intolerable Cruelty, or Shoot ‘Em Up or The International. Ah hell: It all runs together.









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Sounds interesting...

Posted by: Skitz at January 13, 2009 5:05 PM

Eh. Rentable...was that Clive Owen doing a southern accent at the bar with the blonde chick? Rrrrrowr!

I hate how Julia Roberts walks.

Posted by: HB at January 13, 2009 5:08 PM

Don't you be knockin' Cutting Edge, Rowles. DB Sweeney was HOT in that movie.

Gawd.

frickin' elitist snobs, every one of ya.

Posted by: Stella at January 13, 2009 5:09 PM

The Julia Roberts cancels out the Clive Owen.

Sorry.

Posted by: Jerce at January 13, 2009 5:11 PM

That's Clive Owen? I thought that was a youngish Mel Gibson.

Posted by: Sabrina at January 13, 2009 5:11 PM

Yeah, Clive Owen really needs to start doing some more 'Children of Men'-esque projects. I'll take him anyway I can, though, honestly.

This one looks pretty typical, but has an edge of Soderberghian cool to it that means I'm gonna see it.

Posted by: Mimi at January 13, 2009 5:13 PM

At best, a bland Thomas Crown Affair, minus Rene Russo's boobs.

Posted by: branded at January 13, 2009 5:15 PM

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Clive Owen....


Also, I agree with HB. Julia Roberts is one of those people I can't consider talented because they always walk the same in every fucking movie they're in. Like Ethan Hawke, who keeps one of his shoulders higher while walking. Julia does the hip thing. STOP IT ALREADY!

Posted by: Sofía at January 13, 2009 5:22 PM

she lumbers.
I don't like lumberers.

Posted by: Stella at January 13, 2009 5:23 PM

Still will watch Clive Owen in anything (including my pants).

Tooooooeeee piiiiiiickkkkk!

Posted by: MG at January 13, 2009 5:23 PM

If muppets were complete and autonomously mobile, they would walk like Julia Roberts.

Posted by: firedmyass at January 13, 2009 5:45 PM

You know, if you can just manage to imagine Julia Roberts as donkey it will probably be pretty good. Every time she opens her mouth to say a line HEEE-HAWWW! HEEE-HAWWW!

Posted by: admin at January 13, 2009 5:54 PM

TOE PICK

Posted by: coveredinbees at January 13, 2009 6:11 PM

It reminded me of Steve McQueen's version of "The Thomas Crowne Affair" because of the multiple shots within boxes on the screen at the same time.

Posted by: BWeaves at January 13, 2009 6:12 PM

Clive is so jerking it off in that pic. I wonder what he is looking at. I would guess he is looking down on Salma Hayek at the Golden Globes.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. (Formerly JP) at January 13, 2009 6:16 PM

At best, a bland Thomas Crown Affair, minus Rene Russo's boobs.

x2

Rene Russo was bangin in that filck.

Posted by: Clee Shay at January 13, 2009 6:18 PM

admin, I can't tell if you really do like Julia Roberts and want to ride her "like" a donkey, or if you actually dislike her and want to "donkey punch" her instead.

Posted by: Xtreme at January 13, 2009 6:19 PM

"I'm not sure exactly why I haven't ran the Duplicity trailer yet..."

You mean "run," Dustin. Not "ran." "Run."

Carry on.

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at January 13, 2009 6:22 PM

I would be much more interested in this if the woman opposite Clive Owen was pretty much anyone besides Julia Roberts (okay, that isn't quite true, I can think of a few worse people... but almost).

Posted by: Caro at January 13, 2009 6:38 PM

OK, so here's how it is: I am amused by this trailer. I will see this movie. Probably not til it's out on DVD, but still. I like the music. It reminds me of like a his & hers caper flick of the 50s. I CANNOT WAIT to see Paul Giammatti and Tom Wilkinson in a hair-pulling, girly slap-fight.

Fun Fact: my bro-in-law loaned me Cutting Edge over the weekend, and I'm about to watch it.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at January 13, 2009 6:38 PM

At best, a bland Thomas Crown Affair, minus Rene Russo's boobs.

I'll take a bland Thomas Crown Affair over half of the dreck that comes to my local cinema. Hell, I'll take it over the Clive Owen international bank conspiracy movie coming out soon. Because if there's anything I DON'T want to see nowadays its nefarious and mysterious bank/bank-like corporations fucking over everyone else. Even if there appear to be wicked chase scenes in the Guggenheim and on the rooftops of Istanbul.

Posted by: foursweatervests at January 13, 2009 6:43 PM

TOE PICK

Posted by: coveredinbees at January 13, 2009 6:11 PM

Well-played.

Terrible, but well-played.

Posted by: Sean at January 13, 2009 6:47 PM

Wait a minute Xtreme, you can't "donkey punch" people you like now? When the fuck did this happen?

Man, the world just keeps changing around me and I don't know how to keep up.

Posted by: admin at January 13, 2009 6:57 PM

Toe pick indeed.

Posted by: Courtney 2 at January 13, 2009 7:18 PM

I've been full out boycotting Julia Roberts for years now and clearly, its working. Don't give me any bullshit about her having kids or not working as much. Its all because of me.

I really like Intolerable Cruelty. Clooney does a great job with Cohen brothers quirk.

Posted by: Handel at January 13, 2009 7:22 PM

"looking down on Salma Hayek at the Golden Globes."

L.O.V.E., don't you mean "looking down on Selma Hayek AND her Golden Globes?"

Posted by: Some Guy at January 13, 2009 7:36 PM

Why does Clive insist on working with these insipid women (Aniston, Roberts) with whom he has no chemistry? They almost detract from his hotness. Clive, you coulda been somebody...

I hate how Julia Roberts walks.

Seriously, she walks like a gunslinger - or like she's been ridden hard and long, but we know that hasn't happened.

Posted by: Cindy at January 13, 2009 7:59 PM

Oh lord. Clive 'versatile' Owen strikes again. For some reason his line 'you're gaming me?' rings especially shit. I won't be going to see this film.

Posted by: Caspar at January 13, 2009 8:34 PM

I like it, I saw many info. on ***seekingsugarmomma. c om***. Very funny site. Like it so much!!!

Posted by: bruce at January 13, 2009 8:41 PM

No, Some Guy, I did not mean her "golden globes".

Her breasts are radiant, for sure, but they are more of a milky cocoa glistening in the sun rather than "golden globes".

And calling them globes does not do them justice. Strippers have globes. Hard, bolt-on statutes meant for looking at but otherwise useless.

Salma has majestic volcanos of molten flesh that erupt from her chest and cause throngs of people to gather and pray and sing and confirm that there is a God, and God is good.

*Clears throat*
Excuse me. I need to get a glass of water now.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at January 13, 2009 8:47 PM

Give Julia an oat bag and some apples and listen to her whinny! Looks like it's time to brush her down and change the hay.

How exactly did Seabiscuit make it this far without a bridle I'll never know.

Watch it Clive, she likes the whip down the stretch.

Posted by: bucslim at January 13, 2009 10:09 PM

Um...please go see this movie. I'm in it. So...yeah...I'd like it to do well, even if you can't spot me!

Posted by: KatSings at January 13, 2009 10:16 PM

Clive Owen = pretty. Clive Owen sans shirt = even prettier. Thus, I will Netflix this and doubtlessly enjoy it.

Posted by: Gabs at January 13, 2009 11:46 PM

Um...please go see this movie. I'm in it. So...yeah...I'd like it to do well, even if you can't spot me!

KatSings is Julia Roberts! Get a rope.

Posted by: stipe42 at January 14, 2009 12:00 AM

I loves me some con game movies but my revulsion at the sight of Julia Roberts ("How much is 2 plus 2, Julie?" "Whinny" -- stomp, stomp, stamp, stomp) easily negates my interest.

I'd say no one hates her as much as I do, but I'm forced to bow to Handle, since I broke my own boycott with the Ocean's movies.

Posted by: bucdaddy at January 14, 2009 2:35 AM

* handEL, sorry, 'scuse me.

Posted by: bucdaddy at January 14, 2009 2:40 AM

Just tell me Clive Owen gets nekkid.....or partly nekkid.....or shoots someone while nekkid....or kills someone with a carrot while nekkid or mostly nekkid.....

cuz that's all I really care about

Clive Owen = YUM!!!!!!

Posted by: dammitjanet at January 14, 2009 8:34 AM

Ah, another Clive Owen movie with Clive Owen starring Clive Owen.

Fab.

Posted by: twig at January 14, 2009 9:19 AM

I kept rewinding to the part where Clive Owen was in the towel. What's this movie about?

Posted by: Captain Tuttle at January 14, 2009 9:36 AM

That IS what the movies about, Captain Tuttle.

Posted by: Gabs at January 14, 2009 11:09 AM

L.O.V.E:
"No, Some Guy, I did not mean her "golden globes".

Her breasts are radiant, for sure, but they are more of a milky cocoa glistening in the sun rather than "golden globes".

And calling them globes does not do them justice. Strippers have globes. Hard, bolt-on statutes meant for looking at but otherwise useless.

Salma has majestic volcanos of molten flesh that erupt from her chest and cause throngs of people to gather and pray and sing and confirm that there is a God, and God is good.

*Clears throat*
Excuse me. I need to get a glass of water now."

What he said. Completely, totally and without question.

Posted by: Aislinn at January 14, 2009 11:16 AM

Hell, I'm straight and I'm with Aislinn and L.O.V.E.

Posted by: Stella at January 14, 2009 11:29 AM

This movie looks dumb. Dumber, even, then my plans to kidnap Clive Owen and to unutterable things to him.
I saw in a movie he likes carrots. D'ye think if I tie one to a stick with a length of string, and then prop a cardboard box up with said stick, he'd...

Posted by: Sweetie Dahling at January 14, 2009 12:28 PM

Sorry for posting again, but didn't Clive Owen and Julia Roberts star in a movie a while back? I think Jude Law was in it, but I'm not sure.

Posted by: Aislinn at January 14, 2009 12:38 PM

It was Closer. Where every character was utterly unlikeable and the only one that came even close to being sympathetic was Natalie Portman. And I hate Natalie Portman. That movie made me angry for so many, many reasons.

Posted by: cinnabarri girl at January 14, 2009 1:44 PM

generic isn't the worst thing in the world. it comes down to execution.you can't get more generic than " gran torino " but it was an entertaining 2 hours because it was well done.let's wait for the release before dissing it.

Posted by: snake at January 14, 2009 3:57 PM

generic isn't the worst thing in the world. it comes down to execution.you can't get more generic than " gran torino " but it was an entertaining 2 hours because it was well done.let's wait for the release before dissing it.

Posted by: snake at January 14, 2009 3:57 PM

test

Posted by: Dustin at January 15, 2009 7:38 PM

Mmm...Milky cocoa...**Audibly drools**

Posted by: Some Guy at January 15, 2009 7:57 PM