18 thoughts I had watching By The Sea
TEN years after Brad ditched Jen for Ange on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith, they’re back with By The Sea. There’s hot sex, an Adele wig and not much else.
IT’S been ten years since Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made their big screen couple debut in Mr & Mrs Smith.
Romance sparked in the process, and Brad’s marriage to Jen quickly tumbled down like a Jenga tower.
What a milestone.
Now, we’ve finally been rewarded with By The Sea, which Ange wrote, directed and starred in alongside Brad.
Filmed on location in Malta, the pair play a 1970s married couple who are growing apart. As Vanessa, a former dancer, and Roland, a writer who’s struggling to write, they take a trip to a seaside town in France to try pull together the scraps of their marriage.
The climax of the movie came not in the storyline, but when I got roused on by the old person behind me for playing with my “mobile telephone”.
I warmly introduced myself as Margaret Pomeranz and quickly whipped back around. I then continued to make these notes on my iPhone.
1. Ange has officially taken Brad’s last name in the credits. Traditional.
2. Strong opening scene with Brad and Ange wearing groovy “his and hers” fedoras.
3. What’s with the Adele wig?
4. Ugh subtitles.
5. I don’t believe Brad’s speaking real French.
6. Cool view.
7. I can’t help but think this is just Brad and Ange’s everyday life.
8. I wish the old man in the boat had a meatier storyline.
9. Why is no one talking?
10. I have no idea who they are or why they’re here.
11. Ange is restless because she’s lying around all day feeling resentful. They’re right on the ocean. Go rent a kayak.
12. I wonder if everyone would take this movie more seriously if it wasn’t Brad and Ange?
13. There’s no dialogue and everything’s really quiet. I’m feeling self conscious about eating my M&Ms.
14. We’ve all had fantasies about a hot neighbour. But we haven’t all had access to a peep hole into their apartment.
15. The neighbours are hot.
16. Watching the neighbours have sex through a peep hole wasn’t weird at first but now it is. Get a YouPorn account.
17. I want the sex life of the neighbours but the money of Brad and Ange.
18. I also want that Adele wig.
By The Sea is in cinemas now.