In Lonely Hearts, John Travolta plays real-life detective Elmer C. Robinson, one of the chief investigators of the notorious 1940s “Lonely Hearts Killers” case. Also starring in the movie are James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, and Jared Leto.
In Lonely Hearts, John Travolta plays real-life detective Elmer C. Robinson, one of the chief investigators of the notorious 1940s “Lonely Hearts Killers” case. Also starring in the movie are James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, and Jared Leto.
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#1 by Jane on January 20, 2011 - 3:52 am
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Good film, I love Travolta – he is one of the modern actors who has got charisma that is in every role he plays. A real specimen of a man he is to me)))))
#2 by DamonD on January 20, 2011 - 6:46 am
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Got to say…given the horrible DVD covers shown here, this one almost deserves a place too.
Randomly placed people in hats looking irritated.
#3 by MatthewF on January 20, 2011 - 8:39 am
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“Randomly placed people in hats looking irritated”
Also the film’s title in some territories.
#4 by Jen S on January 20, 2011 - 1:29 pm
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I hate it when filmmakers up the “hotness” quotient of an actor to ridiculous levels.
Okay, the orignal woman wasn’t Selma Hayek. That doesn’t mean that a crazy bond can’t be formed, leading to nefarious and unspeakable deeds. But movie audiences are stupid and will only believe a man could be tempted to badness by someone as over the top hot as Selma Hayek! It has nothing to do with psychological backgrounds or compulsions or folie a deux or any of that–it’s just that evil woman beauty leading men down the path of sin!
It’s insulting for two reasons: one, that a woman can’t “bewitch” a man unless she’s physically stunning. Nope. Chemistry’s a lot more complicated than that–as demonstrated by this movie. Two Hot Actors did not equal Understandable Motivation.
Two, it highlights the annoying (to put it mildly) trope that men aren’t really responsible for what they do if some georgous chick is egging them on. Yeah, I ruthlessly defrauded and murdered dozens of women, but I was in a daze! I didn’t know what I was doing! I don’t know if it’s more insulting to men or women.
#5 by Thomas on January 21, 2011 - 12:35 am
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You see, this is why more films need to use hypnotism as a plot point.
#6 by DamonD on January 21, 2011 - 4:57 am
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Hypnotism and irritated guys in hats.