I have a theory that certain actors take the same role again and again because they either (a) feel it brings out the best in them, (b) they have personal issues that they cannot help but expose, or (c) that's all they get offered.
I can't tell which applies to Michael Douglas, but I think its a little of each. In 'Fatal Attraction', he has an weekend-long affair with the anti-Christ and pays for it in spades. In 'Basic Instinct' he is never sure if he is going to get killed or seduced by Sharon Stone. In this movie, his feelings are hurt that Demi Moore is more masculine than he is.
All the female characters I've mentioned are more masculine than Mikey, come to think of it.
He gets sexually attacked by Demi, on her first night as his boss, but he stops them mid-stream. This is a little much to..(please excuse the expression)..SWALLOW, and the sight of Demi running after him, ordering him to 'finish what he started', has nothing on Neely O'Hara's confrontation with the demons from her past in an alleyway in 'Valley of the Dolls.'
He decides to sue the company but remains a weiner. He gets a masculine woman, Roma Maffia (she's the only reason to endure this), to do his bidding for him. She wins, of course, cause he's the hero and Demi is the predator, as designed.
Quite alot remains unquestioned. Why he would want to work there, after he finds out that they intended to get rid of him, is anyone's guess. Why Demi allowed herself to be treated so badly, when she is obviously a shark, is open for discussion. Why Barry Levinson directed this yawner is another good one, and why you'd want to sit through it, too...
Oh, and Michael...chin up, you'll work it out..
I can't tell which applies to Michael Douglas, but I think its a little of each. In 'Fatal Attraction', he has an weekend-long affair with the anti-Christ and pays for it in spades. In 'Basic Instinct' he is never sure if he is going to get killed or seduced by Sharon Stone. In this movie, his feelings are hurt that Demi Moore is more masculine than he is.
All the female characters I've mentioned are more masculine than Mikey, come to think of it.
He gets sexually attacked by Demi, on her first night as his boss, but he stops them mid-stream. This is a little much to..(please excuse the expression)..SWALLOW, and the sight of Demi running after him, ordering him to 'finish what he started', has nothing on Neely O'Hara's confrontation with the demons from her past in an alleyway in 'Valley of the Dolls.'
He decides to sue the company but remains a weiner. He gets a masculine woman, Roma Maffia (she's the only reason to endure this), to do his bidding for him. She wins, of course, cause he's the hero and Demi is the predator, as designed.
Quite alot remains unquestioned. Why he would want to work there, after he finds out that they intended to get rid of him, is anyone's guess. Why Demi allowed herself to be treated so badly, when she is obviously a shark, is open for discussion. Why Barry Levinson directed this yawner is another good one, and why you'd want to sit through it, too...
Oh, and Michael...chin up, you'll work it out..