CineMas Cool: Javier Bardem Converts Guys To 'Eat Pray Love'

By Michael Lopez

C’mon ladies, you know you are going to have a pretty tough time convincing your boyfriends to come along with you to see "Eat Pray Love." There are no explosions, no car crashes, and it’s starring chick flick queen Julia Roberts.

But, it’s important to keep in mind that heavy duty tough-guy Javier Bardem has a major part in this movie too. We last saw him in his Academy-Award winning role as a psychopathic hitman in "No Country For Old Men," so we know he’s not your typical wimpy leading man type (are you listening Hugh Grant?).

And Javier’s quick to defend "Eat Pray Love” as a story that can be appreciated by all genders. He told Buzzsugar.com, “I thought it was a very good book with good points in it. I didn't see the point of it being a woman's book at all. I think anyone who has doubts and fears will understand the love in it.”

An interesting point. Yes, guys are capable of understanding love too. And seeing Julia journey through exotic locales like Bali, Italy, and India does seem to have more potential than a cheesy big city romantic comedy.

Plus it’s produced by machismo movie star Brad Pitt! Maybe we will go to the theatres and give this movie a shot. Just under heavy disguise so our friends watching "The Expendables" next door don’t come over and tease us!

For the folks who are having trouble with Julia cultural sampling, Videogum makes a good point:
"Maybe the film’s feminist mission is to show that women can be selfish, self-absorbed a$$holes in the throes of a petulant midlife crisis just as obnoxiously as any MAN.”

"Eat Pray Love" hits theaters on August 13, 2010.

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