I find that, lately, even lying to myself comes easily. (Alfie)

I watched the remake of the movie Alfie a while ago but had a revitalised interest in it lately.

Why? I guess I am obsessed with trashy gossip from weekly magazines and one story in particular resonates with me... Sienna Miller and Jude Law are back together AGAIN. I like Sienna for some unknown reason. I think she is stunning, an okay actress, dresses nicely and she has a bit of spunk. She also seems like the kind that does what she wants to do even when she knows she is going to cop some flak for it. So a run down of the relationship goes Jude left his wife Sadie Frost for Sienna. Then Sienna and Jude get engaged... Jude cheats on Sienna with the nanny. Sienna gets a little angry and leaves him. Sienna then hooks up with some pretty cool guys.  Jude has a child with a woman he knows for like a few hours and tries to pretend the baby isn't his. Paternity test proves otherwise... nice one J. Fast forward few years later Sienna and Jude get back together again.

My comrade has a saying. Apparently it is Marketing 101: Past behaviour is your best indicator of future behaviour. So if you are Sienna you got to be crazy to  not have some questions rushing through your mind. Will he cheat again? Why did he cheat? Does he have a cheating disorder? Can he be trusted? I don't make judgements (okay well sometimes I do!)... but I wonder if Jude Law will be a good boy now that he got his second chance? I wonder if he needs to watch his movie Alfie to relive his character's experiences and lessons learned.

So who and what is this Alfie movie? Wellll Alfie is the type of charismatic sweetalker who is very charming to women and knows what they want/need to hear. He is a womaniser who takes it too far and ends up pretty sad and despicably lonely. A must see for all guys who call themselves "players". The clip shows you a run-down of the movie (although clearly it does not give it justice) and the music is by Darren Hayes aka from Savage Garden. The song is called Strange Relationship and in my opinion his best song ever.

 

* My old boss gave this piece of advice to a friend of hers... "If he cheats with you he will cheat on you!"