Of all the super cheesy quotes overheard on last night’s Lifetime premiere of Northern Lights, I’m pretty sure this one — from Leanne Rimes’ Meg — sums up the movie perfectly: "Now that we’ve run out of things to say, do you want to have sex? You know, hot, wet, forget-all-of our-problems sex. It’s basic, it’s primal, and it’s low in fat." And…scene.
I mean, it’s that kind of dialogue that makes you wonder if you should believe all the crazy publicity stunts rumors swirling around the Internet this past week about Rimes’ supposed on-set affair with her co-star Eddie Cibrian (both of whom are married). Full disclosure: I’ve never read a Nora Roberts novel before, so my jaw dropped a few times at all the innuendo combined with an I-could-have-solved-that-in-my-sleep murder mystery. Still there was chemistry present in the two-hour movie — even if it was mostly between Cibrian and Meg’s dog.
The tale, which follows Meg, who’s a pilot because her dad alwaystaught her to "look at the sky and see all the possibilities," and Nate(Cibrian), a cop because he "likes rules," begins with the viciouskilling of Meg’s father with an ice pick. This death could have seemedtragic if it weren’t for the hilariously Photoshopped snapshots ofdaddy — always posed in front of various fake mountain settings –that Meg often gazed upon. And in the midst all that drama (so like, inthe span of maybe 10 minutes), complicated Nate and feisty Meg findtime to fall in love. (Hey, with lines like, "Don’t mock my booty call"– said in reference to snow boots — who wouldn’t succumb to thepassion and romance of it all?)
Absurdities aside, now that I’ve seen the Northern Lights, Ithink I’m going to have to set my DVR to record the next three NoraRoberts flicks debuting over the next three Saturdays on Lifetime,starting with next week’s Midnight Bayoustarring Jerry O’Connell. What about you, Pop Watchers? Who else is nowhooked on these made-for-TV movies? Also, what did you think of Rimesand Cibrian’s performances? Finally, how many of you out there arewiling to admit that the only reason you watched was because you’dheard the rumors about the stars? Confess your sins below!
This was a great book. One of her best. Sad to hear they ruined the movie. You should read the books instead of taping the movies!
It was overly tacky, cheesy, and so utterly predictable. It could’ve been half an hour long and better!
No, I will not watch it now can’t stand homewreckers, both are egotistical immoral scumbags, Nobody should give them any acting roles again. Poor children, with a father like EDDIE
i stopped on it for a minute. perfect timing though. of the few lines i heard my favorite had to be cibrian’s reaction to hearing how the guy cheated on his wife: “what kind of man does that” or “not much of a husband” something along those lines. i really can’t remember exactly i just flipped by as he said them. anyone know what it was he said? too funny…
I enjoyed the book very much so I’m curious about the movie. I’ve got my DVR set to record it tonight.
Read the books. They are sooooo much better. If I had seen any of the movies they made of her books first, I would wonder why they made the bestseller list. I will torture myself with watching the other 3 movies. I guess I just have to see how much they ruined stories that I love.
You didn’t have to sit through Lifetime’s “Norathon” yesterday with your mother because they are “so good”. My mom almost watched the repeat before my dad said, “Really? You just watched it?” I now have “Nora Roberts’ Angels Fall on my DVR”. Thanks Lifetime and Mom!
the movie does not even touch the movie. If I hadn’t of read the book then I would of lost interest in the movie. I have to say that I think that LeAnn should stick to singing. Acting is not one of her better talents, but it looks like homewreaking is?
Love Jerry O’Connell. His babies are cute! Saw them on Ellen.
Book definitely better than the movie. The acting was horrible and they cut out way too much.
I think I’m more amused by the people who are calling them homewreckers without any *valid* proof than anything else. I was bored to tears by one of the “Norathon” movies and refused to watch any others, including this one. LeAnn and Eddie and their families are the only ones that truly know what happened, if anything at all. A video of a blonde and a guy in a baseball cap having dinner just does not do it for me.
The difference between a Nora Roberts book and a movie of that book…the characters in the book actually have sexual chemistry. Eddie and Leanne? Not so much.
I have read many or Nora Roberts books and have found most of them very good. I also read Northern Lights. The book was very good, and I found the movie interesting too. The stories did seem diferant but then my imagination of what was happening was a little differant too. In the book the feelings of sexual nature has to be described, but in a movie it is acted out and you can’t see what the person is feeling, just as when we talk to most people we have no idea what their most inner thoughts are. In a book you have the characters of that book but not the life histories of the actors playing the parts. You can’t compare the books to the movies, They are both good. Each person gets something differant from it.
These movies are my guilty pleasure! They are the Danielle Steele’s of the 2000′s. I have read most of Nora Robert’s book since they are fun, easy beach/plane reads. The movie was decoaky, pretty close to the book, but I was very curious to see the chemistry between the two stars. Can’t wait for next week’s movie.
I loved the book but the movie was just awful! I realize that they can’t use every bit of the book when they make it into a movie but it seemed like they left out some of the best parts. Also, LeAnn Rimes can’t act her way out of a paper sack and I agree she and Eddie had no on-screen chemistry. A couple of the movies that were made from Nora Roberts books were decent but this one…not so much.