A lot of the movies I've seen lately have been "okay, but..." kind of films. As in "It was okay, but it kind of dragged a bit..." or "It was good, but they showed all the really great scenes in the previews..." You understand, right?
Saturday night, I went to see Midnight in Paris. This movie was NOT an "okay, but...." film! It was not the stupid, trite romantic comedy the preview made it seem. It was a "Wow, can I see it again, because it was so rich, I am sure I missed things" kind of film.
It was Paris (and better than that, part of it was Paris in the rain!)
- It was the 1920's
- It was Hemingway and Stein and Picasso and Dos Passos
and the Fitzgeralds (especially loved Zelda
) and...the list went on and on
- It had a message that resonated - really resonated
- It had dialog that WAS dialog, the way people really talk, with interruptions and hesitation and misstatements -- rather than a script where lines are delivered (writer/director Woody Allen is a master at that....even if you hate his films --- and this is NOT a Woody Allen film in any way you would expect -- you have to give him credit for that)
- The cinematography was beautiful
Can you tell I kind of liked it????
It came out of the film festivals -- Cannes
, to be exact, which explains the quality. But in a world where movies so often mean violence and more attention paid to special effects than content, this movie was a wonderful treat.
, to be exact, which explains the quality. But in a world where movies so often mean violence and more attention paid to special effects than content, this movie was a wonderful treat. And I am so ready for a walk on a rainy Paris night, at midnight.....soon! Soon!
Okay,.so here's the questions for you...
1) Do you like going to the movies alone?
2) What is the best film you've seen in the last 3 months?
And there is a give away! A randomly selected commenter will receive a Paris gift basket (Unfortunately, sent from Florida, unless someone want to send me a ticket to Paris, so I can be really authentic and mail it from there!)
Ready to play?
Okay,.so here's the questions for you...
1) Do you like going to the movies alone?
2) What is the best film you've seen in the last 3 months?
And there is a give away! A randomly selected commenter will receive a Paris gift basket (Unfortunately, sent from Florida, unless someone want to send me a ticket to Paris, so I can be really authentic and mail it from there!)
Ready to play?
2 comments:
1. I tend to prefer to go with someone.
2. Maybe The Lincoln Lawyer, or Source Code, or Water for Elephants.
I kind of want to see this movie you're talking about, but I usually go to movies with mom and she despises anything to do with Woody Allen because she thinks he's a pervert for the relationship with his daughter, etc.
Otowi, he is a pervert! But then again, so were many of the classical composers (Chopin, for example), and many great writers who are now required reading in schools. When it comes to art, I don't want to know too much about their personal life...I only care about the art. :-)
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