tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post2565371653722637713..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Midnight In ParisEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-31087449209080235432012-12-06T06:05:46.721-05:002012-12-06T06:05:46.721-05:00I loved that movie, too, and I wanted to rewatch i...I loved that movie, too, and I wanted to rewatch it the minute it ended. I did not find Adriana so magical or impressive as everybody else seems to. I loved Owen Wilson, though, and everybody else in the 20's cast. <br /><br />Great blog, by the way.<br />Ariannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813509666505631910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-53361745808699345362012-02-24T09:16:21.258-05:002012-02-24T09:16:21.258-05:00Yeah, Hawn is great in that. I especially love the...Yeah, Hawn is great in that. I especially love the gravity-defying dance between her and Woody, one of the most charming fantasy sequences in his career.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-56180395204996046562012-02-23T21:47:48.046-05:002012-02-23T21:47:48.046-05:00Among the myriad scenes in his 40+ movies, some of...Among the myriad scenes in his 40+ movies, some of the most natural, effusive ones are the Alda/Hawn/family scenes in ESILY -- and the remarkably real moments later in the film between Allen and Hawn. I'm always surprised she hasn't been in any more of his movies.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10667380722587782819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-22920291423370220182012-02-23T16:39:09.707-05:002012-02-23T16:39:09.707-05:00Robert, I like the visual metaphor there - there&#...Robert, I like the visual metaphor there - there's definitely tons of connections between all of Woody's pictures, he's got a very coherent set of obsessions and interests. Literary ambitions, male insecurity, infidelity, yep, this is a Woody Allen movie alright.<br /><br /><i>Everyone Says I Love You</i> is a good call, mainly because it's also set in Paris and has a similarly Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-8783727764169419872012-02-23T10:16:22.190-05:002012-02-23T10:16:22.190-05:00With tacks and red string, you could create a web ...With tacks and red string, you could create a web of connections between WA's movies' themes, phrases, character types, settings, situations, tones. In a very deep sense, his entire filmic body of work is one long movie. And this movie, to my ear, is most closely red-stringed with Everyone Says I Love You -- so light and charming and full of fantasy and longing and photogenic European Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10667380722587782819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-79079047180500644402012-02-22T07:10:59.887-05:002012-02-22T07:10:59.887-05:00I think Wilson works well because he is so differe...I think Wilson works well because he is so different from Woody; too many of the previous Woody surrogates in his films tried to just copy the director's mannerisms and it could be distracting at times. The stuff with Paul was definitely funny and a highlight of the modern-day scenes.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-29780182772529603672012-02-22T04:59:31.648-05:002012-02-22T04:59:31.648-05:00Another wonderful review, Ed. Interesting to see s...Another wonderful review, Ed. Interesting to see someone who appears as naturally laid-back as Owen Wilson channeling Woody, which seems surprising at first but I think works very well. You make a great point about the present of the film feeling slightly underwritten compared to its warm evocation of the past - how on earth did Gil and Inez get together in the first place? All the same, I did Judyhttp://movieclassics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-27417095637833811272012-02-20T22:20:21.049-05:002012-02-20T22:20:21.049-05:00Jon, I can understand that response to some degree...Jon, I can understand that response to some degree, and Rachel McAdams, like most of the present-day cast, didn't get much to do. That part of the movie's pretty undeveloped, so it's a good thing that Woody makes everything happening in the past so charming and compelling.<br /><br />I ultimately prefer <i>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</i> as well - I think that's one of his very best Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-30641140190607160052012-02-20T22:15:36.396-05:002012-02-20T22:15:36.396-05:00Yeah, it's a much more inviting film than anyt...Yeah, it's a much more inviting film than anything Woody's made in a while, not nearly as cynical or dark as his other best work of recent years. Cotillard's a big part of why it's so charming of course, she lights up pretty much anything she does. And I love those opening postcard shots of Paris, shifting from day to night. It's really a lot of fun.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-20176613797342965202012-02-20T22:14:18.330-05:002012-02-20T22:14:18.330-05:00Ed,
Fine review sir and you hit all the key points...Ed,<br />Fine review sir and you hit all the key points I feel. Most people really like this movie, even my Dad who absolutely hates Woody Allen, loves this film. Perhaps that's an indication of why I wasn't in love with it like many others. I found it somewhat pat, and predictable albeit fun. Most of the impressions were just that, impressions. I like Owen Wilson, but didn't buy him Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10656287096270976604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-66831316810994426512012-02-20T16:17:07.809-05:002012-02-20T16:17:07.809-05:00This is not only one of Woody's best films in ...This is not only one of Woody's best films in years it's his biggest hit to date. Celarly audicences who are bareyl familiar to Woddy Allen have warmed to this work and it's easy to see why. It evokes the great names of art and literature without condescension, and the device for time travel -- a taxi that maigically appears at Midnight -- is as clever as magic candies in <i>Celine DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com