tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571769854236946971.post2347121499079019652..comments2023-03-25T02:52:15.537-07:00Comments on You Talking to Me?: Midnight in ParisThe Taxi Driverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352371911592068643noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571769854236946971.post-81838495254739400792011-07-22T07:23:48.142-07:002011-07-22T07:23:48.142-07:00Loved this, saw it twice in theater. Maybe not the...Loved this, saw it twice in theater. Maybe not the most ambitious movie out there but it's so charming and whimsical, it left me with a big smile on my face each time. I think it has a solid shot for a Best Picture nod at the end of the year.Castorhttp://www.anomalousmaterial.com/moviesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571769854236946971.post-52534647710464032082011-07-19T11:53:27.194-07:002011-07-19T11:53:27.194-07:00I'm going to differ slightly from the consensu...I'm going to differ slightly from the consensus here and say that Midnight in Paris suffered from all the hype I heard before going in. (I, like you, apparently only saw it recently, that being last weekend.) Don't get me wrong, it does many things well -- I just don't think it does them quite as well as other people seem to think. I found the continued meeting of luminaries to be too on-the-nose for me (a friend argues that's the point), and I also found Allen's characterization of Inez and her family to be uncharitable to the point of overkill. (This from a guy who is a dyed-in-the-wool liberal.) I agree about the third-act drag as well. <br /><br />However, I must say that this movie really did remind me of just how much of a role hype can play in our enjoyment of a film. If I'd seen this film without reading any reviews, I bet I would have been at least slightly more enraptured by it. On the other hand, a movie like Allen's Whatever Works -- which most people considered to be a forgettable trifle at best -- really worked (pun intended) for me because I had heard such negative press about it. In fact, simply because of how I felt while watching it -- more impressed than I expected to be, rather than less -- I retain a more fond feeling toward Whatever Works than toward Midnight in Paris, even though Paris is almost inarguably the better film.Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571769854236946971.post-21467117159553158352011-07-15T13:09:03.970-07:002011-07-15T13:09:03.970-07:00I personally loved this film. It actually inspire...I personally loved this film. It actually inspired me to go to Borders and binge on buying several books by Hemingway and Fitzgerald. I've seen it three times in the theaters!<br /><br /><br />Anyhow...hello! My name is Nathanael Hood from Forgotten Classics of Yesteryear! <br /><br />I just want to invite you to my blog's blogathon. It will be taking place in about three weeks. The topic is MONSTER MOVIES FROM THE 50S!!!<br /><br />I would love it if you would participate! Send me an email at nahood@ursinus.edu.<br /><br />Here are a couple of links to more information:<br /><br />http://forgottenclassicsofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2011/06/next-blogathon-monster-movie-mania.html<br /><br />http://forgottenclassicsofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2011/07/blogathon-update.htmlNathanael Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959797971471060052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571769854236946971.post-31643683242284221022011-07-15T07:32:54.180-07:002011-07-15T07:32:54.180-07:00Allen's best film in ages. Loved it in every w...Allen's best film in ages. Loved it in every way, though it does drag slightly in the third act. I love that Allen's just set out to tell a good story and tell it well, and wound up making a great film about art's ability to transport us to completely different worlds. I also like its sub-conflict between Paul, the cold analytical scholar whose opinion is wholly informed by what better men have written about the art he's so knowledgeable about, and Gil, a man who's so enthusiastic and passionate about art and literature that he literally is drawn into the worlds created by both. It's a movie about passion versus raw intellect. And it's a movie that's truly in love with the Paris of the 1920s and all of the figures displayed in each frame.<br /><br /><i>Midnight in Paris</i> made me <i>ache</i> for Europe-- I'd just gotten back from my honeymoon in Italy and Wales when we went to the theater to watch this. Fabulous movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571769854236946971.post-20458595368859287712011-07-14T21:24:58.678-07:002011-07-14T21:24:58.678-07:00It was lovely and all, but now I want a whole movi...It was lovely and all, but now I want a whole movie about Alison Pill as Zelda.Simonhttp://fourofthem.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571769854236946971.post-71261218935164917032011-07-14T15:52:07.505-07:002011-07-14T15:52:07.505-07:00It's one of Allen's best films since Match...It's one of Allen's best films since Match Point and really shows the actual charming talents that Owen Wilson holds as an actor. Good Review Mike!Dan O.http://www.dtmmr.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com