......which is nominated by the Academy for Best Picture this year.
Spoilers ahead!!!!!
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I usually like Woody Allen movies a whole lot and this one had plenty of good stuff going for it: beautiful cinematography of the City of Light, a promising fantasy storyline, a cast full of folks portraying 1920's and 1890's notables from Music, Dance, Literature and Art, plus the lovely and usually likable actress Rachel McAdams.
I bet Woody saw and really dug those two entertaining Ben Stiller "Night at the Museum" flicks and decided he'd make one like that himself.
You know, he'd take the money and run.
Hey, if that's cinematic crime, it's only a misdemeanor.
Owen Wilson stars in the protagonist role Woody used to play so often in his films himself.
I've never dug Wilson that much, but he's OK here.
He's even better than OK, he's good, but he's certainly no Woody Allen.
Woody always "performed" his signature leading role as a bemused romantic, intelligent but cynical, worried but pro-active, light-hearted though serious, carefully and neurotically making his way with awkward charm and pithy wit through whatever location and storyline he chose to film.
Owen Wilson was a little too silly (without ever really being that funny) for me and I kept remembering and imagining how The Woodman would have done it much better, in every way for me, when he was the same age.
And the large number of famous people Wilson's character encountered in Paris after midnight left too many of them with too little time to say or to do very much that was interesting.
Plus, Rachel McAdams (here less likable than Wilson's protagonist) was no Diane Keaton/Mia Farrow.
So, I enjoyed "Midnight in Paris," but its not going to displace any favorite Woody Allen flicks up high on my list and I won't need to see it again.
Nevertheless, upon leaving Gay Paree, I had a pretty big smile on my face and I'll recommend this film to fans of Allen or Wilson or Paris or historical(?) romantic comedic fantasy.
Your thoughts?
Spoilers ahead!!!!!
The Link
I usually like Woody Allen movies a whole lot and this one had plenty of good stuff going for it: beautiful cinematography of the City of Light, a promising fantasy storyline, a cast full of folks portraying 1920's and 1890's notables from Music, Dance, Literature and Art, plus the lovely and usually likable actress Rachel McAdams.
I bet Woody saw and really dug those two entertaining Ben Stiller "Night at the Museum" flicks and decided he'd make one like that himself.
You know, he'd take the money and run.
Hey, if that's cinematic crime, it's only a misdemeanor.
Owen Wilson stars in the protagonist role Woody used to play so often in his films himself.
I've never dug Wilson that much, but he's OK here.
He's even better than OK, he's good, but he's certainly no Woody Allen.
Woody always "performed" his signature leading role as a bemused romantic, intelligent but cynical, worried but pro-active, light-hearted though serious, carefully and neurotically making his way with awkward charm and pithy wit through whatever location and storyline he chose to film.
Owen Wilson was a little too silly (without ever really being that funny) for me and I kept remembering and imagining how The Woodman would have done it much better, in every way for me, when he was the same age.
And the large number of famous people Wilson's character encountered in Paris after midnight left too many of them with too little time to say or to do very much that was interesting.
Plus, Rachel McAdams (here less likable than Wilson's protagonist) was no Diane Keaton/Mia Farrow.
So, I enjoyed "Midnight in Paris," but its not going to displace any favorite Woody Allen flicks up high on my list and I won't need to see it again.
Nevertheless, upon leaving Gay Paree, I had a pretty big smile on my face and I'll recommend this film to fans of Allen or Wilson or Paris or historical(?) romantic comedic fantasy.
Your thoughts?
