Midnight In Paris

[MarkGrace]

I will be seeing this opening weekend. Who else is in? With all the folks going to Paris this year and the general number of Francophiles around here, I imagine there will be a good amount of interest in seeing this.

I've enjoyed some recent Woody films (principally Match Point) and this one is getting some good reviews so far.

[filsdepac]

Not sure I'll have time before we go, but I'll probably see it after and annoyingly point out all the places we just visited. Looks good though and my wife (just gonna start calling her that now) loves Rachel McAdams so she's in.

[Moliere]

This opens in exactly 8 days right?

[MarkGrace]

Finally saw this on a date tonight with the Mrs. We loved it.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Finally saw this on a date tonight with the Mrs. We loved it.

I was unaware of this thread, and I mentioned our viewing of it in the Last Movie I Saw thread. It may be the most enjoyable movie we've seen so far this year.

[BoylenOver]

I saw this tonight with the g/f. It might be a tad indulgent, but I love Owen Wilson as the "Woody Allen character", and Corey Stull and Alison Pill were fantastic as Hemingway and Zelda Fitzgerald. Part of my problem is a lack of familiarity with the classic works of Picasso, Cole Porter, Bunuel, and Gertrude Stein, but I did enjoy it. The scenery is gorgeous, and I can certainly identify with the nostalgia for a former time.

[Flystripper]

I saw this last night. I really liked it.

[Moliere]

I saw this the other night. I decided to not wait for Netflix and so I picked it up from Redbox. It was well worth the $1.20 .

Seriously this was a great film. It took me a couple minutes to figure out why in the heck Gil was meeting up with Ernest Hemingway but after the initial confusion I really enjoyed the scenes in the past. I think I would have enjoyed the film even more if I knew all the famous characters. I wasn't sure who Gertrude Stein or Zelda Fitzgerald were and I had only heard the name of Cole Porter but wasn't familiar with his works. I did especially love the portrayal of Hemingway and Dali. In fact, Dali had me laughing out loud. When I lived in Paris I visited the Dali museum and Brodies character played his personality pretty well. I didn't know any of the characters form teh "belle epoque" besides Degas.

I liked the storyline. I think it was clever to take Americans that lived for a bit in Paris and throw them into Gil's "fantasy" although I'm not sure where Picasso and Dali fit into this as they aren't American.

I also liked the idea of Nostalgia and people increasingly making the past seem better than it really was. I think Allen could have put in a scene of the Republican dad discussing how great things were under Reagan as a way to underscore the theme, but what do I know since I don't write films. It was interesting though to see that Gil's perfect time was the Age d'Or, yet the people that lived in l'age d'Or felt that the Belle Epoque was the perfect time. In any case, it played well together for the whole movie which made it very entertaining.

I'll definitely buy this one. Looking forward to watching it again.

[Non Sequitur]

I loved it. That and Match Point are my favorite Woody Allen films of the last several years.

[Moliere]

although I'm not sure where Picasso and Dali fit into this as they aren't American.

I watched this again (and will likely watch it again and again). Yes, I'm in love with this movie. Suffice it to say that I have Paris nostalgia so this movie struck a big time chord.

But the reason I bumped this is that I now understand the role of Dali. I feel like an idiot. Of course Dali fits into the movie as the best known surrealist painter of his time, not to mention his most famous work (below)......seems to fit perfectly.

[PaloAltoCougar]

We watched it again over the weekend and it held up very well. Probably my favorite (or at least in the top five) movie experience of 2011. Watching a good movie a second time (or more) enables one to notice more about the director's technique and other details. Among the things I noticed this time around was the scene when the Wilson and McAdams characters visit Versailles with their pretentious friend. It's done in a single cut, with the characters strolling, chatting, and doing a full 180 as they walk around Versailles' "backyard." Clearly there's some improvisation going on here, which Woody Allen encourages, and it's done very well.

This is one of those movies that when you come across it on one of the cable channels, you can watch for awhile anytime, no matter how many times you've seen it (see, e.g., The Shawshank Redemption).

[Moliere]

We watched it again over the weekend and it held up very well. Probably my favorite (or at least in the top five) movie experience of 2011. Watching a good movie a second time (or more) enables one to notice more about the director's technique and other details. Among the things I noticed this time around was the scene when the Wilson and McAdams characters visit Versailles with their pretentious friend. It's done in a single cut, with the characters strolling, chatting, and doing a full 180 as they walk around Versailles' "backyard." Clearly there's some improvisation going on here, which Woody Allen encourages, and it's done very well.

That was a beautiful scene. Having been there, multiple times, I really enjoyed watching it. I lived a stones throw from the gardens for 4 months and we often went there on p-day to write letters or just hang out.

MJ, who has been there twice, even knew exactly where they were, thanks to the 180 degree shot.

yeah, that film has some serious nostalgia to it.

[Jacob]

I really like the show. But I wondered why McAdams would have wanted to play such an unlikable, lame human being with no redeeming qualities.
Wilson did great in the Woody Allen role.

[MarkGrace]

I watched this again (and will likely watch it again and again). Yes, I'm in love with this movie. Suffice it to say that I have Paris nostalgia so this movie struck a big time chord.

But the reason I bumped this is that I now understand the role of Dali. I feel like an idiot. Of course Dali fits into the movie as the best known surrealist painter of his time, not to mention his most famous work (below)......seems to fit perfectly.

I love when Gil is explaining to them that he's from the future and the other surrealist (that dude I didn't know) really likes the idea of time travel. Gil says, "that's because you're a surrealist, but I'm just a regular guy." haha.

The Dali part I didn't get was the rhinoceros stuff. Had to read about it after the the movie. Apparently we was kind of obssessed with them as symbolism. I guess he even went on the Tonight Show and refused to sit on anything other than a leather rhinoceros. Wacky. ha.

[Moliere]

I love when Gil is explaining to them that he's from the future and the other surrealist (that dude I didn't know) really likes the idea of time travel. Gil says, "that's because you're a surrealist, but I'm just a regular guy." haha.

The Dali part I didn't get was the rhinoceros stuff. Had to read about it after the the movie. Apparently we was kind of obssessed with them as symbolism. I guess he even went on the Tonight Show and refused to sit on anything other than a leather rhinoceros. Wacky. ha.

Man Ray...I knew the name but not the works so I also looked it up after the first time seeing it. I think his quote is something like "Exactly correct...you inhabit two worlds....so far I see nothing strange" and he says it boldly and without hesitation. Classic.