Midnight in Paris: NR review #4

Now, your probably waiting for my Transformers: Dark of the Moon review. Well I didn't see that. I could have seen Transformers, but I would have to spend money for a movie I didn't want to see. Instead I went to see a limited released film. Woody Allen's new film to be exact that goes by the name of...


Let's Begin...



PLOT

Our plot begins with Owen Wilson's character, Gil, who is a self proclaimed "Hollywood Hack Writer" who is trying to write an honest novel. He is also invited to Paris by his fiance's (played by Rachel Mcadams) parents. While there, Gil and his Fiancee hit a snag in there relationship and Gil goes out for a walk in Paris. Around midnight, an old car drives by and the passengers invite him to go to a party. At first he thinks it's a costume party, but soon realizes that he has somehow traveled back to the 1920's, his favorite era! Now...well, I have no Idea how to write the rest of this plot without spoiling things. Let's just move on.


PROS

Owen Wilson is great as Gil, I actually believed he loved 1920's Paris.

Everyone who played as a historical figure was great and while I didn't how these people acted back in the day, I felt that they did a great job as these characters.

The comedy is hilarious, I laughed at every joke and so did the audience.

Woody Allen really does a good job showing off Paris. I took a French class this year, and the books and movies I was shown didn't even come close to capturing Paris like Allen.

The time travelling wasn't explained in detail. While that may sound like a Con, It actually would have brought down the film if they went into detail about he travels back in time. It's barley touched on and that's for the best.

The ending is great and while some people will think its bad because it's not the typical "happy ending" I still though it was good.

In the scenes that take place in the 20's, Allen really went all out with the setting. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is from the 20's from the cars to even the atmosphere's of the parties.

It's obvious that Woody Allen really loves this era of Paris culture. He shows it through the character of Gil and through the way he shoots the scenes. A great example is at the very start of the movie, before the title even comes up, he takes about 5 minutes to show the beauty of Paris at anytime of the day.


CONS

Rachel Mcadams character was a complete B%TCH and so was her family. It got a point where it was just annoying. This also adds to another con where it's hard for me to see what Gil saw in her to even start dating in the first place. Well...She is hot.

The movie expects you to know who these people from the 20's are. I had a couple of times where they would make a reference to a trait about that character and there would be like 3 people in the row behind me laughing their heads off while I just sat there wondering why it was funny.



CONCLUSION

As you can see, I love this movie. While I have never seen a Woody Allen, I'm definitely going to start. But this movie is not for everyone. If you don't much about the people from the 20's then most great things about this movie will fly iver your head. But, to quote the awesome Co-Host 3000 of Spill.com "If your more artsey then fartsey" then I HIGHLY recomend seeing this movie, If your fartsey, I'd say give it a try.


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