11/25/2018 1 Comment Midnight in Paris (2011)Midnight in Paris opens with a lovely sequence of pictures/videos of Paris, France. While this opening was very long, I thought it was perfect because it made the viewer feel like they traveled to Paris and are currently sight-seeing. At first, I was not a huge fan of that but quickly grew to like it. After the opening sequence we are introduced to the main characters- Inez and Gil. I throughly enjoyed watching the characters interact, especially after being introduced to Inez friends- they were such a bore! AnywayAXS, Gil begins to tour the city alone at night and comes across this cab at midnight. He gets in and is magically transported to the 20’s and meets many literary and art icons. He tries to bring his fiancee to meet these people with him, but she refuses. In this other world, Gil meets another woman and falls in love with her. Together they travel to the 1800’s and she decides to stay but Gil goes back to the present. Gil breaks off the engagement with Inez and meets someone who works in a cute little shop in Paris.
I loved this movie!!! It has removed The Glass Castle and is now ranked in my top five. I loved the way it was directed and fell in love with the feel of the movie. I watched this with my entire family, and everyone was enamored by the movie. I saw similarities with Midnight in Paris and The Purple Rose of Cairo, but nevertheless I still really enjoy both movies. The one thing I thought was weird, and I am catching a theme, is dysfunctional relationships. This is my fourth Woody Allen movie, and everyone has some form of weirdness in the main characters relationships. Maybe this is from his own life of dysfunctional relationships? I listened to a podcast from Ronan Farrow on the way to Alabama and was shocked by how weird his relationships are/were.
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