What a film. Flirting was pretty light hearted and I loved it, this is so much darker and mysterious and yet I love it just as much if not more.
I hope they someday make a third. (I realise this is the first)
Completely agree. TYMVB is much better and I was a little disappointed with Flirting, which I saw after TYMVB, because it was a film less troubled by the pains and problems of life. Also Noah Taylor did not have as significant a role in Flirting - another factor in me liking it less.
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Compared to TYMVB it's definitely more light hearted, it's still got a tinge of sadness to it with it's ending. What I love about John Duigan two films is how poetic they are, and he doesn't hide away from showing a darker side to coming of age genre. I agree with you I prefer Flirting too, I think cause I love Thandie Newton and Noah Taylor romance, plus Danny (Taylor) clearly has grown somewhat from the young lad in TYMVB and clearly has grown from his experiences in that film.
Shame we didn't get a third film to finish of the trilogy. They can still do it but they have to recast the roles sadly. Shame as it would probably ended with Danny and Thandwie getting together. Plus the setting in Paris in 1968 would be so fitting.
I haven't seen either film for many years but enjoyed both very much. If I liked Flirting just a little more, it's probably because I saw that one first, and in the cinema, whereas I watched this later on home video.
I really need to check out these two movies again. I remember them as very perceptive, funny and charming, but each also having a sadness hanging over them.