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Best things about Midnight in Paris (2011)

posted 10 years ago by bringbackberniew
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1. Paris

2. Bringing to life with some personality a few geniuses from the past. (though I have no idea what the "rhinoceros" reference was about)

3. Skewering a few of my least favorite Americans;
Rich, overbearing, right-wing nutjobs & their ignorantly over-privileged wives. (I would have been happy with a skewering of rich, overbearing, left-wing nutjobs too)
Pedantic pukes who love to treat trivia as nourishment & fulfillment.

4. Paris, n'est-ce-pas?

5. Some good old-fashioned Woody humor (see the favorite lines thread).

6. Not based on a comic-book nor a teen trilogy.

7. Paris, certainement!

Et tu?

[–] pacwarbuff 10 years ago

8. Gil Pender. While Allenesque, is portrayed through an "Owen Wilson filter", so he's more of an "Aw, shucks" laid-back character, which would not have been the case if Gil had been played by Woody Allen.

[–] bringbackberniew 10 years ago

Better than woody in his std neurotic state probably would have

[–] fanaticita 9 years ago

I'm glad that Woody Allen didn't play Gill. I love Allen's directing, but hate his acting. I'm not saying he's a bad actor, I just don't like his acting at all.

[–] ecvz 9 years ago

1. Ernest Hemingway

2. Ernest Hemingway

3. Shooting charging lions and boxing.

4. Rhinos-ceros

[–] ecvz 9 years ago

P.S. to OP: I think the "rhinoceros" thing was just to emphasize how bizarre and eccentric Dali was. I'm not surprised if he painted something like that. That's exactly how I would picture Dali in the '20s. I was laughing my ass off.

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[–] Squeeth2 9 years ago

Hemingway being played as a cross between John Wayne and Teddy Roosevelt. ;O)

Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.

[–] salmanp0020 9 years ago

Add the soundtrack to that. It's beautiful.