tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post1931277968650508150..comments2024-03-27T09:50:53.662-05:00Comments on Happy Catholic*: The Golden Age in the City of Lights: Woody Allen's Midnight in ParisJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-28362736783679816802011-12-21T11:50:48.803-06:002011-12-21T11:50:48.803-06:00Thanks for the review.... I'd heard good thing...Thanks for the review.... I'd heard good things but our plans to see in the theater kept getting delayed.... I'm looking forward to renting it very soon!Tammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-31623269459138537192011-12-19T17:53:23.305-06:002011-12-19T17:53:23.305-06:00I wasn't familiar with the story but we all no...I wasn't familiar with the story but we all noted the difference between despair and hope in Purple Rose versus Midnight.<br /><br />We thought perhaps Woody took Gertrude Stein's advice! :-D<br /><br />And it made me feel happy that Woody Allen had progressed to the point where he could pass that message along to everyone, since he always seemed a rather despairing soul in many ways.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368767968953817531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-30908683757154620182011-12-19T15:41:32.493-06:002011-12-19T15:41:32.493-06:00Delighted to see the quotation from "Millions...Delighted to see the quotation from "Millions" in your sidebar today. One of my favorite Christmas movies!Desperate Irish Housewifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-87265543548318879132011-12-19T15:29:15.899-06:002011-12-19T15:29:15.899-06:00I enjoyed it too, and I found it especially intere...I enjoyed it too, and I found it especially interesting compared to Woody Allen's earlier work on similar themes. In the story, "The Kugelmass Episode," he had a middle aged professor escape reality by inserting himself magically into Madame Bovary, only to find that Emma B. was a bore. In the end, he found himself trapped in a Spanish grammar textbook. In his movie, "The Purple Rose of Cairo," we left Mia Farrow staring at the movie screen, unable to deal with her real life. But in this movie, Owen Wilson has his magical encounter but returns from it, back to his regular life, invigorated and refreshed and ready to move on and grow. I thought it was a nice change in tone.Andrew Ordoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777077962983909449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-9433538841154699422011-12-19T13:52:48.426-06:002011-12-19T13:52:48.426-06:00I loved that movie. I particularly liked the way t...I loved that movie. I particularly liked the way they didn't even try and explain the time travel. 1.21 gigawatts not needed ;-)Restless Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401126921440086739noreply@blogger.com