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I liked Barcelona.
LOVE.
Well, that's settled then. A friend of mine keeps talking about Whit Stillman anyway, so it'll be good to know what he's going on about.
I always forget how we roll, though: you hate Lost in Translation like I do, but you ALSO hate Magnolia, right?
Hah! I am wearing a Lost in Translation t-shirt right now. AIFG! But I really really hate Magnolia. It is probably my most hatiest film.
I always forget how we roll, though: you hate Lost in Translation like I do,
No, I loved Lost in Translation (though I haven't watched it in a long time). Part of why I loved it is because it really resonated with my life circumstances at the time. So if I watched it now, I might not feel the same way.
but you ALSO hate Magnolia, right?
There are no sufficient words to describe the depth of my hatred for Magnolia.
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But I really really hate Magnolia. It is probably my most hatiest film.
x-post of Magnolia hate!
All About my Mother seems to be set (at least some of it) in Barcelona. It's another one I seem to have missed. How did I skip from Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down to Habla con Ella? I thought I liked Almodovar.
And now, thanks to mentioning Barcelona, I'm earwormed with Pennsylvania 6-5000.
I have a weakness for stories about strangers' lives intersecting (see also: Crash).
Lost in Translation didn't do very much for me.
All About my Mother seems to be set (at least some of it) in Barcelona. It's another one I seem to have missed.
I saw it a long time ago. That was my first Almodovar.
I didn't lurve Lost in Translation but I enjoyed it and parts of it blew me away. The t-shirt is pretty awesome. I was about to say that Sophia Coppola rubs me the right way but then I remembered that Marie Antoinette didn't really do it for me. Kirsten Dunst was great and I loved the shoe porn (Chucks cameo!) but other than that I was pretty meh. I'm trying to keep an open mind about Somewhere.
I have a weakness for stories about strangers' lives intersecting
I do, too (go on, act surprised), but I guess what tips my liking/disliking one way or the other is whether I like the characters. And, now that I think about it, I didn't exactly *like* the characters in LiT, but I really identified with them.
But Magnolia -- not a single character in that movie was likable to me. (Frankly, Sigourney Weaver makes a much MUCH better "inspirational speaker" than Tom Cruise does [in Jeffrey].)
I really can't remember why I loved it so much now. I don't know how much I liked the characters, but at the end of the movie, I felt like I'd had an amazing experience. Kind of like how I felt after Crash, actually.
I remembered that Marie Antoinette didn't really do it for me. Kirsten Dunst was great and I loved the shoe porn (Chucks cameo!) but other than that I was pretty meh.
IT IS ALL ABOUT PRETTY DRESSES AND CAKE AND SHOES. IT IS WONDERFUL.
Okay, yeah, there's a plot in there, too.