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Stick with Midnight in Paris.
Much as I love and respect the cast of this film, it was disappointingly feeble, implausible and irritating. For example, even if their Montmartre hotel was not up to scratch, so what? It's in Montmartre ferchrissakes, you only sleep, shower and change clothes in a hotel in Paris, the rest of the time you are OUT in the fabulous city (unless you've kind of missed the point of Paris ...), and, why then go and check into a ridiculously expensive hotel that you can't afford when there are loads of really decent affordable hotels all over the city? Not that it's that straightforward to walk into a Parisian hotel and just get a room without a reservation ... (this might no longer be the case since the slump in tourism, but it wasn't so when this film was made). And, what's so great about running out of a restaurant without paying? And, if you're not rich, why not eat in one of the countless, lovely restaurants that are easily affordable? And, why do film makers insist on the clichéd tropes of ... yawn ... a view of La Tour Eiffel, the gauche academic, the wine drinking ... blah blah .... yawn ... when there is SO much culture to be enjoyed in Paris, of the widest diversity imaginable ....? Well, don't get me started. Woody Allen did a much better job of bringing alive the mythologised world of La Belle Epoque, the 20s and modern Paris ... and you can sense his real love for the city in Midnight in Paris. The joy of simply breezing along the quays that you see in Owen Wilson's expression and body language. There, that's what I think. I don't regret seeing Le Weekend, but it was a missed opportunity, and a bit silly. Try Amélie instead, it's a bit sugary, but charming, and again, it captures the city very well.Read full review...
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