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Old 07-25-2011, 04:28 PM   #1067
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A strong recommendation for "Midnight in Paris." It was not lazy Woody, and it made me do something I did not think possible: enjoy a full movie of Owen Wilson. Plus, say what you will about Inception-like movies, this movie had the biggest surprise that I actually gave a sh*t about in some time.

Plus Marion Cotillard at her most Marion Cotillardish.

Given everything we tend to know about the lives of the people we dub heros of one sort or another, I'm not sure I totally buy the premise--or at least that I would act as starry-eyed as Wilson's character did--but it was a charming ride.
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I enjoyed it as well. What was the surprise?
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That the protagonist did not end up marrying the unpleasant person he went to Europe with.


No, seriously, it was

Spoiler:
you know. The thing. For her. Perhaps I should have seen it coming, but I didn't.
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