tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post1271959867673762582..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: Borrowing Another Movie's RiffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-63931623132674412202012-12-29T09:41:10.282-06:002012-12-29T09:41:10.282-06:00"Steve Carell belongs in a different movie&qu..."Steve Carell belongs in a different movie" is what we said almost word for word.<br /><br />I do like the very last scene, but I'm not sure if I love that the two of them are in such different spaces emotionally in it. Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-88597791993206594472012-12-29T09:10:59.029-06:002012-12-29T09:10:59.029-06:00Personally, I didn't mind so much that the lau...Personally, I didn't mind so much that the laughs went away. I really did like the opening, and I really do think that could be a good movie on its own, but the Steve Carrell character, to my eyes, didn't belong in that movie. He belonged in something more (dare I say it?) whimsical.<br /><br />And the execution of the last two acts is not always perfect but I liked the way it ended. I thought that last scene was just right.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-57047483103284618902012-12-29T01:34:48.665-06:002012-12-29T01:34:48.665-06:00Glad to hear neither of the previous commenters lo...Glad to hear neither of the previous commenters love this movie, because I like it less than both of you. Its promise is the greatest thing it has going for it. In fact, what they encapsulated in the party scene was the perfect blend of tones that the rest of the film needed to capture -- funny but wistful, with a hard truth or two waiting to punch you in the stomach. <br /><br />And so it was disappointing to me that I spent the last half-hour of this movie being repeatedly punched in the stomach. What happened to the laughs?Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-82711687199955072532012-12-27T21:24:12.525-06:002012-12-27T21:24:12.525-06:00You haven't had time to visit! You're Sant...You haven't had time to visit! You're Santa Claus! (If I wasn't on Twitter I wouldn't know these things.)<br /><br />And I kind of know what you mean. I really do like this movie a lot but watching it that second time made me realize how some of the individual scenes just don't CRACKLE like they should.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-64430564346164564542012-12-27T16:54:31.547-06:002012-12-27T16:54:31.547-06:00Let me get it out of the way that I do really like...Let me get it out of the way that I do really like this film (and Keira in it).<br /><br />But am I alone in wishing - in moments like that very on-point monologue - that the films whole was better? I mean it's a good film, sometimes very good, but there are times where it flirts dangerously with being an even better. And, god, I know I'm being a glutton but I wanted more.<br /><br />(Aside: Apologies for not visiting more often. It's been a weird confluence of not being familiar with the films you've touched on and being....umm...incapacitated. Better blogging days ahead, matey.)<br /><br />(Aside #2: Yes, matey.)Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.com