Is it crazy of me to think that Woody might have cranked out something halfway decent this time? I've long since stopped hoping for The Simpsons to rebound and I've resigned myself to the idea that we may never recover Zemeckis from his island of dead-eyed motion capture zombies, but try as I might I just can't hoping that Woody has one more masterpiece left in him. At least it can't get worse. Surely Whatever Works was rock bottom.
Okay, it doesn't look to be 2011's answer to Hannah and Her Sisters but it does look like it might be at least a Vicky Christina Barcelona level effort. That would be good enough for me. I'm not greedy. Really, I would be happy these days simply to exit an Allen film not feeling like I've just seen a first draft pieced together out of notes found in an old pair of pants and filmed in a rush between clarinet practice and the ball game.
Yeahh, I'd like to get optimistic about this, especially with that awesome cast, but both Owen Wilson & the jokes seemed pretty flat. Getting ions firing? Is that the best they could do for the trailer?
Plus the characters & conflict, as presented here, look REALLY familiar. Maybe this'll have some delightful secrets that the trailer didn't get to? Like maybe Marion Cotillard or another cast member is the spark that gets it going, just like Penelope Cruz was to VCB?
I like the look of it. Though I would not particulary think of Wilson as a Woody hero, I like Sheen's character from the trailer. And I want to see what does Adrien Brody+Woody Allen+Paris would equal to.
Yeahh, I'd like to get optimistic about this, especially with that awesome cast, but both Owen Wilson & the jokes seemed pretty flat. Getting ions firing? Is that the best they could do for the trailer?
ReplyDeletePlus the characters & conflict, as presented here, look REALLY familiar. Maybe this'll have some delightful secrets that the trailer didn't get to? Like maybe Marion Cotillard or another cast member is the spark that gets it going, just like Penelope Cruz was to VCB?
That would be the best case scenario for me.
I like the look of it. Though I would not particulary think of Wilson as a Woody hero, I like Sheen's character from the trailer. And I want to see what does Adrien Brody+Woody Allen+Paris would equal to.
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