I just saw this today too, and totally loved it. It is funny having it set in London, but then I felt that London is kind of like NYC used to be (like NYC of the 1930s). and for Woody Allen who's musical tastes used to be all Irving Berlin and old jazz, the choice of Opera seemed surprising...but of course to the current generation maybe Jazz is not as accessable as Opera (I mean both are like a foreign language to a younger audience). You're right about Johnathan Rhys Meyers, he is completely different from the usual Woody Allen star, and in fact I think one of Scarlett Jonansson's strengths is that she is nothing like Diane Keaton or Mia Farrow (his usual fragile but slightly wacky heroine), the casting was brilliant because there was so much power to their performances. Maybe that is the wrong term, they just seemed very real. And intense. Not to get spoilery but the wedding ring landing on the edge and falling in, that blew me away. I was also blown away by the fact that the funniest moments (the ones where I laughed out loud) were also the scariest and most emotionally intense.
I agree with your best of Allen list, well I'm not such a fan of 'Deconstructing Harry' and I do kind of love 'Everybody Always Says I Love You', but this is his best I think.
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It is funny having it set in London, but then I felt that London is kind of like NYC used to be (like NYC of the 1930s).
and for Woody Allen who's musical tastes used to be all Irving Berlin and old jazz, the choice of Opera seemed surprising...but of course to the current generation maybe Jazz is not as accessable as Opera (I mean both are like a foreign language to a younger audience).
You're right about Johnathan Rhys Meyers, he is completely different from the usual Woody Allen star, and in fact I think one of Scarlett Jonansson's strengths is that she is nothing like Diane Keaton or Mia Farrow (his usual fragile but slightly wacky heroine), the casting was brilliant because there was so much power to their performances. Maybe that is the wrong term, they just seemed very real. And intense.
Not to get spoilery but the wedding ring landing on the edge and falling in, that blew me away.
I was also blown away by the fact that the funniest moments (the ones where I laughed out loud) were also the scariest and most emotionally intense.
I agree with your best of Allen list, well I'm not such a fan of 'Deconstructing Harry' and I do kind of love 'Everybody Always Says I Love You', but this is his best I think.