Mighty Aphrodite

[albabe]

Originally Posted by format916

i just watched this movie for the first time and man it does not hold up well. unless you love mira sorvinos terrible annoying accent.

I always assumed, "hold up well," meant you had seen it before?

As for Mira - I could make the joke that "If you were listening to her accent, then you musta missed the "Visual Part" of her Performance. I think she's a Fantastic Actress. Her Acting talent shows though in Beautiful Girls. I think she's quite wonderful as an actress.

I watched it last night - I thought it was fantastic.

Nice, simply Ironic story that blatantly (and humorously) admits its Deus ex machina in the dialogue. Funny too. Very similar Story Arc to older Woody Films like "Play It Again Sam," "Annie Hall," and "Manhattan" with Woody's Forth-Wall-Breaking and Narrations substituted by the Greek Chorus.

And the MUSIC is Awesome!

These folks like it a lot too!

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film4/blu-r...te_blu-ray.htm

[format916]

Originally Posted by albabe

I always assumed, "hold up well," meant you had seen it before?

As for Mira I think she's a Fantastic Actress.

i have only seen the movie once and it was recent. i say it doesnt hold up well because i generally like woody allens films..maybe there are one or two here and there that dont hit me. i like mira too, but for her to win a best actress for this was questionable to me. i was expecting like a powerful performance. it seems they gave it to her because it was hollywoods it girl playing a prostitute.

[albabe]

Originally Posted by format916

i have only seen the movie once and it was recent. i say it doesnt hold up well because i generally like woody allens films..maybe there are one or two here and there that dont hit me. i like mira too, but for her to win a best actress for this was questionable to me. i was expecting like a powerful performance. it seems they gave it to her because it was hollywoods it girl playing a prostitute.

...or maybe they thought she did a nice performance.

I'm not a big "Hollywood" fan. My wife is a member in SAG/AFTRA and she gets to vote every year, and it definitely is a VERY Political climate there... annoyingly so. But they do on occasion get it "Right." But honestly, I rarely pay any attention to awards in general.

I love a lot of the more recent Allen films (beyond The Purple Rose of Cairo) that are a bit more similar to his earlier work. Mighty Aphrodite is definitely one... Alice is wonderful too. There are many.