Woody Allen is simply amazing. His consistent opening and end title, and witty dialogues! I can't believe that pure conversations can hold up a film, while in this film he proved how ingeniously and elegantly he can get that done! The dialogues of Sophie asking Stanley what he thinks of her, of Sophie asking if he ever thought of her as a female , of Stanley finally realizing Sophie and Howard's dupes, of Stanley talking with Aunt Vanessa of choosing either Olivia or Sophie, of Stanley's final proposal. Though those lines are so ingenious and witty! I laughed at them wholeheartedly! I can simply watch those conversations over and over again!
Throughout the experience of viewing, I always thought I may have watched some similar films before, but I failed to recall any. Is this a more lighthearted version of
Plus, Colin Firth and Emma Stone are both so adorable. Woody Allen is magical, like the optimistic American version of Wang Kai-Wei, who is able to dig out some facets of their personalities that match with roles, so actors put in least effort to act, but just be their own. (btw, they both did the same thing of picking names of their characters from assistant directors.
BTW, I envy the Sophie character so much even though this is just a fake story. She is so lovely that Stanley, or Colin, easily fall in love with her! While in real life, mutual affection is always so hard, for someone not good-looking as me. I also think the plot of how Stanley came to realize that he also likes Sophie a little tricky. At that party, on which Sophie looks stunning, Stanley says he has no other feelings than awe and admiration, yet after Sophie expressed her disappointment, and possibly some romantic feelings, Stanley became uneasy, and came to respond to her feelings even after he found he was duped by her. It may just be some plot, but Sophie was doing that so subtly and cleverly, that Stanley, in the end, thinks he was the person who falls in love first! The following are some key points:
1, you have to be agreeable in the first place;
2. share some intimate moments with the guy, depends on your luck
3. give him some hints about your potential feelings, yet never really tell him that you love him;
4. have other suitors so he feels competition, and men are usually competitive;
5. when he proposes to you, give him some hard time, so he will cherish you more.
However, all those tips are based on the presumption that you have suitors, and he has some feelings at the first place. Those points are rather catalysts.
It is also interesting that Woody Allen chose this pair of actors of age difference. Is it suggesting something about his own mating? Anyway, Colin is just so adorable that any women would be lucky to have him!
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