Watching Scarlett's short on youtube in Russian was the only reason I do not regret wasting the last 2 hours of my life.
'Who?' said the cloud that started to cry.
'Where?' said the thunder without a sound.
My sentiments exactly...the film was just AWFUL...eeegh...pretentious much? I could not feel any true emotion, I didn't really like any of the characters, it was just one cliche after another. But I guess there were a couple of random segments/moments that did make me feel 'something', but overall, it was just quite unbearable.
i had to shut this off 1/2 way through it was so bad. If someone wants to try to convince me it gets better maybe i'll try again but holy crap this was bad. I liked Paris, Je t'aime but this didn't seem to have one likeable character or storyline.
Don't mention Lincoln! Something terrible happened to me on Lincoln's birthday
I was actually surprised when i looked this film up on here, to find this thread.
I agree, the film was just, a terrible copy cat of Paris je'taime! But came out nothing like it.
I'm glad not everyone was swayed by star power and the idea that this film is 'cool'.
Ken Miller: I always say girl plus car equals dead animal.
I knew right away after knowing that Brett Ratner would be one of the directors of 'New York, I Love You', that this movie would suck, and I was right this lame attempt of a movie is thoroughly bad. The fact that the one of the "best" vignettes was the one directed by Natalie Portman whose experience behind the camera was zero, speaks volumes about the quality of this fiasco.
Having said that, IMO the only two worthy segments are the ones directed by Fatih Akin and Shunji Iwai, precisely the only two directors with proven talent (well, Mira Nair is a quite talented filmmaker as well, so I'd assume she got affected by the general mediocrity).
"Paris, je t'aime" was a very good film that boasted a Tier I lineup of fillmakers (Cuarón, Salles, Coen Bros, Coixet, Chomet, Payne, Van Sant, Tykwer, Daniela Thomas, amongst others).
'NYILY' is a B-movie with a Tier III roster of filmmakers (Ratner, Portman, Kapur, Balsmeyer, Marston, Hughes), bar the aforementioned Akin, Nair and Iwai.
BTW Being a movie about New York I expected to see at least ONE (just one) famous filmmaker born in New York or whose movies are usually shot in NY, somebody like Woody Allen, Scorsese, Spike Lee, heck even Kevin Smith would be a better choice than Ratner and co.
3/10
I agree! I was actually so surprised how boring the movie was, that I was compelled to stop watching half-way through. It was only a couple of days later that I figured I might as well finish it off.
I felt it was a pretentious, awkward and messy mish-mash of storylines and characters. I found it hard to empathise and like many of the characters. I get that every vignette was supposed to be a sliver of a story, that left us wanting more. But I found little to no satisfaction watching the movie. There was no closure, no mystery, just... mess.
I really enjoyed Paris Je t'aime. But this.. not so much.
I was extremely angry after I finished watching the movie because I wasted my time and my money on a piece of garbage. This is definitely one of the WORST movies I've seen in recent years.
shareI loved Paris Je'taime so much, so I expected a lot from this film.
I fell asleep 40 minutes in... I just didn't feel anything for any of the characters and the segments just felt a little too randomly obscure and dull. This had the potential to be so amazing! and it was ruined. VERY dissapointed.
I turned it off after...hang on let me check my Netflix...fourteen minutes and eleven seconds....of hell. I thought maybe my taste in film was just underdeveloped....so glad to have found this thread.
And I didn't even get to see Bradley Cooper :( Did he make it even a little worth hanging on?
Ugh Caroline it was truly AWFUL. I have nothing against Cooper but his segment was enough to turn me off the poor guy forever. It was about two lovers meeting for the second time - travelling across NYC and their inner 'chat' as they do it.
His inner monologue goes like this (yes I looked a script site up because it was so bad):
"It's a bad idea with this girl. What am I saying? She's not a girl.I have no idea how old she is, but she's not a *beep* girl. Why am I walking 30 blocks to this bar?I'm not in a good space for this.Yeah, she was beautiful.Yes, she had a great body,and she's smart.Was she even drunk? I don't even know.I don't even know what she was. Does it really matter? Ow. Am I imagining things,or is my dick itching? No, no, no.It's just these pants. They always rub me
the wrong way. God, that was sexy. It was beyond sexy. I felt like I was in
a damn Bertolucci movie. What is wrong with me? Why am I so *beep* nervous? This is ridiculous. Let's just get in a cab."
Pretty special isn't it? Especially the part about his itching dick. Charming.
Wow that is.......captivating. Besides the itching part I think my second favorite is "I'm not in a good space for this." Does he mean mentally? Because I know lots of men who think that way.........
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It's a horrible, boring mess. Waste of celluloid.
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just terrible When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
Worst "Let's make this movie something special" movie ever.
If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
I'm so glad I got this movie free from the library. I feel sorry for those who paid to see it.
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