tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post1699206255613081866..comments2022-11-09T07:25:19.062-05:00Comments on Culture Vulture: 2 Days in Parisculture_vulturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889586883861913766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post-87329073441017943182007-11-10T10:18:00.000-05:002007-11-10T10:18:00.000-05:00Point taken on the arrogance of it.As to the pessi...Point taken on the arrogance of it.<BR/><BR/>As to the pessimistic tone, I actually find myself somewhat amazed that anyone can be anything other than cynical in this world we live in. Look at the majority of relationships out there. How many even last longer than 10 years? And when they do, how many would admit when really questioned to still being in love?<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure it's realistic to expect to truly love someone your whole life. Sure, you get maybe 3 years, but by then things are getting old and dull, so couples go for kids cause they need something else to fill that void. And then couples just get comfortable with each other; they're not really feeling in love per se, but their initial love has become companionship, which is valuable in itself.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm just as cynical as Marion, or maybe I've just lost all the idealism of my youth. But, like her, I'm not interested in putting my heart on the line time after time; it's gotta be well worth it for me, whereas others seem to be better at it than me.<BR/><BR/>And yet, even the most cynical of us retain at least a little bit of hope...but just a little bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post-90181896286328429272007-11-09T19:01:00.000-05:002007-11-09T19:01:00.000-05:00Thanks for that!Somehow it's easy to agree with be...Thanks for that!<BR/><BR/>Somehow it's easy to agree with beautiful women...<BR/><BR/>Reading over that monologue, the thing that strikes me is how awfully pessimistic it is. Basically, she's saying that after you get your heart broken enough, you inadvertently end up settling for someone who "bugs you sixty percent of the time" because you're just determined to make something stick. Jesus, I hope not. I mean, I've had my heart broken a time or two, and I'd like to think that I'm still unwilling to settle... In fact, I think I might be _less_ willing to settle than I used to be? But then again, sometimes I'm worry that I'm wrong.<BR/><BR/>As to the arrogance of it - well, the thing about break-ups is that you are being left alone. You don't get the other person's perspective anymore. That's part of what makes it so painful. It's somebody telling you to go figure it out on your own because they ain't gonna be around anymore. So I don't feel that it's unfair of her to not take his perspective into account. I mean, it's also worth noting that the film itself does, or has up to that point - it's only at the end that it comes back around so strongly to her perspective.culture_vulturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889586883861913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post-57525823202064899862007-11-09T15:37:00.000-05:002007-11-09T15:37:00.000-05:00Here it is..."It always fascinated me how people g...Here it is...<BR/><BR/>"It always fascinated me how people go from loving you madly to nothing at all, nothing. It hurts so much. When I feel someone is going to leave me, I have a tendency to break up first before I get to hear the whole thing. Here it is. One more, one less. Another wasted love story. I really love this one. When I think that its over, that I'll never see him again like this... well yes, I'll bump into him, we'll meet our new boyfriend and girlfriend, act as if we had never been together, then we'll slowly think of each other less and less until we forget each other completely. Almost. Always the same for me. Break up, break down. Drunk up, fool around. Meet one guy, then another, fuck around. Forget the one and only. Then after a few months of total emptiness start again to look for true love, desperately look everywhere and after two years of loneliness meet a new love and swear it is the one, until that one is gone as well. There's a moment in life where you can't recover any more from another break-up. And even if this person bugs you sixty percent of the time, well you still can’t live without him. And even if he wakes you up every day by sneezing right in your face, well you love his sneezes more than anyone else's kisses."<BR/><BR/>Even after seeing it again on paper, I find myself still on the fence. Last night, discussing it with a beautiful girl who liked it, I found myself liking it as well. But today, in my solitude, I find myself going the other way. And I'm not entirely sure why.<BR/><BR/>A few random thoughts...it does come across like a vanity project, and you do feel as though there is a little more of Delpy in Marion than is usual. That said, these lines seem a bit arrogant, neglecting to take into Jack's point of view, and even relegating him to silence. She seems to forget that 2 people are involved in a relationship, and that is obviously what makes them so difficult at times.<BR/><BR/>Still, it is good to see a film looking at love and relationships from the other perspective: that you just don't ride off into the sunset hand-in-hand. I just feel that Lost in Translation and even the last vignette in Paris Je T'aime did a better job of this.<BR/><BR/>Apologies for my somewhat disjointed ideas; they are still in formation stage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post-83792380529022881462007-11-09T11:39:00.000-05:002007-11-09T11:39:00.000-05:00Ha, no, no chance at all. I wouldn't mind reading ...Ha, no, no chance at all. I wouldn't mind reading a transcript of it myself, actually. As I recall, it was quite good. I'm curious what it is that you're on the fence about - care to elaborate?culture_vulturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889586883861913766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22685400.post-359784111797639552007-11-09T00:48:00.000-05:002007-11-09T00:48:00.000-05:00I just saw "2 Days in Paris" and am, at present, s...I just saw "2 Days in Paris" and am, at present, still somewhat unsure as to what I think of the closing scene. I'd like to see it again or at least read the monologue before making any sort of pronouncement. Any chance you remember the lines off by heart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com