Amelie

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Plot: It is a French movie that I had to watch with English subtitles. It is labeled as a romance but it's a strange romance. Amelie is the main character of this film who decides after doing a random act of kindess to change others lives for the better. One day, she sees a man at a photo booth and, of course, she is in love. After finding his photo album she decides to play cat and mouse with him so their love can eventually blossom. The love story is sort of cat and mouse, one chasing the other for the whole movie and becomes tiresome after a while (In fact it is almost two hours long). Amelie has some animations and CGI that are rather strange. The main character, Amelie, literally melts at one point and her crush, Nino, talks to pictures on a card and the pictures talk back. There are cute scenes in here along with some humorous parts which is what would want me to watch this again. 

Characters/Actors of Note:

Audrey Tautou playing Amelie Poulain: This movie was one of the more odd ones I have seen in large part to this character. She is so caught up in her imagination that she has no concept of how to create relationships. She watches television and imagines that they are talking about her. Her heart beats out of her chest when she first encounters her crush and makes believes that she is Zorro. She is weird to say the least but she is sweet. The chance to be brave shows itself but her personality doesn't allow herself to be brave, until the end. Another thing, if you want to watch this with your family...please reconsider. A game Amelie plays is paying attention to her surroundings which includes trying to figure out how many people are having sex during that exact moment. They do show some bits of this and includes...sounds. 

Mathieu Kassovitv playing Nino Quincampoix: This character is not shown very often but it is understood that he is equally as odd as Amelie. He has a scrapbook that he keeps of thrown away pictures that Amelie finds. He spends the movie trying to contact her so that he can get his book back. He grew up just as lonely as Amelie and keeps many strange jobs. Due to the intrigue of finding her, he falls in love with her more than he can understand. I appreciated this character as he was the love interest. Let me say that again, HE was the love interest. It was nice to watch a man be the love struck lost character for once. 

Music: The music fit so well with the movie I hardly noticed it; a good sign for a movie. Wasn't very catchy but it wasn't too distracting. Not much to say on the sound of this film. 

Camera Work/Cinematography: As stated before, it was odd. Paintings talking, people melting, a person's vision whirling upon realization. It was like a cartoon but with real people. I noticed that yellow was a major color in this film. It gave the feel of airiness but it was also an earth tone. The best way to describe how the movie looked is that each scene appeared to be lighted by the sun on different days. 

RECAP:

Plot had both good and weird parts. One moment you were thinking how adorable this movie was and the next you are sitting in your chair thinking, "What am I watching?" I was left feeling happy but not in a normal way. Kind of like if you were complimented on something bad; it feels good but was it really a good thing? The music fit alright and the camera work/cinematography fit the mood of the movie. Overall, this is a really weird romance, good or bad...no one knows.

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