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I can't wait to see it again., 6 August 2006

Author: karmacoupe from New York, Toronto

i've seen this about 7 or 8 times, could see it a lot more.

Movies are SO subjective, but i'm still surprised at the poo-pooers of this parody. Woody is perfect in the lead role, and for those who think he's too old, think about Grace Kelly's choice of men, or the much-lauded Vertigo, with an even more absurd male-female storyline.

a movie, like life, doesn't always make perfect sense. (it was Hitchcock who I first read say this) but if it's funny, there's love in the air, a babe, a great soundtrack, some hypnotic channeling, and a bit of a mystery, what the heck, eh? life's good. especially this two hour slice.

just about everything in this movie is on a 'masterpiece' level, IMHO.

the themes of: technology vs. intuition (or progress vs. tradition, modernity vs. classicism); plus the sexism, prejudice, and then role-reversal -- all fabulously and LOL explored.

and the music is to die for. all hail the banjo! best use EVER in a film. (see ya, Deliverance. -- like McCartney taking back Helter Skelter.)

the only casting i'm not crazy about is Aykroyd's bland toast, and I've never loved that guy from MASH, but this is my favorite single performance by Helen Hunt -- Mad About You with an edge -- over the top, laser-guided missile words. even Woody haters would have to love the scenes where she just rips his head off and spits it out. he's been put in his place by a lot of women in his 40-whatever movies, but i don't know if ever better than Hunt does it!

and the Woody character is just So over the top, and yet you know there were (are) men out there like C.W. and yet, he also has a good and honorable code despite his surface sleaziness. and funny!

I can't wait to see it again.

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