Movie: MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT written and directed
by Woody Allen.
The two main
stars in this movie are British actor Colin Firth and American actress Emma
Stone. The plot is in Europe in 1928
hopping between Germany, maybe Spain and Italy.
Colin Firth's character is an illusionist who openly admits all his
magic tricks are just tricks and he vows to expose phony clairvoyants and mystics.
Emma Stone
is the phony clairvoyant and mystic and
Colin Firth is the illusionist and spirit buster. Emma is down
to earth and unpretentious. Colin is a sophisticated snob. Do you know what that is? A Hollywood formula for the leading man and leading
woman to fall in love. Guaranteed!
The
character Colin portrays get in several debates with Emma's characters, and
other characters about what is real and solid and what is not. He was debating against magic but the debate
could easily be against religion with almost the same words.
Woody Allen
has not made movies in the United States for several years now. It is too costly. It is cheaper in other parts of the
world. They ride all over Europe in a
little sports car visiting the upper crust of society with the Mediterranean as
the backdrop - pretty cheaply too!
I have
always thought Woody Allen movies were great.
They get complex. The
self-worthiness of things are always on
the chopping block. This movie, I'm not
so sure.
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