What A Nice Film...
I watched it last week, but had no time at all to make a post about it. I have just finished listening to the soundtrack and will comment about that as well in this post.
Brief Synopsis:
This movie really cannot be described. It is really just the story of a girl going on adventures, mostly to help out others, but what I got from the movie was that it is nice to enjoy the simple things in life. There are many underlying themes in here, too as well. Like, not to give up on hope and to go for it even when you're afraid. Stuff like that. It is two hours long, but worth it. The experience of the movie was so great that I did not feel like I was watching a movie, but experiencing the journey with her.
From the Wikipedia page:
In France, where it was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (I will be watching Delicatessen by him soon, so watch out for that post), it is called The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain.
I'm only going to talk about the actress and her performance. Audrey Tatou, very beautiful woman, was really able to capture the role of Amelie, because what I got from the role of Amelie was a strange, socially inept girl. She was able to capture that perfectly and still make it seem believable. Some people can capture their roles perfectly, but you can tell they're acting, with her role you could not. That's how great of an actress she is.
It won best film at the European Film Awards. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, but did not win any.
Soundtrack:
The soundtrack was composed by Yann Tiersen. I listened to it, including the bonus French tracks and it does fit with the movie. It is very calming actually and if you listen very closely, it's a bit carefree and whimsical at least in my opinion it was. I really do think it fits Amelie, the character, very well. I could imagine her listening to the soundtrack and thinking it was great music. I did not listen to it in succession, but even so I thought it was a great soundtrack. (I do not believe this video has the extra songs from the French soundtrack, but if not you can always check the song listings here.)
The wikipedia page also says something about a musical adaptation being done. Maybe in the near future I may have the pleasure of watching it and giving it a review.
And here is one of my favorite quotes from the movie:
"Without you today's emotions would be the scurf of yesterday's."
