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Plot Summary: A French grad student named Celine (Julie Delpy) meets an American boy named Jesse (Ethan Hawke) on the Budapest-Vienna train...
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The scenery was beautiful as the train moved across Europe. I sort of liked
the classical music that was playing. The train crossed a nice bridge, but
unfortunately soon after that we had to find out what was going on inside
the train. Jesse and Celine met, and while the actors did a good job
playing them and the characters were likeable and sometimes funny, I found
myself more interested in what was outside the window of the
train.
The two main characters got off the train in Vienna. It's a beautiful city,
with lots of elegant, classic buildings. And from high above the city at
one point, we could see lots of trees. We also got to see the inside of a
magnificent church.
The couple crossed another nice-looking bridge and, finally, I thought the
movie was about to get good. Jesse and Celine met two actors who were really
funny right from the start, and quite appealing. But we never saw those two
again.
The best part of the movie for me was the amusement park. Not that there
was much to that, but the couple danced (for all of maybe ten seconds) to
Boots Randolph's 'Yakety Sax' in front of a game that I believe said 'Punch
Belly' with a funny-looking man painted on it. There were several scenes
with guitar-based folk music or folk rock that didn't do much for me. I
wanted the classical music back. Or Boots Randolph.
Some people might enjoy the quirky characters, such as a fortune teller, or
the poet who didn't beg for money but offered to write a poem based on a
word he was given in exchange for whatever the recipient felt it was worth
(He had probably already written the poem).
I can see people enjoying a movie like this. It just wasn't for
me.
company.
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