You've Got Mail wishes it was this awesome. I love epistolary writing, so maybe I'm biased. I loved the slightly dark humor of it, and how even the most minor characters really seemed to pop (Milo, for example).
I hadn't realized the movie was a remake. I adore movies made back in the Code era, so I will have to look it up.
Thank you very much. You've Got Mail is actually not my absolute favorite; I find it a bit insipid, so I'm glad that you found this to have a bit more of an edge.
The Shop Around the Corner is an interesting movie, and has a lot more to it than I expected. I'm not a movie expert, new or old, but it seems like these days the small, domestic movies - less settings, fewer characters, no explosions or aliens - tend to have very predictable, fairytale kind of plots. Older movies in that vein seem to be more morally ambiguous, which I tend to find more interesting. Plus there's this whole thing about SAtC being set in Budapest and filmed in 1940, right before the war, so there's a definite hint of subdued panic, economic concerns, and waiting for the other shoe to drop. (Hmm, sounds familiar.)
I'm not much of a Meg Ryan fan, so You've Got Mail never really did it for me. That, and it was sappy in a bad way. As for The Shop Around the Corner, I've totally added it to my Netflix queue. I'm really excited about seeing it now.
I hadn't realized the movie was a remake. I adore movies made back in the Code era, so I will have to look it up.
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The Shop Around the Corner is an interesting movie, and has a lot more to it than I expected. I'm not a movie expert, new or old, but it seems like these days the small, domestic movies - less settings, fewer characters, no explosions or aliens - tend to have very predictable, fairytale kind of plots. Older movies in that vein seem to be more morally ambiguous, which I tend to find more interesting. Plus there's this whole thing about SAtC being set in Budapest and filmed in 1940, right before the war, so there's a definite hint of subdued panic, economic concerns, and waiting for the other shoe to drop. (Hmm, sounds familiar.)
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Hear, hear.
I find the movie fairly bland also, but this version isn't.
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