Movie Madness, Vol. 1
Angel-A
3 ½ Bones
In Paris there are many beautiful sights and they are on one of the biggest characters in this ass backwards love story. First off, you must either be deaf, fluent in French or love subtitled movies in order to enjoy this film, as it is in French. Second, it is black and white, but your eyes will quickly get used to the lack of color.
The movie opens introducing you to Andre, an American citizen of Middle Eastern decent who is living in Paris and is very down on his luck. He seems to be a nomadic swindler who is indebted to every mob boss in the city. So far down and with no prospects, he decides to end his life rather than allow any of the mob bosses the pleasure of doing it for him. As he prepares to jump off a bridge, he sees a woman, Angela, tall beautiful, and crying preparing to do the same. When she jumps, he dives in after her, saving her life and starting up a love story so profoundly fucked up that it almost makes no sense.
Let me back up, one moment to explain why this makes no sense. Andre is a bitch, a pussy and completely useless as a human being. Angela, on the other hand, is tall, slender and quite possibly one of the sexiest women ever captured on film, yet she falls in love with him? I don’t buy it.
The story is decent (and that’s being forgiving), but it is the visual aspect that makes this film work; makes it worth watching. Paris in black and white is one of the most beautiful scenes one could find and the director made full use of its beauty. Rie Rasmussen is stunning to watch and her sarcastic and off beat character makes to film a lot of fun. Dressed in a black dress which would be short on a woman of 5’3” stature, Rie is an unbelievably sexy woman, in all her 6’ tall glory. Her sexiness is captivating and definitely makes the film worth while for any hetero male with any taste.
Though the story leaves much to be desired and the special effects (of which there are few) are second rate, the flick is definitely worth the watch, even if just as a rental. Personally, I think I might add this film to my collection, if for no other reason than the shear eye-candy-ness of it, not only Angela, but the scenery in the movie is almost erotic. Go check it out, your girlfriend will probably like the love story in it, just don’t let her catch you drooling over Rie.