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Daniel Rogov wrote:Not so much an entire film but a single scene from Breakfast at Tiffany's. No-one has ever paid tribute to wine as well as did Audrey Hepburn when she sipped Champagne in that delightful film.
...or is merely a reflection of some inherent sense of snobbism on my part remains open to debate.
Daniel Rogov wrote:Robin, Hi...
I have to confess that I found Sideways to be an anti-intelligent, anti-intellectual film. Sheesh....I disliked the film so much that I find it to be even an anti-film kind of film.
Mark Lipton wrote:I'm going to indulge my inner curmudgeon by asserting that Sideways wasn't a wine movie at all: it was about the midlife crises of two dysfunctional and unlikeable middle aged men; Mondovino was a political screed only tangentially concerned with wine (Aimé Guibert as the embattled little man? Give me a farkin' break!); A Walk in the Clouds, A Good Year and French Kiss were sappy romances in which wine was window dressing. Bottle Shock I never bothered seeing after the scathing reviews it received, but it at least was about wine, even if the history and personalities were laughably distorted from reality.
I can't comment on the older films, which I've never seen, so I can't dismiss the whole lot out of hand, Robin![]()
Mark Lipton
Mark Lipton wrote:I'm going to indulge my inner curmudgeon by asserting that Sideways wasn't a wine movie at all: it was about the midlife crises of two dysfunctional and unlikeable middle aged men; Mondovino was a political screed only tangentially concerned with wine (Aimé Guibert as the embattled little man? Give me a farkin' break!); A Walk in the Clouds, A Good Year and French Kiss were sappy romances in which wine was window dressing. Bottle Shock I never bothered seeing after the scathing reviews it received, but it at least was about wine, even if the history and personalities were laughably distorted from reality.
I can't comment on the older films, which I've never seen, so I can't dismiss the whole lot out of hand, Robin![]()
Mark Lipton
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Ryan Maderak wrote:I had to make myself finish it - the only film I have ever had to do so with.
You forgot Will Ferrell.Sam Platt wrote:Then you obviously never purchased a ticket for The Blair Witch Project, Tin Cup, or any Pauly Shore film. I'm talking viewing pain of the highest level.
Ryan Maderak wrote: It continues to baffle me why so many wine people like a film with such a horribly poor sense of taste.
I voted for Mondovino. Just personal preference.
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Bob Parsons wrote:Not sure about the wines served but remember "My dinnner with Andre"?
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