Basic plot: A writer falls in with a young, free-spirited gold-digger.
The latest movie trade-off with my good friend Lauren left Breakfast at Tiffany’s as my weekly assignment, while she got to watch E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the first time. It was an interesting break from Monster MAYhem at the very least.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s left me with mixed feelings. Overall, I really enjoyed it thanks mostly to very well-aged dialogue. Audrey Hepburn also looks incredible which made it much easier to pay attention. As far as women from the 1960s go, I can’t imagine many being better than Ms. Hepburn. She’s gorgeous.
However, her character Holly kind of irritated me on occasion. She’s beautiful as can be, but her moodswings drove me completely nuts – not because it was unrealistic so much as it seemed all too familiar. It just served as a moderately frustrating reminder of why otherwise amazing girls can be such a huge f*cking pain to try to keep up with emotionally, if you happen to have been around the hyper-bipolar ones – which I have.
The writer guy was a good character that I was able to sympathize with far easier than I would’ve expected from looking at him. The fact that they got some ex-Captain-of-the-Football-team type to play the sensitive writer seems a little Hollywood, but the character still works because all of his dialogue and reactions were pretty spot on for the character-type. Plus, he’s able to talk some sense into the insanity of Holly at the end of the movie (probably because writers are awesome), which largely saved the movie.
I don’t have a whole lot more than that to say about it. I liked it and I’d watch it again.
May 6th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I’m so so so happy you liked it! This is one of my favorite movies, and one of my favorite Audrey Hepburn movies (the other being My Fair Lady).
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May 7th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Yay, so happy you enjoyed this movie. It’s one of my favorites!
May 7th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
That “ex-Captain-of-the-Football-team” was the future leader of the A-Team!
I’ve watched this movie through one time, and that was enough for me. The character of Holly Golightly is the epitome of why I’ve always had a hard time building relationships with the majority of women—I found her annoying and just wanted to give her a good shake and tell her to grow up!
It’s a classic, so it’s a good thing you’ve seen it—because as you said, the dialogue is wonderful and worth studying. But if you decide you never need to see it again, I’ll not think less of you.
May 7th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
I like this movie quite a bit, but the japanese character played by Mickey Rooney nearly ruins the movie for me. Yeah, I know it’s part of hollywood history to treat races that way in old movies, but I still can’t get past it. It’s sickening seeing Mickey with fake buck teeth and yellow paint.
Otherwise, good movie. Audrey Hepburn is charming, I like the writer character, and the dialogue is great as Caleb said.
Also, two other amazingly beautiful hollywood actress of the 60s: Elizabeth Taylor and Faye Dunaway.
May 8th, 2009 at 12:29 am
You know, I’m really interested in hearing what Lauren thinks of the movies she has to watch in this set-up you two have. I went to her blog hoping to see her take on E.T. and Office Space, and came away disappointed when the only movie-related post I saw was about Hannah Montana.
May 8th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Hahaha, yeah…
Lauren? What say you?
May 10th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Fine, fine I shall start posting about them.
And FYI, Doug, Hannah Montana rocks.
May 10th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Doug, I never want to disappoint anyone. So here are my reviews:
http://improbablefiction.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/bullshish-recommends-a-working-title/
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