It's got a very Wes Anderson feel to it, too. I'm sure there was cross-pollination happening there. Not that Jeunet needs any help being whimsical and off-beat, though.
@@michaelccozens Visually it's certainly very Anderson . This one was not as dark as Jeunet's earlier films which is probably why it feels more similar to Anderson's style .
@@michaelccozens only visually, could you say it is in any way Wes Anderson-like. otherwise, no, i don't think so at all. Wes Anderson is a fantastic director and i love all of his movies but i don't see the similarity between this and his films at all.
Je suis français. Juste après ma séance de cinéma à l'époque, j'ai vu un père jouer au ballon avec son fils et j'ai trouvé ça beau. Avant ma séance, je n'y aurais même pas prêté attention. Ce film est magique, Cassie. I'm French. Right after I saw it in the theater back then, I saw a dad playing ball with his son and thought it was beautiful. Before the screening, I would not have even paid attention to that. This movie is magical, Cassie.
Often I've heard this is what good lyrics in French songs are meant to do. It's when they call out some part of our human nature to remind us that we are alive, in such a way that we *feel* alive. I have no examples in French. I don't speak French. But maybe Regina Spektor's "Obsolete" and Taylor Swift's "Nothing New" can do it. Both have similar themes. The first calls out the moment you realize your life has long since reached its climax and you can't do anything important anymore, as well as potentially being unable to relate to other living people and building towards society that way. Your life is still going and has a ways to go, but you might as well do yourself in right then and there, it'd make no difference to the rest. (This is not always the case, and even then please do not take this as encouragement to do it.) The second calls out the moment a popular person becomes aware of the fact that they don't have a game plan for the future, so they become afraid that they'll just do more of the same stuff they've already done and everyone will forget about them soon. (This happens a lot. Celebrities do not talk about this, ever, but this likely happens all the time.)
je suis american mais j’adore le français et presque tous de france 🇫🇷. je pris ce film et le directeur aussi au niveau plus haut. ce un film merveilleux et je suis très content de le voir dans ma vie
So 3 then, right ?! Cos I can imagine 1 person being a hater, possibly 2. But any more, nah, not possible.I Or as the French would say "Impossible, espèce de scélérat aimant le baget"
Hollywood movies usually follow a predictable storyline and have a standardized arc of character development. European movies are typically more free flowing with quirky characters and fluid development. It's a mistake to try and over analyze European movies as you watch them, better to let it flow over you and experience it.
Yeah. I think many Americans aren´t used to that style of storytelling and take things too literally. Analyzing what is real and not, trying to keep track of every detail. It´s more like a poem. A poem uses metaphors, beauty, flow, rythm to convey a message, an emotion etc. It´s not important if what is said in a poem is real, realistic, factual etc. For example Amelie´s heart beating. It doesn´t matter if anyone or who saw it, the point was to convey she was nervous and they showed us viewers that in an artistic eye-catching way. This is NO critique of these ladies reacting, I think they´re awesome! Maybe watching these type of movies is something you need to learn, like learning to listen to jazz without it sounding like a chaotic dissonant mess, or learning to appreciate abstract art without feeling it´s something a 5 year old could´ve painted. Some types of art is just harder to process.
Agreed, but not only that, rarely do you see a Hollywood movie featuring quirky characters like this. And let's be honest, most of us are quirky one way or the other. In a typical Hollywood movie, the obstacles would be external. Here they are internal all the way, the way they usually are in reality. Beautiful movie, forever on my top ten list.
Nah, not really. There are tons of garbage movies coming out of Europe, but only the really good ones become famous enough for people to see them. It is survivor bias, you tend to only see the good ones.
More like confusion, wtf and fear if this actually happened. Please don't accost disabled people in real life and drag them off somewhere without any warning or explanation. If anyone sees a person with a disability who appears to be struggling, please ask if they need assistance and if yes, how you can assist. Don't ever put your hands on someone without permission.
@@plotinien In an American movie the blind man had sued Amèlie, the bald man where a Killer and at the end an US soldier saved paris from a eastern terrorist with a A-bomb.
We are used to a certain "realistic" feel to even our mainstream fantasy films, so to see a story about ordinary people told in a fanciful, heightened way can be even more confusing to us. In a book, the author can spend a whole paragraph describing how a character feels, but in film the director can show us these feelings not just through dialogue or acting but through the visuals. We can SEE that Amelie feels like melting into nothing, we can SEE that the guy makes her heart pound. This is the power of film, to bring our feelings and imaginations to life on a completely visual level. It's not always about creating a "realistic" experience.
@@wratched yep, when your character’s name is also the name of the movie… and the main poster is a close up of your face… and it’s your breakout starring role in a rare foreign language film that is actually an international hit… that would be a hard thing for any actor to escape 🤣
I just commented down below that we gave our daughter the middle name Amelie, for the same reason. My wife's name is Amy so it was actually fitting too.
i adore Amelie. i just love how all the little "bizarre" pieces finally come together and there's a happy ending. the ending makes it all worth it. i hope you watch it again, now that you know what happens. for me also, the soundtrack just gets in my head and i love it. it's just a beautiful film. :)
It's so confusing the first time, and then SO satisfying by the end! And yes, this is a movie that benefits so much from every rewatch, where you now stop focusing on "whaaaaaaat?" and can start appreciating just how beautiful the movie is. The score, the colors, the scenery, the costumes, the editing, the acting - it's stunning.
I was OBSESSED with this movie back in the aughties - I probably watched it at least once a month over the course of a couple years. While anyone can enjoy Amelie I think it resonates most with significantly introverted individuals who can relate to how Amelie's expansive imagination and earnestness come into direct conflict with her ability to meaningfully and directly communicate with others and form relationships. That ending where she finally meets Nino hits me in the FEELS EVERY DAMN TIME 😅
This has one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed for a film. "Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-Midi" by Yann Tiersen. It's like the most breathtaking piano piece and it just flashes right past in a montage.
Idk about other countries, but in Germany _everyone_ who plays the piano can play it, so even those who haven't seen the film have absolutely heard it before:)
This movie is a masterpiece! I was introduced to it by a buddy/co-worker who was going to film school while we worked at the local TV station. We both did editing, camera work, some directing. I was only ~21 at the time, and we were watching specifically for the cinematography (like the neat shot on the bridge when Amelie is skipping stones), and I didn't expect it to have the emotional impact it did on me. It's now one of my favorite films. It definitely hits harder emotionally with repeated viewing, as there is just so much going on that you miss a lot on the first viewing (along with the anticipation of things you know that are being set up). Everything in this movie is very intentional, even down to the color palettes in individual shots to represent moods and themes. The shot where Amelie is daydreaming in the kitchen, and the cat disturbs the beads at the same time just *KILLS* me every single time.
This is a perfect example of thinking difference between Americans and French / Europeans: French are used to imagine, to enjoy simple things and simple moments of life while Americans need concrete facts, popular references, and entertainments. I am a 60 y old French living in the US since 28 years. Guys, Amelie is just an exercise of imagination! I love the way this movie shows Paris and its people as in a dream.
This is one of the most magical love stories ever. I love just about everything in the film.It made me a fan of Audrey Tatou. It just sucks you in. I also love the music in the film. All in all, one of my favorite French language films. J'adore Amelie!
There’s not a single flawed element of “Amelie,” it captures the very definition of what a “best picture” actually is. Meticulous care went into every frame and detail of production; the composition, the narrative, performances, wardrobe, and so on. If ever an official register dedicated to humankind’s greatest achievements in the arts of the 21st century were established, this picture would stand at the highest echelon of those accomplishments. More so than nearly any other film made in the past 22 years, “Amelie” is a clinic in storytelling, it is, without question, a masterpiece of filmmaking and a wonderful choice for your reaction video. Chin-chin!
One of my favourite movies ever. Jeunet’s style sings throughout, from the first second to the last. I love that she thinks that she’s too odd for someone to love, but all she has to do is find the same odd in someone else. She doesn’t have to leave her oddness behind. And of course Yann Tiersen’s music is just utterly superb, dancing along perfectly in step with the visuals.
My absolute favourite comfort movie of all time. This movie is so comforting and beautiful to me, a love letter to introverts and do-gooders everywhere. The whimsical stuff is very specific to this director but Amelie is his greatest work of art.
So glad that you watched the movie using the subtitles. You need to hear the emotion in the actor's voices and to hear the music of the language. Someone else pointed it out that one needs to let the movie wash over them rather than dissect the movie shot by shot for meaning. Thanks for the reaction, one of your best.
In case you or anyone else in comments was unaware; the thing to do with the gnome going all over the world to inspire her father to get out of the house finally, is what inspire all those "Roaming Gnome" commercials that travel sites had going for so many years. There's even a reference to this in the videogame "Half-Life 2". In the game you get an achievement if you take a little lawn gnome figure and carry it without it breaking from the beginning of the game all the way to the end. Then launch it into space.
I don't know if the movie inspired the commercials, or the actual "gnoming" that used to go on. It was a weird "viral" prank that started in the 1980's, were people would take a nieghbor's garden gnome, then go on vacation and send them pictures as if the gnome was having the vacation. That's were the idea in the film is from, a strange reality of the times.
@@hepchaos Im fairly sure Gnoming still happens now days, although with the death or near death of snail mail, physical photos and postcards its charm has been lost quite a bit. Sad really :(
I remember seeing this as a kid. I don't think I was confused as a kid though. Somehow as a kid you just understand weird stuff better. Great to see it as an adult now.
I like this statement very much and I think it's true. I think maybe as we grow up we're too busy comparing everything to what we already know or what we're used to. Kids can be better at taking things as they come and accepting or judging them for what they intrinsically have to offer. : )
For more foreign films to watch, I suggest Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. You've done action movies, but never a martial arts film, and I guarantee that you'll love this one. I'd also suggest Run Lola, Run. (Or Lola Rennt in the original German). The first time I watched it, I invited a friend over and watched it again the next day. It's a trip.
@@callmeshaggy5166 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came out first, and is more famous, which means it'll get better views. If she likes CTHD (and she will), she can always watch House of Flying Daggers after.
Amazing movies, but I don’t think she/they will enjoy them much, don’t get me wrong, they do seems to enjoy movies, but with the reaction from this one, they still have a lot to grow to enjoy foreign movies. Another examples, the Brazilians City of god and Carandiru are terrific, but just too crude for them now.
@@HattoriHanzo09 The entire point of her channel is for her to branch out and experience new things. And both movies have love stories. She'll be fine.
I remember when this movie came out, I already called Jeunet & Caro's earlier movies my all time favourites so it was a really big deal. I preordered the film on DVD because it was too small for any cinema's to show it and it turned out to be almost like the movie was about myself, Amelie was my kindred spirit which i didn't think could exist until then. :) A few years after i actually met a girl who was as quirky and introvert as myself and it became a turning point in my life just like in the movie so I will of course always hold it in very high regard. :)
I can't remember why, but I really wanted to see this one in a movie theater. Close to me was an almost new theater with "Dolby-everything" and ten cinema auditoriums with total of 1650 seats (Tampere, Finland). But Amélie wasn't shown in any of them. Or at the local shopping center's smaller theater. After all, it was a "musical", "low budget" and French. So, I went to see it in only possible place. A local, single auditorium theater with 128 seats (Niagara). I gave this movie 10/10 at IMdb. Same as the first Lord of the Rings -movie couple months later. Other 2001 movies were A Beautiful Mind, Shrek and Monsters, Inc. I remember liking K-PAX, too. And excellent miniseries Band of Brothers (WW2, several quite graphic scenes). Offerings of 2021 didn't feel quite as good... 😐 If I remember right, other theaters did show Amélie sometime later. After that Amélie was often handled like a basic romantic comedy. Which tend to be very predictable and have shallow stereo types, lack of imagination etc. Now, over 20 years later, Amélie is still included in many lists like "IMDb Top 250 Movies". According to IMDb: * Budget: $10,000,000 (estimated) * Gross worldwide: $174,118,254 Many absolutely horrendous - technically and/or artistically - movies have cost 10 or 20 times more. Which makes you think where the hell all that money went. Even one of the Adam Sandlers low-points, Jack and Jill (2011), cost about 8 times more. Sure, a decade later and in the USA. Still...
Since you in enjoyed the French film Amelie, here's another one in French you may like as well. "City of lost children". The first movie I watched many moons ago that was the catalyst for me to delve into the foreign films of my times.
As a french guy, i was surprise you watching this movie, and i don't know how you reactions must be. The first time I watch it, it seems so weird at the beginning but when all the piece of puzzle match together, the feeling was intense, with joy and happiness. At the end, a big smile on my face, thinking," what a great movie" who gaves you so much feeling of appeasement, and you reaction was similar. In french, "Start" can be "Départ" ou "Lancement du film" and of course "Aurevoir". I smile all along this vidéo, and love you Chanel Cassie, Thanks (MERCI)
Pas étonnant, ce film a eu son petit succes aux usa et pour le start je dirais plutot :" c'est parti " ;) les Américains comprennent pas trop cette façon de faire des films lol
@@goneetfierdeletre4032 meilleure traduction que la mienne ;) et je ne pensais pas que le film soit si populaire là-bas ! et tant mieux, J.P Jeunet a réalisé un petit chef d'oeuvre ^^
This movie single-handedly brought about a small generation of kids named “Amelie”. I know more than a few. Great film. When I saw it in the theater everyone cheered at the end!
I love this movie so much that I named my daughter Charlotte Amélie. In my opinion, this film captures imagination within adults, and a playful nature that rarely gets shown in movies, in my opinion. I am so happy you watched! ❤️
I was so excited when I saw that you were reacting to this movie! It is such a feel good film, beautifully written and visually stunning. Glad you enjoyed!
So, this my one time girlfriend's favourite movie. She wanted to be Amelie. I like to think, 15 years later, that she's out there somewhere, still wanting to be Amelie. Watching your reactions, it brought all back. This movie, like life, is very strange, but also very beautiful. Merci pour les mémoires.
Being myself french I can tell you girls that, even considering french movie standarts, "Amelie" is a very special movie. I can't think of any movie with the same vibe. But, if you liked Amelie, I would recommend your to watch "A very long engagement", which is also a french movie, from the same director, with the same lead actress.
I was quite surprised when I saw you were watching this. It's a quirky movie that I never thought I would like all that much and ended up kind of falling in love with it. The sound/music, color palette and story is just a very unique humorously melancholy viewing experience.
Try "City of Lost Children" "Delicatessen" "Mic Macs" and "Alien 4. He directed all of these. You'll find some of the same humor and storytelling techniques. All of them are strange and wonderful.
Kudos to you both for going outside the traditional movie comfort zone of those with english as their first language. Also thanks for showing me this part of Amelie since I just saw it once around the time it was first released.
I just love this movie so much. I'm neurodivergent and I sense things quite intensely which on one side makes me prone to sensory overload, but on the other hand allows me to find joy in sensations I feel most people forget. This movie hits me in all the best ways, showing Amélies (and others) joy in raspberries on the fingers, putting your hand in a sack of grains, cracking the creme brulée, the way light falls, the smells and sounds around her... and a lot of the soundscape for the movie is asmr-like in the attention to details. The music is BEAUTIFUL. The soft voices, the quirkiness, the small stories that can change a person's life. I feel as if this movie was made for me, and knowing that it wasn't makes me happy, because that means that there are other weirdlings in the world just like me 😉❤🌟💝🎉 I'm happy you watched it 😊❤🌟 Thanks.
I saw this movie in the theatre when it came out. It was the first french film I'd ever seen and it launched a 20 year long love of french cinema. It was fun to see someone else go through the same transition from "what the heck is going on" to "awwwww" I did back then.
The two completely different reaction faces to 31:04 was interesting :) I think I saw an "awww" and a "what the..." on the other side of the screen. She made the video cassette for the man of glass, because he could not exit his apartment because of his fragile (bone) condition. Therefore, he has not seen anything from the world. Except maybe a newspaper. This was before everywhere-internet. So she made him a video with some extraordinary footage, as a thank you and as one of her good deeds. It's easy to think that collecting thrown away photos under a photobooth is "creepy" or "stupid" these days and I admit it's a strange hobby. But he was kinda bullied as a kid. And in those days, people didn't have tiny but excellent cameras in their pockets, ready to put someone to shame on the internet. So people did a lot more (quirky, insecure) stuff, before everyone could be filmed everywhere all the time. So I get, for young people, it's a really strange movie. Also, the so-called "random stuff", FX and cut aways are either purely for laughs or (and) tells something about the character, his or her background or emotions at that moment.
My very favorite scene is when Amelie, as a child, gives a check up to her imaginary friend. After listening to his heart, she shakes her head somberly, just like her father does. I love this movie because it's about helping people fix themselves, thank you for watching it.
Lovely reaction to a great movie. French cinema has always been very quirky and arty, so it's understandable that you were both a little perplexed by much of it, especially if you've never had much experience of European movies. There's also so much subtlety in the humour that gets lost from the subtitles, which only becomes more apparent on rewatches. I think that now that you understand the premise of Amelie's character living in a fantasy world due to her insecurity and upbringing, you'll appreciate how heartwarming and beautiful this movie is, if you ever watch it again. If you're interested in checking out more European movies, I really recommend The Bicycle Thief, Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino (The postman). All fantastic movies that are less quirky and more easily understandable.
Yeah, I'm surprised how so many little things (stylistic, dialogue, metaphors) were and still are obvious to me, but not to our believed watchers in the video. I guess it's a mix of different generation, watching too many "template" movies of today, not being European and of course: bits lost in translation. Although Wes Anderson has somehow copied this quirky, random & quick style a lot.
This is one of my favorite movies ever because I live similarly, in my head all the time, imagining things for fun. That moment towards the end where she realizes it's her cat coming through the beaded door and not the man she loves...it's so heartbreaking. It's that "reality check" that she definitely didn't want. But I love the happy ending. :') One of my favorite endings to a movie ever. And the MUSIC in this film, so gorgeous. I'm really glad that you two gave Amelie a shot! It would be cool to see you guys react to more subtitled movies.
Seeing you girls discuss how its seems wierd to go to a video store to pick out a movie to rent. Makes me feel so old. lol It used to be an event, to go pick out some movies to watch for the weekend. My first official job was working at a video store when I was 16. Oh how times have changed.
This is one of my favorite movies. I found the movie to be a work of art and about what happens inside your head, how one person sees the world they live in. You see her heart beating, you see her melt when she sees her love. You see her quirks, desires, fears, hopes and search for love and her efforts to break away from her past. Amélie takes a couple of viewings, you might want to look at "The Beauty of Amélie, on RUclips. Also, the quote on the wall at the end translates to; “Without you, today's emotions would be the scurf (shed dead skin) of yesterday.” You can see Audrey Tautou (Amélie) in The Da Vinci Code.
Amelie is my second favorite movie of ALL TIME just slightly behind Amadeus. I'm so excited to watch this later!!! I can't believe you reacted to this! :D
I love how they present characters by what they like and dislike, very unique and also kinda makes you feel like they are actual people, not just characters in a movie. The music is by far my favorite part although the whole film is in my favorites list
I could not watch more than ten minutes of this video, because the movie was so bad, but it is still a thousand times better than any of the three Star Wars sequels.
This is one movie that is better the second time because you know what's going on and you are with her every step of the way. One of my all time favorites which I've honestly seen at least 50 times.
Okay. 1- I saw Amelie on the menu and thought 2- with your sister Carly, I'm more than there...so I went and got my "popcorn" (snacks), got ready. 3- I was like a kid on Christmas morning, because, like everyone else I thought, this is gonna be great, and you two did not disappoint. I just knew you guys would love it, and I actually thought that you would have that confused look on your faces once the movie revealed it's onion layers. An absolutely beautiful fun fantasy joy ride that ended with a love story happy ending. It gets better every time you watch, and that score is as magical as the story...it had just the right amount of whimsy and Audrey Tatou WAS Amelie. Such a treat to watch you guys react, and it gave me a lift (long day, long story), but it ended watching you two and that my friends is perfect. Thank you guys, I love it when you two watch a movie together.
You nailed it when you called it whimsical! It's good to see films made in different ways and to just go with it and find new joy in the unexpected. I loved your reaction, and when you were trying to make sense of if or why she was imagining things- it reminded me of you when you don’t get the resolution you need in a movie and make the rest up in your head so that things make sense and make you happy - just like Amelie!
One of my favorite movies ever...it's a love letter to Paris. And it's cool you're branching out into foreign films - The Hollywood/American model is not the only way to make a movie! There's so much out there for you to discover. I'd love for you to watch the 1982 Scottish film, Local Hero. It's absolutely magical and I think you'd love it.
Nice reaction! This is one of my all-time favorite films. I remember seeing it when it was released and just being blown away by it. So charming and surreal and sweet. Fun fact: this filmmaker - Jean-Pierre Jeunet - was writing Amelie while he was in Hollywood directing Alien: Resurrection, the fourth film in the Alien franchise. Life is weird sometimes. Keep up the nice work on these videos! I like when your sister is on, because then we get a dialogue happening between the two of you as you watch the film.
French cinema is very underrated here in the US, I love Amelie because it's a wonderful film, but also because it introduced me to so many great French movies.
For a girl who had such a lonely childhood devoid of affection, attention, and love she learned to see the world in a way that brought out the child she was never able to be. Everything became magical, interactive, and special. She created her own little kingdom of weird and allowed it to be a place of refuge for all the other weird people like her. The weirdness and bizarre nature of the movie just made it so much more endearing to me because she found a way to engage with her world, to make a home for people that society finds off-putting, and she made it a place of little kindnesses. This movie is a warm hug and I love it.
Amélie's fantastical mind is a wonderful place to spend a couple hours! Of the hundreds of brilliant moments in this film, it's hard to select just a few favorites... But if I try, the unplugging of the mean guy's cable while listening to the radio for the best moments to deprive him of it, and the whole travelling gnome thing, are definitely at the very top of my list!
I saw this in a packed theater back in 1998-99. Without seeing one trailer for it. It was such a powerful otherworldly experience. A packed theater MAKES A movie a glorious experience. We all erupted in applause at the end. Core memory. Watching at home doesn’t do it justice.
Loved this whole thing. I don't usually see people reacting to Amelie. Such a sweet film and bizarre in all the best ways. Thank you for showing it some love.
If you’re having a bad day, this film is great for a pickmeup. It’s something of a departure for Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who directed films like Delicatessen, Alien Resurrection and The City of Lost Children. Looking at his Wikipedia page, he’s got another sci-fi coming out on Netflix next month.
It wasn’t such a departure at the time. This followed Delicatessen and was kind of a more audience friendly take on Delicatessen’s quirky style and magical world (has some of the same actors too). The sci-fi stuff came later as he moved towards more mainstream blockbusters.
This was a really wholesome reaction to watch. ❤️ Amélie is one of my all-time favourite movies, and I've been waiting for a long time for someone to react to it. So thank you for doing it really well. 🙂
Oh I'm so glad that the two of you have watched Amelie! There is a thematically and stylistically related movie, Micmacs, or " MicMacs à tire-larigot", that I hope you two get to enjoy, even if you don't do a reaction video to it.
French cinema is so different to Hollywood. I love how they can take time to do things that Hollywood films would never risk. I remember loving this film when it came out and, of course, I went to the tobacconist shop in the film (like everyone did!!!). If you and your sister ever visit Paris you’ll also have to go there and grab a selfie! One of your best reactions on a film most others would never even try. 😍
The point of this whole movie is Ordinary people with ordinary lives, trying to find something extra-ordinary in the simplest of things and enjoy their lives , be it through their efforts or through the help of a mysteriously cunning young woman who has a flair for "Screenplay". Amelie is basicaly Peter Parker, without the Spiderman powers, Friendly helpful neighbore
I was so happy to see you reacting to this! It's been years since I've watched it, but it's such a unique movie. Having said that, there's a series that has (for me) a similar surreal vibe that I highly recommend checking out: Pushing Daisies.
Love this movie so much!!! I also suggest the French movie La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (Amelie’s love interest). Definitely a different movie, but with so much to say.
Hello Cassey and Carly!!! I love Amelie from the very first time I saw it. I love Paris and three years ago I was visiting all the places where this film was recorded. The restaurant where Amelie worked " Deux Moulins" is still there. I when for a lunch and was crazy. I believe that Amelie has the unique magic to make us dream that something else is possible. Naive maybe but real at the same time. The soundtrack is sooo beautiful!!!. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this masterpiece. Hugs.
such a beautiful movie I saw it in the cinema back in the day. I was dragged into it by a couple of female friends, but man was this movie a revelation. So good.
20:12 everything except Amelie blurred out; I laughed out loud. This has to be one of my favourite movies, it's such a unique look into an unusual mind, and the soundtrack is beautiful. Thank you for sharing you and your sister experiencing it.
Yeah, funny thing is: In France the movie is rated U (Unrestricted), G in Canada, in Germany and Austria FSK/JMK 6 ... only the USA put a rating of R on it. Here in Europe no one cares that much about the stuff on the shelves. Everyone knows that stuff exists.
@@Cau_No I grew up in New Zealand where we share many of the sensibilities of the other anglo countries; and I remember being bemused seeing boobs on the evening news while I was living in Denmark around the time this movie came out. In this case of course I imagine Cassie is just censoring to preempt RUclips's bizarre and inconsistent takes on nudity.
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It's an hymn to introverts with a good heart and fertile imagination. Something that our strange(st) days need a lot of. 💙
Oh finally a human being with a heart posting a comment.. 💖! ^^.
Everything in this film is an individual work of art . The props , the people , the music . This movie was an incredible and beautiful achievement .
It's got a very Wes Anderson feel to it, too. I'm sure there was cross-pollination happening there. Not that Jeunet needs any help being whimsical and off-beat, though.
@@michaelccozens Visually it's certainly very Anderson . This one was not as dark as Jeunet's earlier films which is probably why it feels more similar to Anderson's style .
@@michaelccozens only visually, could you say it is in any way Wes Anderson-like. otherwise, no, i don't think so at all. Wes Anderson is a fantastic director and i love all of his movies but i don't see the similarity between this and his films at all.
@@michaelccozens it's more like Wes Anderson has got a very Jean-Pierre Jeunet feel. Anderson take a lot of Jeunet's work
30 iQ reaction . Worst reaaction vidéo I've ever watched . Do they watch some movies beside Disney's or what..? Huh.. 🤦♀🤦♀
Je suis français. Juste après ma séance de cinéma à l'époque, j'ai vu un père jouer au ballon avec son fils et j'ai trouvé ça beau. Avant ma séance, je n'y aurais même pas prêté attention. Ce film est magique, Cassie.
I'm French. Right after I saw it in the theater back then, I saw a dad playing ball with his son and thought it was beautiful. Before the screening, I would not have even paid attention to that. This movie is magical, Cassie.
Often I've heard this is what good lyrics in French songs are meant to do. It's when they call out some part of our human nature to remind us that we are alive, in such a way that we *feel* alive.
I have no examples in French. I don't speak French. But maybe Regina Spektor's "Obsolete" and Taylor Swift's "Nothing New" can do it. Both have similar themes.
The first calls out the moment you realize your life has long since reached its climax and you can't do anything important anymore, as well as potentially being unable to relate to other living people and building towards society that way. Your life is still going and has a ways to go, but you might as well do yourself in right then and there, it'd make no difference to the rest. (This is not always the case, and even then please do not take this as encouragement to do it.)
The second calls out the moment a popular person becomes aware of the fact that they don't have a game plan for the future, so they become afraid that they'll just do more of the same stuff they've already done and everyone will forget about them soon. (This happens a lot. Celebrities do not talk about this, ever, but this likely happens all the time.)
je suis american mais j’adore le français et presque tous de france 🇫🇷. je pris ce film et le directeur aussi au niveau plus haut. ce un film merveilleux et je suis très content de le voir dans ma vie
i dont care what anyone says this is one of the best, most sweet movies ever made! 😍
There are ppl who disagree with this??? Crazy...
Nobody is saying it isn't.
There are more people that dont like this movie than you would think
Films like this. Where, in Hollywood? 🤣
So 3 then, right ?!
Cos I can imagine 1 person being a hater, possibly 2. But any more, nah, not possible.I
Or as the French would say "Impossible, espèce de scélérat aimant le baget"
Hollywood movies usually follow a predictable storyline and have a standardized arc of character development. European movies are typically more free flowing with quirky characters and fluid development. It's a mistake to try and over analyze European movies as you watch them, better to let it flow over you and experience it.
A beautiful way of describing many European movies . I much prefer them . They are about people - not explosions .
Yeah. I think many Americans aren´t used to that style of storytelling and take things too literally. Analyzing what is real and not, trying to keep track of every detail. It´s more like a poem. A poem uses metaphors, beauty, flow, rythm to convey a message, an emotion etc. It´s not important if what is said in a poem is real, realistic, factual etc. For example Amelie´s heart beating. It doesn´t matter if anyone or who saw it, the point was to convey she was nervous and they showed us viewers that in an artistic eye-catching way.
This is NO critique of these ladies reacting, I think they´re awesome! Maybe watching these type of movies is something you need to learn, like learning to listen to jazz without it sounding like a chaotic dissonant mess, or learning to appreciate abstract art without feeling it´s something a 5 year old could´ve painted. Some types of art is just harder to process.
@@comedyriff5231 Beautifully put.
Agreed, but not only that, rarely do you see a Hollywood movie featuring quirky characters like this. And let's be honest, most of us are quirky one way or the other. In a typical Hollywood movie, the obstacles would be external. Here they are internal all the way, the way they usually are in reality. Beautiful movie, forever on my top ten list.
Nah, not really. There are tons of garbage movies coming out of Europe, but only the really good ones become famous enough for people to see them. It is survivor bias, you tend to only see the good ones.
The part where she helps the blind man and you see the glow around him is him feeling warmth ,happiness and joy.
More like confusion, wtf and fear if this actually happened. Please don't accost disabled people in real life and drag them off somewhere without any warning or explanation. If anyone sees a person with a disability who appears to be struggling, please ask if they need assistance and if yes, how you can assist. Don't ever put your hands on someone without permission.
ma'am this is a Wendy's@@janleonard3101
@@janleonard3101 You must be American, am I right?
@@plotinien
In an American movie the blind man had sued Amèlie, the bald man where a Killer and at the end an US soldier saved paris from a eastern terrorist with a A-bomb.
We are used to a certain "realistic" feel to even our mainstream fantasy films, so to see a story about ordinary people told in a fanciful, heightened way can be even more confusing to us. In a book, the author can spend a whole paragraph describing how a character feels, but in film the director can show us these feelings not just through dialogue or acting but through the visuals. We can SEE that Amelie feels like melting into nothing, we can SEE that the guy makes her heart pound. This is the power of film, to bring our feelings and imaginations to life on a completely visual level. It's not always about creating a "realistic" experience.
The TV show "Ally McBeal" did a lot of such scenes, too. But Amélie stepped it up.
Yeah , they really don,t get art.
Indeed, 'poetic realism'
I loved this movie so much, I named my daughter Amelie… she’s forever doomed to have it misspelled and mispronounced.
Spare a thought for poor Audrey Tautou. She's been called "Amelie" for 20 years.
@@wratched yep, when your character’s name is also the name of the movie… and the main poster is a close up of your face… and it’s your breakout starring role in a rare foreign language film that is actually an international hit… that would be a hard thing for any actor to escape 🤣
I just commented down below that we gave our daughter the middle name Amelie, for the same reason. My wife's name is Amy so it was actually fitting too.
and what did you think about A Very Long Engagement?
My parents named me Amelie, no one ever gets it right!
i adore Amelie. i just love how all the little "bizarre" pieces finally come together and there's a happy ending. the ending makes it all worth it. i hope you watch it again, now that you know what happens. for me also, the soundtrack just gets in my head and i love it. it's just a beautiful film. :)
It's so confusing the first time, and then SO satisfying by the end! And yes, this is a movie that benefits so much from every rewatch, where you now stop focusing on "whaaaaaaat?" and can start appreciating just how beautiful the movie is. The score, the colors, the scenery, the costumes, the editing, the acting - it's stunning.
@@bettrhalf8006 Loved the soundtrack, too. This is one of the two songs not by Tierson that also had lyrics. Enjoy!
Al Bowlly - Guilty
By Gus Kahn,Harry Akst, & Richard A. Whiting
Guilty lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing
Is it a sin? Is it a crime?
Loving you dear like I do.
If it's a crime then I'm guilty.
Guilty of loving you.
Maybe I'm wrong dreaming of you
Dreaming the lonely night through
If it's a crime then I'm guilty
Guilty of dreaming of you
What can I do? What can I say
After I've taken the blame?
You say you're through, you'll go your way.
But I'll always feel just the same.
Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong
Loving you dear like I do.
If it's a crime, then I'm guilty.
Guilty of loving you.
Yes, the piano "riff" has now become so famous. The soundtrack is great!
Amelie is maybe the most fantastic and beautiful film ever made with so full of wonder. It is a perfect movie for me. :)
It is for me as well.
It sucks...she should review movies in english. Hate watching subtitles.
Yojimbō and Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa for me.
From The director of Alien Resurrection
@@thomasgriffiths6758 I'd prefer it in english
I was OBSESSED with this movie back in the aughties - I probably watched it at least once a month over the course of a couple years. While anyone can enjoy Amelie I think it resonates most with significantly introverted individuals who can relate to how Amelie's expansive imagination and earnestness come into direct conflict with her ability to meaningfully and directly communicate with others and form relationships. That ending where she finally meets Nino hits me in the FEELS EVERY DAMN TIME 😅
Yes! True. It's a movie about and for quirky people, too.
“Aughties” ?
@@tempsitch5632 The 1st decade of the new millennium. Aughties has a better ring than "the aughts" or "the 2000s"
@@bilbo1778 Some would say "noughties" after nought meaning zero.
This^^ thank you for putting that into words so eloquently!
When I 1st saw this movie when I was 18 it flipped a switch in my brain and it taught me what art is and what it means to appreciate it. I love it.
This has one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed for a film. "Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-Midi" by Yann Tiersen. It's like the most breathtaking piano piece and it just flashes right past in a montage.
Idk about other countries, but in Germany _everyone_ who plays the piano can play it, so even those who haven't seen the film have absolutely heard it before:)
@@johnluujl that’s pretty neat to know. It’s not nearly as well known in the States.
Il a aussi fait la musique d un film allemand bien connu " good bye lenin " @@johnluujl
This movie is a masterpiece! I was introduced to it by a buddy/co-worker who was going to film school while we worked at the local TV station. We both did editing, camera work, some directing. I was only ~21 at the time, and we were watching specifically for the cinematography (like the neat shot on the bridge when Amelie is skipping stones), and I didn't expect it to have the emotional impact it did on me. It's now one of my favorite films. It definitely hits harder emotionally with repeated viewing, as there is just so much going on that you miss a lot on the first viewing (along with the anticipation of things you know that are being set up). Everything in this movie is very intentional, even down to the color palettes in individual shots to represent moods and themes.
The shot where Amelie is daydreaming in the kitchen, and the cat disturbs the beads at the same time just *KILLS* me every single time.
This is a perfect example of thinking difference between Americans and French / Europeans: French are used to imagine, to enjoy simple things and simple moments of life while Americans need concrete facts, popular references, and entertainments. I am a 60 y old French living in the US since 28 years. Guys, Amelie is just an exercise of imagination! I love the way this movie shows Paris and its people as in a dream.
europäische filme laden halt zum träumen ein. vor allem die von jean pierre jeunet
grüße vom d´autre du rhin
Well said.
“Intouchables” is another fantastic French film I think both would really love. I have yet to meet anyone that didn’t absolutely adore it.
Au Revoir la Haut, Un Prophète, De Battre mon cœur s'est arrêté, 36 Quai des Orfèvres, Cyrano, Les Chatouilles, De Rouilles et d'Os ......
Totally agree
+1
Thank you for the suggestion!
We gave our daughter the middle name Amelie, because of the character's sweet and giving nature. Love that you're watching this.
And the character was probably named Amélie because 'améliorer' means 'to make better' in French.
This is one of the most magical love stories ever. I love just about everything in the film.It made me a fan of Audrey Tatou. It just sucks you in. I also love the music in the film. All in all, one of my favorite French language films. J'adore Amelie!
There’s not a single flawed element of “Amelie,” it captures the very definition of what a “best picture” actually is. Meticulous care went into every frame and detail of production; the composition, the narrative, performances, wardrobe, and so on. If ever an official register dedicated to humankind’s greatest achievements in the arts of the 21st century were established, this picture would stand at the highest echelon of those accomplishments. More so than nearly any other film made in the past 22 years, “Amelie” is a clinic in storytelling, it is, without question, a masterpiece of filmmaking and a wonderful choice for your reaction video. Chin-chin!
Its French...therefore it is flawed.
Totally agreed Danny
@@caseynicholson9190 ridiculous xenophobic comment
@@caseynicholson9190 By that logic, you must be extremely French then!
@@SJ-GodofGnomes21 cheers!
One of my favourite movies ever. Jeunet’s style sings throughout, from the first second to the last. I love that she thinks that she’s too odd for someone to love, but all she has to do is find the same odd in someone else. She doesn’t have to leave her oddness behind. And of course Yann Tiersen’s music is just utterly superb, dancing along perfectly in step with the visuals.
Man and woman go into restroom and start making out, things on the other side of the wall start bumping... "Whats happening???" LOLOL
My absolute favourite comfort movie of all time. This movie is so comforting and beautiful to me, a love letter to introverts and do-gooders everywhere. The whimsical stuff is very specific to this director but Amelie is his greatest work of art.
This movie came out around 9/11 and brought calm to the world.
Audrey Tautou looks so enchanting in this movie. Everything about her face seems special, especially her big eyes. And the hair fits her perfectly. :)
Totally agree. Her eyes are magical.
In the special features they show her getting her Long hair cut for this movie!
Yeah, there are stars in her eyes.
So glad that you watched the movie using the subtitles. You need to hear the emotion in the actor's voices and to hear the music of the language. Someone else pointed it out that one needs to let the movie wash over them rather than dissect the movie shot by shot for meaning. Thanks for the reaction, one of your best.
In case you or anyone else in comments was unaware; the thing to do with the gnome going all over the world to inspire her father to get out of the house finally, is what inspire all those "Roaming Gnome" commercials that travel sites had going for so many years. There's even a reference to this in the videogame "Half-Life 2". In the game you get an achievement if you take a little lawn gnome figure and carry it without it breaking from the beginning of the game all the way to the end. Then launch it into space.
I don't know if the movie inspired the commercials, or the actual "gnoming" that used to go on.
It was a weird "viral" prank that started in the 1980's, were people would take a nieghbor's garden gnome, then go on vacation and send them pictures as if the gnome was having the vacation. That's were the idea in the film is from, a strange reality of the times.
@@hepchaos Im fairly sure Gnoming still happens now days, although with the death or near death of snail mail, physical photos and postcards its charm has been lost quite a bit. Sad really :(
The Gnome is also used in the TV show "The Amazing Race" as a mascot, and transition device between destinations in the edits.
I remember seeing this as a kid. I don't think I was confused as a kid though. Somehow as a kid you just understand weird stuff better.
Great to see it as an adult now.
I like this statement very much and I think it's true. I think maybe as we grow up we're too busy comparing everything to what we already know or what we're used to. Kids can be better at taking things as they come and accepting or judging them for what they intrinsically have to offer. : )
i don't think this is a confusing movie at all. Bizarre, yes, but not confusing.
You can t fill a full glass
For more foreign films to watch, I suggest Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. You've done action movies, but never a martial arts film, and I guarantee that you'll love this one.
I'd also suggest Run Lola, Run. (Or Lola Rennt in the original German). The first time I watched it, I invited a friend over and watched it again the next day. It's a trip.
As good as a suggestion this is, I would still pick _House of Flying Daggers_
It feels more their type of movie.
@@callmeshaggy5166 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came out first, and is more famous, which means it'll get better views. If she likes CTHD (and she will), she can always watch House of Flying Daggers after.
Amazing movies, but I don’t think she/they will enjoy them much, don’t get me wrong, they do seems to enjoy movies, but with the reaction from this one, they still have a lot to grow to enjoy foreign movies.
Another examples, the Brazilians City of god and Carandiru are terrific, but just too crude for them now.
@@HattoriHanzo09 The entire point of her channel is for her to branch out and experience new things. And both movies have love stories. She'll be fine.
I would pick Kung Fu Hustle. Seriously; I would.
One of my favorite movies. Audrey Tautou is adorable in this. Love the ending. Merci mesdames.
My favorite movie! I love the use of color- the contrasting greens and reds, with the pops of bright blue.
I remember when this movie came out, I already called Jeunet & Caro's earlier movies my all time favourites so it was a really big deal. I preordered the film on DVD because it was too small for any cinema's to show it and it turned out to be almost like the movie was about myself, Amelie was my kindred spirit which i didn't think could exist until then. :) A few years after i actually met a girl who was as quirky and introvert as myself and it became a turning point in my life just like in the movie so I will of course always hold it in very high regard. :)
I can't remember why, but I really wanted to see this one in a movie theater. Close to me was an almost new theater with "Dolby-everything" and ten cinema auditoriums with total of 1650 seats (Tampere, Finland).
But Amélie wasn't shown in any of them. Or at the local shopping center's smaller theater. After all, it was a "musical", "low budget" and French.
So, I went to see it in only possible place. A local, single auditorium theater with 128 seats (Niagara). I gave this movie 10/10 at IMdb.
Same as the first Lord of the Rings -movie couple months later. Other 2001 movies were A Beautiful Mind, Shrek and Monsters, Inc. I remember liking K-PAX, too.
And excellent miniseries Band of Brothers (WW2, several quite graphic scenes). Offerings of 2021 didn't feel quite as good... 😐
If I remember right, other theaters did show Amélie sometime later.
After that Amélie was often handled like a basic romantic comedy. Which tend to be very predictable and have shallow stereo types, lack of imagination etc.
Now, over 20 years later, Amélie is still included in many lists like "IMDb Top 250 Movies". According to IMDb:
* Budget: $10,000,000 (estimated)
* Gross worldwide: $174,118,254
Many absolutely horrendous - technically and/or artistically - movies have cost 10 or 20 times more. Which makes you think where the hell all that money went.
Even one of the Adam Sandlers low-points, Jack and Jill (2011), cost about 8 times more. Sure, a decade later and in the USA. Still...
Since you in enjoyed the French film Amelie, here's another one in French you may like as well. "City of lost children". The first movie I watched many moons ago that was the catalyst for me to delve into the foreign films of my times.
Id also put forward Delicatessen as a great and strange french film.. that is again directed by you guessed it Jean-Pierre Jeunet lol.
City of Lost Children is excellent, though I fell it may be a little too strange for Cassie, specifically, based on her reaction to this.
As a french guy, i was surprise you watching this movie, and i don't know how you reactions must be. The first time I watch it, it seems so weird at the beginning but when all the piece of puzzle match together, the feeling was intense, with joy and happiness. At the end, a big smile on my face, thinking," what a great movie" who gaves you so much feeling of appeasement, and you reaction was similar. In french, "Start" can be "Départ" ou "Lancement du film" and of course "Aurevoir". I smile all along this vidéo, and love you Chanel Cassie, Thanks (MERCI)
This movie is relatively popular in the US. Brotherhood of the Wolf also has a cult following.
Pas étonnant, ce film a eu son petit succes aux usa et pour le start je dirais plutot :" c'est parti " ;) les Américains comprennent pas trop cette façon de faire des films lol
@@goneetfierdeletre4032 meilleure traduction que la mienne ;) et je ne pensais pas que le film soit si populaire là-bas ! et tant mieux, J.P Jeunet a réalisé un petit chef d'oeuvre ^^
This is where Travelocity got The Roaming Gnome. This is one of my top 5 favorite movies.
I'm THRILLED you're doing this film. It's wonderful.
You have strange tastes in movies if you think this one is wonderful.
@@kraigthorne3549 Why - it s one of the greatest peace of Art ever made.
This movie single-handedly brought about a small generation of kids named “Amelie”. I know more than a few. Great film. When I saw it in the theater everyone cheered at the end!
I love this movie so much that I named my daughter Charlotte Amélie. In my opinion, this film captures imagination within adults, and a playful nature that rarely gets shown in movies, in my opinion. I am so happy you watched! ❤️
I was so excited when I saw that you were reacting to this movie! It is such a feel good film, beautifully written and visually stunning. Glad you enjoyed!
So, this my one time girlfriend's favourite movie. She wanted to be Amelie. I like to think, 15 years later, that she's out there somewhere, still wanting to be Amelie. Watching your reactions, it brought all back. This movie, like life, is very strange, but also very beautiful. Merci pour les mémoires.
An absolute favorite of mine. Innovative & just beautiful.
So much imagination to think all the things in this film. It is amazing. :)
The RED and GREEN art design and color grading creates the magical world of Amélie!
Being myself french I can tell you girls that, even considering french movie standarts, "Amelie" is a very special movie. I can't think of any movie with the same vibe. But, if you liked Amelie, I would recommend your to watch "A very long engagement", which is also a french movie, from the same director, with the same lead actress.
Not exactly the same, but I'd recommend The Science of Sleep ( Gondry ), and the Double Life of Veronique ( Kieslowski ).
I was quite surprised when I saw you were watching this. It's a quirky movie that I never thought I would like all that much and ended up kind of falling in love with it. The sound/music, color palette and story is just a very unique humorously melancholy viewing experience.
We need more movies of this style to imagine more.✨✨✨
Try "City of Lost Children" "Delicatessen" "Mic Macs" and "Alien 4. He directed all of these. You'll find some of the same humor and storytelling techniques. All of them are strange and wonderful.
If you don't know Wes Anderson, you definitely should. Very similar style.
One of the most perfect romantic comedy films ever made. Amazingly directed. Beautifully filmed. Gorgeous from beginning to end.
Romantic comedies aren't even my thing, but I love this film. It's such a quirky, feel-good film
@@cluster_f1575 Same!
Kudos to you both for going outside the traditional movie comfort zone of those with english as their first language. Also thanks for showing me this part of Amelie since I just saw it once around the time it was first released.
as an european, Amelie is one of my favs.. I enjoyed your reaction to a different humor, art and culture :) more reactions like this
I just love this movie so much. I'm neurodivergent and I sense things quite intensely which on one side makes me prone to sensory overload, but on the other hand allows me to find joy in sensations I feel most people forget. This movie hits me in all the best ways, showing Amélies (and others) joy in raspberries on the fingers, putting your hand in a sack of grains, cracking the creme brulée, the way light falls, the smells and sounds around her... and a lot of the soundscape for the movie is asmr-like in the attention to details. The music is BEAUTIFUL. The soft voices, the quirkiness, the small stories that can change a person's life. I feel as if this movie was made for me, and knowing that it wasn't makes me happy, because that means that there are other weirdlings in the world just like me 😉❤🌟💝🎉
I'm happy you watched it 😊❤🌟 Thanks.
I remember seeing this when it came out. One of the most adorable films ever made.
I saw this movie in the theatre when it came out. It was the first french film I'd ever seen and it launched a 20 year long love of french cinema. It was fun to see someone else go through the same transition from "what the heck is going on" to "awwwww" I did back then.
The two completely different reaction faces to 31:04 was interesting :) I think I saw an "awww" and a "what the..." on the other side of the screen.
She made the video cassette for the man of glass, because he could not exit his apartment because of his fragile (bone) condition. Therefore, he has not seen anything from the world. Except maybe a newspaper. This was before everywhere-internet. So she made him a video with some extraordinary footage, as a thank you and as one of her good deeds.
It's easy to think that collecting thrown away photos under a photobooth is "creepy" or "stupid" these days and I admit it's a strange hobby. But he was kinda bullied as a kid. And in those days, people didn't have tiny but excellent cameras in their pockets, ready to put someone to shame on the internet. So people did a lot more (quirky, insecure) stuff, before everyone could be filmed everywhere all the time. So I get, for young people, it's a really strange movie.
Also, the so-called "random stuff", FX and cut aways are either purely for laughs or (and) tells something about the character, his or her background or emotions at that moment.
I work at an indie theater as a projectionist and French cinema is fekkin AMAZING. So many wonderful films for you to see!
This was a BIG film when it came out 21 years ago. Everyone fell in love with it.
My very favorite scene is when Amelie, as a child, gives a check up to her imaginary friend. After listening to his heart, she shakes her head somberly, just like her father does.
I love this movie because it's about helping people fix themselves, thank you for watching it.
Lovely reaction to a great movie. French cinema has always been very quirky and arty, so it's understandable that you were both a little perplexed by much of it, especially if you've never had much experience of European movies. There's also so much subtlety in the humour that gets lost from the subtitles, which only becomes more apparent on rewatches. I think that now that you understand the premise of Amelie's character living in a fantasy world due to her insecurity and upbringing, you'll appreciate how heartwarming and beautiful this movie is, if you ever watch it again.
If you're interested in checking out more European movies, I really recommend The Bicycle Thief, Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino (The postman). All fantastic movies that are less quirky and more easily understandable.
Yeah, I'm surprised how so many little things (stylistic, dialogue, metaphors) were and still are obvious to me, but not to our believed watchers in the video. I guess it's a mix of different generation, watching too many "template" movies of today, not being European and of course: bits lost in translation.
Although Wes Anderson has somehow copied this quirky, random & quick style a lot.
This is one of my favorite movies ever because I live similarly, in my head all the time, imagining things for fun. That moment towards the end where she realizes it's her cat coming through the beaded door and not the man she loves...it's so heartbreaking. It's that "reality check" that she definitely didn't want. But I love the happy ending. :') One of my favorite endings to a movie ever. And the MUSIC in this film, so gorgeous. I'm really glad that you two gave Amelie a shot! It would be cool to see you guys react to more subtitled movies.
Seeing you girls discuss how its seems wierd to go to a video store to pick out a movie to rent. Makes me feel so old. lol It used to be an event, to go pick out some movies to watch for the weekend. My first official job was working at a video store when I was 16. Oh how times have changed.
bruh theyre talking about porn, not movies.
This is one of my favorite movies. I found the movie to be a work of art and about what happens inside your head, how one person sees the world they live in. You see her heart beating, you see her melt when she sees her love. You see her quirks, desires, fears, hopes and search for love and her efforts to break away from her past. Amélie takes a couple of viewings, you might want to look at "The Beauty of Amélie, on RUclips. Also, the quote on the wall at the end translates to; “Without you, today's emotions would be the scurf (shed dead skin) of yesterday.” You can see Audrey Tautou (Amélie) in The Da Vinci Code.
Amelie is my second favorite movie of ALL TIME just slightly behind Amadeus. I'm so excited to watch this later!!! I can't believe you reacted to this! :D
Love for Amadeus and a vote for them to watch it as well!
@@FightingTorque411 oh my god that would be AMAZING if they did!!
Watch Barry Lyndon, you'll enjoy it
I love how they present characters by what they like and dislike, very unique and also kinda makes you feel like they are actual people, not just characters in a movie.
The music is by far my favorite part although the whole film is in my favorites list
This is a perfect movie. A masterpiece. You just feel better about life after watching it.
I could not watch more than ten minutes of this video, because the movie was so bad, but it is still a thousand times better than any of the three Star Wars sequels.
This is one movie that is better the second time because you know what's going on and you are with her every step of the way. One of my all time favorites which I've honestly seen at least 50 times.
Yep , the first time u watch it you miss lots of details
One of my favorite films of the genre. The randomness is a mix of reality and her imagination/fears.
Okay. 1- I saw Amelie on the menu and thought 2- with your sister Carly, I'm more than there...so I went and got my "popcorn" (snacks), got ready. 3- I was like a kid on Christmas morning, because, like everyone else I thought, this is gonna be great, and you two did not disappoint.
I just knew you guys would love it, and I actually thought that you would have that confused look on your faces once the movie revealed it's onion layers. An absolutely beautiful fun fantasy joy ride that ended with a love story happy ending. It gets better every time you watch, and that score is as magical as the story...it had just the right amount of whimsy and Audrey Tatou WAS Amelie. Such a treat to watch you guys react, and it gave me a lift (long day, long story), but it ended watching you two and that my friends is perfect. Thank you guys, I love it when you two watch a movie together.
it's my favorite movie of all times. there is so much beauty in it. i could rewatch it daily
You nailed it when you called it whimsical! It's good to see films made in different ways and to just go with it and find new joy in the unexpected. I loved your reaction, and when you were trying to make sense of if or why she was imagining things- it reminded me of you when you don’t get the resolution you need in a movie and make the rest up in your head so that things make sense and make you happy - just like Amelie!
One of my favorite movies ever...it's a love letter to Paris. And it's cool you're branching out into foreign films - The Hollywood/American model is not the only way to make a movie! There's so much out there for you to discover. I'd love for you to watch the 1982 Scottish film, Local Hero. It's absolutely magical and I think you'd love it.
I saw this in the theater when it first came out, I loved it, so beautiful and entertaining.
Nice reaction! This is one of my all-time favorite films. I remember seeing it when it was released and just being blown away by it. So charming and surreal and sweet.
Fun fact: this filmmaker - Jean-Pierre Jeunet - was writing Amelie while he was in Hollywood directing Alien: Resurrection, the fourth film in the Alien franchise. Life is weird sometimes.
Keep up the nice work on these videos! I like when your sister is on, because then we get a dialogue happening between the two of you as you watch the film.
French cinema is very underrated here in the US, I love Amelie because it's a wonderful film, but also because it introduced me to so many great French movies.
For a girl who had such a lonely childhood devoid of affection, attention, and love she learned to see the world in a way that brought out the child she was never able to be. Everything became magical, interactive, and special. She created her own little kingdom of weird and allowed it to be a place of refuge for all the other weird people like her. The weirdness and bizarre nature of the movie just made it so much more endearing to me because she found a way to engage with her world, to make a home for people that society finds off-putting, and she made it a place of little kindnesses. This movie is a warm hug and I love it.
Amélie's fantastical mind is a wonderful place to spend a couple hours!
Of the hundreds of brilliant moments in this film, it's hard to select just a few favorites... But if I try, the unplugging of the mean guy's cable while listening to the radio for the best moments to deprive him of it, and the whole travelling gnome thing, are definitely at the very top of my list!
Three Italian films which won Academy Awards I think you would enjoy, Cinema Paradiso, IL Postino and Amarcord.
I saw this in a packed theater back in 1998-99. Without seeing one trailer for it. It was such a powerful otherworldly experience. A packed theater MAKES A movie a glorious experience. We all erupted in applause at the end. Core memory. Watching at home doesn’t do it justice.
I'm so happy you finally watched this film!!! With your sister too! I'm glad you guys liked it
Loved this whole thing. I don't usually see people reacting to Amelie. Such a sweet film and bizarre in all the best ways. Thank you for showing it some love.
Yes, yes, YES! Now THIS is a "you" movie! I can't wait to watch y'all react to it. You are going to absolutely ADORE IT! What a great film!!
Wow you guys could not have picked a better movie. Amelie is fantastic. And to watch it with your sister, what a great choice.
So glad that you are watching this movie. I adore it on so many levels.
I absolutely adore this movie!!!!! So beautiful and quirky and amazing just like Amelie.
If you’re having a bad day, this film is great for a pickmeup. It’s something of a departure for Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who directed films like Delicatessen, Alien Resurrection and The City of Lost Children. Looking at his Wikipedia page, he’s got another sci-fi coming out on Netflix next month.
I love The City of Lost Children. Visually, one of the most interesting movies I've ever seen.
I love Delicatessen and Resurrection isn't as bad as some people say
It wasn’t such a departure at the time. This followed Delicatessen and was kind of a more audience friendly take on Delicatessen’s quirky style and magical world (has some of the same actors too).
The sci-fi stuff came later as he moved towards more mainstream blockbusters.
Back in the day there was a time this was the highest rated movie on IMDB, if I remember correctly.
Merci pour cette réaction! Mais bien sûr, j'adore toutes vos réactions! Popcorn au Lit est fantastique!
At least 5 years ago I watched this movie and loved it. I really loved the way she played matchmaker and brought the oddest people together.
Amelie has such a quirky charm, and Audrey Tautou Is absolutely lovely. I am glad you two took the chance to view it, love your channel keep it up.
So glad you saw this movie! It is one of my alltime favourites, so very special and full of happy moments.
This was a really wholesome reaction to watch. ❤️
Amélie is one of my all-time favourite movies, and I've been waiting for a long time for someone to react to it. So thank you for doing it really well. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Amazing movie. I FREAKING LOVE how you go outside the usual reaction video library to the truly off beat movies like this.
Oh I'm so glad that the two of you have watched Amelie! There is a thematically and stylistically related movie, Micmacs, or " MicMacs à tire-larigot", that I hope you two get to enjoy, even if you don't do a reaction video to it.
French cinema is so different to Hollywood. I love how they can take time to do things that Hollywood films would never risk.
I remember loving this film when it came out and, of course, I went to the tobacconist shop in the film (like everyone did!!!).
If you and your sister ever visit Paris you’ll also have to go there and grab a selfie!
One of your best reactions on a film most others would never even try. 😍
The point of this whole movie is Ordinary people with ordinary lives, trying to find something extra-ordinary in the simplest of things and enjoy their lives , be it through their efforts or through the help of a mysteriously cunning young woman who has a flair for "Screenplay".
Amelie is basicaly Peter Parker, without the Spiderman powers, Friendly helpful neighbore
Beautifully whimsical , a really enjoyable story with lots of heart.
I was so happy to see you reacting to this! It's been years since I've watched it, but it's such a unique movie. Having said that, there's a series that has (for me) a similar surreal vibe that I highly recommend checking out: Pushing Daisies.
Cassie got Pushing Daisies in a recent Livestream! I hope she watches it, too! -Jon
ONE of my most favorite film's LOVE it. And it still after all this time, has the ability to bring the rain.
Love this movie so much!!! I also suggest the French movie La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (Amelie’s love interest). Definitely a different movie, but with so much to say.
Yeah, it is definitely a different kind of movie. :)
Hello Cassey and Carly!!! I love Amelie from the very first time I saw it. I love Paris and three years ago I was visiting all the places where this film was recorded. The restaurant where Amelie worked " Deux Moulins" is still there. I when for a lunch and was crazy. I believe that Amelie has the unique magic to make us dream that something else is possible. Naive maybe but real at the same time. The soundtrack is sooo beautiful!!!. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this masterpiece. Hugs.
Most beautiful movie ever! The color palette in every frame!
I would the ideas and how it's all coming together are beatiful too.
such a beautiful movie I saw it in the cinema back in the day. I was dragged into it by a couple of female friends, but man was this movie a revelation. So good.
20:12 everything except Amelie blurred out; I laughed out loud.
This has to be one of my favourite movies, it's such a unique look into an unusual mind, and the soundtrack is beautiful. Thank you for sharing you and your sister experiencing it.
Yeah, funny thing is: In France the movie is rated U (Unrestricted), G in Canada, in Germany and Austria FSK/JMK 6 ... only the USA put a rating of R on it.
Here in Europe no one cares that much about the stuff on the shelves. Everyone knows that stuff exists.
@@Cau_No I grew up in New Zealand where we share many of the sensibilities of the other anglo countries; and I remember being bemused seeing boobs on the evening news while I was living in Denmark around the time this movie came out.
In this case of course I imagine Cassie is just censoring to preempt RUclips's bizarre and inconsistent takes on nudity.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet has a style all of his own. Especially his French films.
Amélie is amazing and Audrey Tautou is perfect in it.