I think I liked it even less than you. **Spoilers** I agree, didnt really care for this film overall. Igor was my favorite character in the film, a man of homor and calm. I dont think he was supposed to be my favorite. I also dont see the Cinderella comparisons. The brat proposed to her for a green card, probably not in his right mind then. I dont think either couple loved one another either, seemed more about sex and $ to me. I didnt care about the couple. And, really, when you are looking for some one on your cell phone plan there are ways to track them (find my phone). That sequence may have meant to be funny but instead dragged in it's sadness. Im so glad to read about some one not liking this film. I think some times people say they like a film because they feel they are supposed to or dont want backlash.
"I didn't care about the couple." My sentiments exactly. I cared very little about most of the characters. I did not hold any empathy for the main character. And that is what films are usually built upon. Some level of empathy. I'm glad the director and his wife spent all that time with the lead actress working out all of the sex scenes and positions. But they should have spent a modicum of their time finding a plot.
I agree they should have fleshed out Ani's character a bit more, but not knowing about her was the point. The two main characters DON'T know anything about each other, but briefly are able to fall in love. Even if it was fake, it still felt real to them, and to me as well. But just like a high from drugs the crash and come down back to reality is harsh. I think Vanya did want to be with her somewhere in his heart, but knew it would never, and could never work out. They didn't need to eventually get married and start a family for their love to be real. It can just be this juvenile relationship and nothing more, and that's okay.
THE TEN SWISS CHEESE HOLES IN ANORA (SPOILER ALERTS): 1) Vanya cannot speak English or speaks very limited English in the first 17 minutes of the film. But he spends the end of the first act and the ending act speaking almost nothing but English. 2) Why do the parents have this house (and their child) in New York when their business and life is in Russia? 3) When Ani gets a quickie marriage in Vegas, she calls no one. No friends. No family. Would those phone calls interfere with the 'big party' exposition? 4) How did an Armenian guy living in Brighton Beach become the Godfather for a kid who lives mostly in Russia? 5) Ani uses the slang term 'Gopnik' as an insult to describe Igor, which is a very specific, Russian term. Gopnik is usually applied to Moscow wannabe gangsters that hang out in the Moscow metro, and isn't known in America. Ani grew up here, so she would not know this phrase. 6) Vanya flashes a garage filled with high-end luxury cars, Mercedes, Porsche, and Lamborghini, and states, "I'm not allowed to drive them." He respects this rule for some reason. But he is allowed to charter a jet and charge a Las Vegas luxury suite. But he can't drive any of the cars. 7) Vanya says he will marry Anora's friend. Or Anora, so he can get a green card and piss his parents off. Yet, in the end, Ani, with the street smarts of a hustler, imagines Vanya loves her for the filmmaker seeking human drama that has no foundation from the script previously, forgetting the part of him wanting a green card marriage. 8) All the restaurants and strip clubs Toros invades to look for Vanya, in reality, have muscular security that you are getting tossed from unless you are a known Russian heavyweight. In Manhattan, the bouncers would have tossed Toros and company pretty quickly. 9) When the private plane arrives from Russia, the two Agents board the plane, but no one from customs and border patrol processes the mother and father. From Russia. No immigration or customs. 10) The plane that arrives when the Mom walks down the stairs is a dual-engine G6. When Toros greets the dad, the jet changes to a Dussault Falcon 8x Tri Jet. The plane grew another engine in editing.
@@antonspivack3928That's the main flaw of the movie... If they want you to believe that this girl really fell for this kid for something else than his money... adding intimacy and at least a glimpse of her family through a conversation would help her character.
you learn very little about the lives and motivation of the two main characters, apart from stereotypes. Shows a lot of her dancing but nothing about her thoughts. In the second half of the movie, she is just a side character while Ivan says nothing.
I liked the first quarter of the movie because it felt realistic, that's how it feels to be with a stripper /call girl...I think that the romance after the marriage was forced as hell... I never bought that a girl like Anora would honestly fall in love with Vanya... It's all about the money. I agree with you... They needed more intimacy and less sex... maybe a little background on her and her relationship with her family, something that shows that she really opened up to this guy... These girls always put an act with her customers... so seeing her breaking character with him would be a good way to see that she cared for him and not only his money. They tried to do that in a sex scene but if felt more like she was been nice to him not not actually in love with him.
You can see him coming up with the idea for a movie about lives of henchmen. Masterpiece. The plot can be written in three lines. It was begging for a twist and got nothing.
I think I liked it even less than you.
**Spoilers**
I agree, didnt really care for this film overall. Igor was my favorite character in the film, a man of homor and calm. I dont think he was supposed to be my favorite. I also dont see the Cinderella comparisons. The brat proposed to her for a green card, probably not in his right mind then. I dont think either couple loved one another either, seemed more about sex and $ to me. I didnt care about the couple. And, really, when you are looking for some one on your cell phone plan there are ways to track them (find my phone). That sequence may have meant to be funny but instead dragged in it's sadness. Im so glad to read about some one not liking this film. I think some times people say they like a film because they feel they are supposed to or dont want backlash.
There were certainly parts I liked about it but I was underwhelmed to say the least too. Thanks for sharing your take!
"I didn't care about the couple." My sentiments exactly. I cared very little about most of the characters. I did not hold any empathy for the main character. And that is what films are usually built upon. Some level of empathy. I'm glad the director and his wife spent all that time with the lead actress working out all of the sex scenes and positions. But they should have spent a modicum of their time finding a plot.
Agree so much! @@pantherman16
I agree they should have fleshed out Ani's character a bit more, but not knowing about her was the point. The two main characters DON'T know anything about each other, but briefly are able to fall in love. Even if it was fake, it still felt real to them, and to me as well. But just like a high from drugs the crash and come down back to reality is harsh. I think Vanya did want to be with her somewhere in his heart, but knew it would never, and could never work out. They didn't need to eventually get married and start a family for their love to be real. It can just be this juvenile relationship and nothing more, and that's okay.
THE TEN SWISS CHEESE HOLES IN ANORA (SPOILER ALERTS):
1) Vanya cannot speak English or speaks very limited English in the first 17 minutes of the film. But he spends the end of the first act and the ending act speaking almost nothing but English.
2) Why do the parents have this house (and their child) in New York when their business and life is in Russia?
3) When Ani gets a quickie marriage in Vegas, she calls no one. No friends. No family. Would those phone calls interfere with the 'big party' exposition?
4) How did an Armenian guy living in Brighton Beach become the Godfather for a kid who lives mostly in Russia?
5) Ani uses the slang term 'Gopnik' as an insult to describe Igor, which is a very specific, Russian term. Gopnik is usually applied to Moscow wannabe gangsters that hang out in the Moscow metro, and isn't known in America. Ani grew up here, so she would not know this phrase.
6) Vanya flashes a garage filled with high-end luxury cars, Mercedes, Porsche, and Lamborghini, and states, "I'm not allowed to drive them." He respects this rule for some reason. But he is allowed to charter a jet and charge a Las Vegas luxury suite. But he can't drive any of the cars.
7) Vanya says he will marry Anora's friend. Or Anora, so he can get a green card and piss his parents off. Yet, in the end, Ani, with the street smarts of a hustler, imagines Vanya loves her for the filmmaker seeking human drama that has no foundation from the script previously, forgetting the part of him wanting a green card marriage.
8) All the restaurants and strip clubs Toros invades to look for Vanya, in reality, have muscular security that you are getting tossed from unless you are a known Russian heavyweight. In Manhattan, the bouncers would have tossed Toros and company pretty quickly.
9) When the private plane arrives from Russia, the two Agents board the plane, but no one from customs and border patrol processes the mother and father. From Russia. No immigration or customs.
10) The plane that arrives when the Mom walks down the stairs is a dual-engine G6. When Toros greets the dad, the jet changes to a Dussault Falcon 8x Tri Jet. The plane grew another engine in editing.
3) It's clear Ani isn't very close to her family and doesn't have a lot of friends outside of her co-workers.
@@antonspivack3928That's the main flaw of the movie... If they want you to believe that this girl really fell for this kid for something else than his money... adding intimacy and at least a glimpse of her family through a conversation would help her character.
you learn very little about the lives and motivation of the two main characters, apart from stereotypes. Shows a lot of her dancing but nothing about her thoughts. In the second half of the movie, she is just a side character while Ivan says nothing.
Doesn't the fact that they land without customs or border patrol checking them go to show just how influential and powerful they are?
I liked the first quarter of the movie because it felt realistic, that's how it feels to be with a stripper /call girl...I think that the romance after the marriage was forced as hell... I never bought that a girl like Anora would honestly fall in love with Vanya... It's all about the money. I agree with you... They needed more intimacy and less sex... maybe a little background on her and her relationship with her family, something that shows that she really opened up to this guy... These girls always put an act with her customers... so seeing her breaking character with him would be a good way to see that she cared for him and not only his money. They tried to do that in a sex scene but if felt more like she was been nice to him not not actually in love with him.
I love your channel name!!
Thank you! Gave myself the day off when I came up with it
You can see him coming up with the idea for a movie about lives of henchmen. Masterpiece. The plot can be written in three lines. It was begging for a twist and got nothing.
I am with you I liked this even less than you. Nothing really happens at the end, nothing surprising. It is too simple of a story I believe.
I really didn't like the male gaze of it all.
It's 2025 and male directors still can't help themselves.
But I love The Florida Project
this just pmo, there’s a lack of media literacy here
I hate the ending 😮
Uhm... Why? It circles back everything to the theme of the movie: What is love? Sometimes you find love in strange places.
This movie was awful and it could have been 50 minutes shorter easily and it would have been the same movie
This movie was dogshit
You didn't love it because you suck and you don't like good movies.
I myself don't trust neckbearded people with rooms full of SW merchandise to appreciate movies like Anora.