"Paris Je T'aime" is a compilation of 18 short and disconnected stories about love in the "city of lights". That's absolutely a good premise, the very one which made me want to watch this movie. However, someone forgot to say that these stories are really too short and some of them completely senseless! If it's true that in some stories we can watch a plot, some character developing and some deepness in just 5 minutes, it's also truth that the other stories are completely vain, without any sense or meaning! I think they're too short to create any interest, tension or expectation to the viewer! In some cases it's really just a matter of time, because we can see that the plot was "going on a good way", it was being nice, but suddenly it just stops, it's the end of the short movie
From the 18 stories I think that just a few had a beginning, a development and an ending in the mentioned 5 minutes
My favourite stories were: "Quais de Seine"; "Tuileries"; "Bastille"; "Place des Fetes"; "Quartier de la Madeleine" and "Faubourg Saint-Denis".
Generally, the acting is nice, the soundtrack is good and the portraying of the city is also excellent.
Overall I think this project started with a nice idea (the main idea of creating a few stories about love, in Paris, characterizing the city itself and connecting this characterization with the stories is really good) but they spoiled it a bit dividing it in so many short movies. I think it would work much better if it had just 5/6 stories of 20 minutes each (it would have much more time to develop the plot and the characters) instead of 18 stories of 5 minutes (which it's not enough time to develop a story either we like it or not!). So I must say it was somewhat disappointing
My favourite stories were: "Quais de Seine"; "Tuileries"; "Bastille"; "Place des Fetes"; "Quartier de la Madeleine" and "Faubourg Saint-Denis".
Generally, the acting is nice, the soundtrack is good and the portraying of the city is also excellent.
Overall I think this project started with a nice idea (the main idea of creating a few stories about love, in Paris, characterizing the city itself and connecting this characterization with the stories is really good) but they spoiled it a bit dividing it in so many short movies. I think it would work much better if it had just 5/6 stories of 20 minutes each (it would have much more time to develop the plot and the characters) instead of 18 stories of 5 minutes (which it's not enough time to develop a story either we like it or not!). So I must say it was somewhat disappointing