Reaction Paper

John Seer,
(ft. two friends very occasionally )

Hi.
…I don’t watch
movies.
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A wedding?
Boring.
…nice venue, though.
Scene Description: A bride (the
nonna, it turns out?) is about to get married? Who’s that?
Suddenly, she regrets her life choices and …nvm they’re gone.
decides to do something not very wedding-
appropriate :’)

Timestamp: 1:10 – 3:12

AAAAH VIOLENCE
Uh. What?

… Belated gun
warning

SELF VIOLENCE
I-is this really
comedy???
Ooh, drama! *checks doesthedogdie.com*
 s th is th e song he was
OH w a
singing earlie
r? TOP 4
Scene Description:
CIN-QUAN- TA
MILAAA Lacrime
non BASTER-anno
PER-ché–

(I totally see why he was singing this in the mirror.

Even if this was basically just an ad—this song,
playing all the time? Excellent decision.)

Timestamp:
Many times, mostly scene transitions.
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Scene Description: Oh no, more violence!
Local lady destroys car and drives horribly.

Timestamp:
6:00 – 7:00

…..she’s gonna be my
favorite, isn’t she.
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Oh hey, the friends
are here.
…this is gonna be a cringe
Scene Description: comedy, isn’t it.
*Various humored reactions*
The friends from Rome arrive, and
This guy’s [referring to the character] a
keep almost blowing his cover.
really good actor.
Most of the family are oblivious,
however
Aww, they’re
Timestamp: 1:04:20 – 1:17:00 cute!

Still stuck in that phase where you find PDA

disgusting---------------------------
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Prepare…a car??
Scene Description: Is she gonna bring
The nonna…sacrifices herself?....by triggering him to Rome?
her diabetes. This causes them to…support
Antonio? Have a dance party? Break the
space-time continuum, slingshotting them all
Make-up…
into the past?

(More seriously, it was meant to be symbolic, NO NONNA DON’T

EAT THAT YOU’RE
but it’s still very confusing) DIABETIC

Timestamp: 1:30:00 – 1:42:00 She’s gonna die, isn’t she.

nOOOO
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Oh, neat! Speaking at the
same time!

Scene Description:
The nonna…sacrifices herself?....by triggering
her diabetes. This causes them to…support
Antonio? Have a dance party? Break the
space-time continuum, slingshotting them all
into the past? Eh?? What’s happening?
Symbolism of them moving
on? Getting together?
(More seriously, it was meant to be symbolic,
but it’s still very confusing)
Dance party????
Timestamp: 1:30:00 – 1:42:00
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(Still processing)

*writing an actual essay

about movie*

That was…an ending.

Wait…
Not again!—
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Scene Description:

Timestamp:
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Scene Description: After that, er, ending, the mood suddenly shifts, as they (once again) play 50
mila. I’m rather fond of the moment, for how jarring it is, especially given how it adds to the strangeness
of the tone.

Timestamp: 1:44:50 – 1:48:00

My Overall Reaction to the film
The movie had really good build-up, and interesting subplots—what it did not,
however, was a satisfying and cohesive ending; true, perhaps we got symbolic
“acceptance”, but nobody had a very satisfying conclusion to their arcs; in fact,
most of the time I didn’t even know who a character was, or that they had an arc
at all.

I have to say, though, I like the way the movie showcased relationships, and
showed the characters as being more than their orientation. However, I felt the
“town gossip” part was lacking.

Overall I feel like the movie was a bit confused in its execution, but had interesting
concepts.
My Overall Reaction to the film

Why
was s
h e th e
“ l oo s
canon e
”?

Did they all die?