Philosophical and Evident of the Nature of Travel

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2004)

A Friend and i once commented on how much easier it is for people to make friends then it is to make enemies.Anyone from anywhere in the world can be a friend to anyone else anywhere in the world.When it all comes down to it,We are human with the same needs,desires and most of all,the same purpose in life,To relate.
What i liked so much about this film is my own belief in that you can meet anyone,anywhere any time and for no particular reason,This is how Jessie and Celine come to meet on a train bound for Paris Via Vienna.Two idle strangers bought together by both observing and commenting on their immediate surroundings.
What transpires is just a neat little bubble of converstaion between two twentysomethings at a crossroads in their lives in terms of ambition,the future,love,happiness and also the past.Character developments show in a strong mannerism that these crossroads are apparent and it makes for very interesting and philosophical dialogue.
What i have noticed from other writers on IMDB is that they were disappointed because the only thing that occurs in this film is just plain conversating between the two characters.What did you expect,A sub plot with the KGB and James Bond??You've missed the point.
What this film points out and so poignantly,Is how simple it is to touch anothers life in a positve manner and how the nature of human behaviour can be so elequant.The beautiful locations also seem to harmonise the atmosphere of the film and the nature of the dialogue.
The most clever aspect of the film was after the couples parting the flashbacks of all the area's of the city they had explored.It showed a case of encapsulated romance and meaningful memory.
I've just learned that there is a sequel..Hopefully this time they wont part.