Magnificent in story

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2019)

As much as I loved the story, and as much as I respect the great actors in the movie, the actings seemed a bit forced and unrealistic in some scenes; maybe not as good as the movie itself. That said, they still did a great job.
What I loved the most about the movie is how characters' personality in the movie are introduced, but not changed as story goes. As if they were rigidly written first, and then the scenes and the storyline were adapted to fit those personalities. Seems easy to understand why this might be the best thing about the movie, not the amazingly depicted cafe, not the fantastic markets, and not even the beautifully played and sang musics.
The Paris flash-back in my view was either too short to be of any signifacnt importance, better said, too short for demonstrating any glorious memories, or too long for such an obviously implied back-story and, of course, chemistry and romantic tensions observed in prior and further scenes.
The battle of sentimentalism is a never fought one here. This is how well-written the characters are.
Thank you for making such a great movie Mr. Curtiz.