Product: Moonstruck (1987)
Rating: 5.0
Great in Original
Great in the Original, because this DVD version is "pan and scan" and leaves out the sides of the screen. That I hate, so beware in that sense. I'll be the first in line to get the original widescreen version when it comes out.This film is about as perfect a romantic comedy as you can get without being "snow" or the "stars." That scene after the opera when Ronnie (Nicolas Cage) is imploring Loretta (Cher) to come into his apartment is indeed perfect: funny, profound in the way that everyday life is profound; emotional. I loved it. Life is indeed imperfect, and we're all here to make the wrong moves.Sure, it sounds a bit precious, but what's impressed me is that the screenplay and direction provides comedy at the same time it delivers profundity about life. Yes, I know zilch about Italian-American-New-Yorkian life, but it sounds like it could be genuine, and is meaningful. I and my kids have already developed an in-joke based on Cage's mannerism in stroking his beard as he says, "I'm a wolf?" Perfect--snow, stars, love--and the moon. That says it all.