# Amelie
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 27, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627 "2003-03-27T22:22:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@WhetherMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhetherMan)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/21 "2003-03-28T09:22:20Z")
_Originally posted by Mangetout_…
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> The odd thing is that now, a few hours after watching it, I’m remembering the spoken dialogue in English (if you see what I mean) - weird huh?
In reading that, I thought…oh yeah…it wasn’t in English.
Loved, loved that movie. As a last stop at the local library I checked it out…very charming movie. I really want to talk about the story itself but don’t want to give anything away. Makes me want to see it again.
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### Author:  [@Jammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammers)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/22 "2003-03-28T10:50:16Z")
Great Film. I found it amusing that in our Video Shop, there was a big sticker on the box that said “Warning: This film is Subtitled”.
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### Author:  [@ignatius\_reilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatius_reilly)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/23 "2003-03-28T13:17:26Z")
I’m not an overly emotional or sappy guy, but I have to say that the last five minutes or so of that film is quite possibly the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It almost gives me goosebumps to remember it.
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### Author:  [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/24 "2003-03-28T13:30:01Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Jammers \*
> \*\*Great Film. I found it amusing that in our Video Shop, there was a big sticker on the box that said “Warning: This film is Subtitled”. \*\*
I had a really hard time watching the movie because of the subtitles.
I am a very visual person. The photography in **Amelie** was very interesting. And I was stuck with the options of reading the subtitles and missing the photography or watching the photography and not knowing what everyone was saying.
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### Author:  [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/25 "2003-03-28T15:02:46Z")
My sister looks exactly like Amelie…
Ok that had nothing to do with the OP… sorry!
And I have not seen this movie yet, and yes I am very ashamed… I should rent it this week end…
You guys make me want to watch it.
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### Author:  [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/26 "2003-03-28T15:53:46Z")
My sister acts a lot like Amelie. It only makes me love the movie that much more.
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### Author:  [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/27 "2003-03-28T16:05:44Z")
I loved this film, it’s one of the few I have on DVD.
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### Author:  [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/28 "2003-03-28T16:22:35Z")
Amelie was actually the first (and so far, only) foreign language film I’ve ever seen. It really was fantastic. The only problem was not being able to look away from the screen for half a second for fear of missing some text.
Best movie I ever read. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/29 "2003-03-28T16:28:15Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Exapno Mapcase \*
> \*\*While watching Amelie, I wanted to leap into the screen and strangle her with my bare hands. Really. Hope this helps. \*\*
I’m with **Exapno** on this one…I won’t go into detail, because when I held forth in my LJ about all the reasons it annoyed me, my friends wanted to flay me alive. Everyone goes on about how charming she is, and needless to say, I was decidedly _not_ charmed. There are a few too many rabid Amelie fans in there to get into a big discussion about it, so it will have to suffice that I found her to be extremely annoying and in need of a good shake.
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### Author:  [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/30 "2003-03-28T19:15:44Z")
I must admit that, though I did like the movie overall, I was also somewhat annoyed by Amelie as well, like some of the posters. What I didn’t like was the rather petty acts of revenge, and the long out-drawn end. With the first I had hoped she’d be above that, with the second I got the urge to kick her and get her on the right track. But as I said, I did like it overall. And I can understand that most people just think it a perfect film.
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### Author:  [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/31 "2003-03-29T13:29:30Z")
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> My sister looks exactly like Amelie…
Damn… wanna introduce me?
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### Author:  [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/32 "2003-03-29T17:21:56Z")
I will have to buy this movie at some point, I loved it.
Just don’t tell the guys down at the pub…'kay?
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### Author:  [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/33 "2003-03-29T17:52:28Z")
Every time I watch it, it makes me want to go to Paris. After the first viewing it’s easier to concentrate on the scenery.
You might be able to find a used copy of Amelie at your video store. Hollywood Video has just started selling their extra copies–3 for the price of two. Came out to about seven bucks, in my case.
One question; was the artist neighbor supposed to remind us of Van Gogh, with his furry, ear flap hat? Hmmmm…
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### Author:  [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/34 "2003-03-29T22:48:56Z")
How many people in Paris are having orgasms right this second?
_Quinze!_ 😃
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### Author:  [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelie/164627/35 "2003-03-30T07:36:57Z")
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> \*Originally posted by gex gex \*
> \*\*Damn… wanna introduce me? \*\*
I second that motion. Audrey Tautou is a major cutie.
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