"The Irony of Fate" day 2 analysis

On the second day of class, I continued to watch this enjoyable Russian classic comedy. I have to say, I have not enjoyed a romantic comedy in quite a long time. I happen to be very picky when it comes to watching American romantic comedies, but this one was extremely entertaining from beginning till the end. It was absolutely hilarious, great story telling, and the acting was top notch from all the actors. Each character in the movie was unique and funny in their own right.  I also loved how realistic this film was. The film may be considered as "too long"for a typical Hollywood film, but in each scene they would build up to a moment with the characters. There was a lot of development between Nadya and Zhenya in the short amount of time, and I could see a real relationship blossoming. I could see the connection between Nadya and Zhenya shared when they met each other. They were both engaged to other people, but I don't think they were ever really genuinely happy, until they met each other in Leningrad. They had very similar interests, such as singing. I liked the scene on how they both took turns singing a song to each other. Each song they sung to one another told a story on how they were feeling about the other person in that specific moment, which is how they connected so quickly. The music in the film was used in the appropriate moments of the film, to describe the emotion of the situation. Usually in American films, there is background instrumental music to express the specific mood of the scene, but in the scenes in the Russian film, there was no music playing at all. It was only to focus on the diologue with the characters. Overall, the message I got from the film, is that one should not go for less and wait for true love. True love happens when you least expect it.