Le diverse età dell’amore – The Different Ages of Love

Manuale d’Amore 3, starring Robert De Niro along with a cast that’s a veritable “who’s who” of modern Italian actors and actresses, opened a week after I got home – I’d really wanted to see it. I asked my friend Marco Di Carlo from Perugia to go opening weekend and write about it, and he was kind enough to do that for us. Here, first, are his words, and they will be followed by my translation – and oh. my. god! My translation is terrible! I did the best that I could, Marco, but I’m sure I lost some of the essence of what you were trying to say because of my immaturity with your language.

I can’t honestly tell if he liked it or just can’t bear to tell me how much he hated it – he knew I was so hoping it would be great. Many are talking about Monica’s apparent inability to age gracefully ( i.e. – botox). Anyway, GRAZIE TANTE MARCO! Spero che ti sia piaciuto! (And I hope that use of the conditional was correct!)

You should follow Marco on twitter – @kokketto83

Le diverse età dell’amore raccontate in tre nuovi episodi. Tre istantanee, che raccontano,in maniera talvolta anche coraggiosa, le sfumature del sentimento più bello del mondo. Una scelta obbligata per parlare ad un pubblico vasto e consentire a ciascuno di identificarsi. L’ultimo manuale dei sentimenti editato da Veronesi, è fatto di conferme e nuovi rilanci, mantiene un buon ritmo ed ha una colonna sonora d’eccezione, firmata da Gualazzi e Morgan. Buona la fotografia e la Regia, entrambe alzano, ben al di sopra della media, la qualità finale del prodotto. Meno brillante invece la scrittura del primo capitolo, forzato e poco credibile, con un Riccardo Scamarcio, innamorato della bella e brava Valeria Solarino, perdere completamente la testa per Laura Chiatti.

Questa struttura crescente alla fine riesce a mantenere un buon livello di attenzione e non delude mai completamente lo spettatore.

Complimenti e conferme per un Verdone in gran forma, riconferma meritoria, in grado di far ridere e intrattenere nel senso più ingegnoso del termine. Belle le riprese di Roma, scrutata in alcuni interessanti dettagli. Piacevole De Niro che parla in italiano pensando in inglese; in una veste inusuale conferma la sua grandezza, oscurando la Bellucci. La sua presenza nel cast, dunque, non è solo un’importante azione di marketing per dare forza al prodotto, tendenzialmente prevedibile.

A scanso di equivoci, preme ricordare come sia inutile comparare questo film ai precedenti: puntualmente i sequel deludano le aspettative, per chi ne ha.

Con meno amore rispetto ai precedenti, questo è senz’altro il manuale più accettabile, scorrevole in grado di formarci al “sentimento possibile”.

The different ages of love are told in three new episodes, three at the same time that tell in ways at times courageously about the shades of the most beautiful feeling in the world. It’s a the way you have to do it when trying to appeal to a wide audience so that everyone can identify with it.

The last “manual of feelings” published by Veronese is made from confirmations and new offerings, it has a good rhythm and an exceptional soundtrack by Gualazzi and Morgan. The cinematography and the direction is good and together they raise the final product well above average. Less than brilliant is the writing in the first part, it’s forced and not believable, with Riccardo Scamarcio, in love with the beautiful and talented Valeria Solarino but falling head over heels for Laura Chiatti.

It builds until the end managing to maintain a good level of interest and it’s not completely disappointing for the viewer.

Congratulations to (Carlo) Verdone who is in grand form and funny in the most ingenious sense of the word. The shots of Rome are beautiful and they show some interesting details.

It was nice when De Niro was speaking in Italian and thinking in English; in a capacity that confirms his greatness and overshadowed (Monica) Bellucci. His presence in the movie, anyway, wasn’t just a marketing stunt

To avoid being misunderstood, we have remember how useless it is to compare this film to the ones before (Manuale d’Amore and Manuale d’Amore 2), specifically sequels disappointing those that wait for them, for whom it has. With less love in comparison with the others this is without a doubt the most acceptable manual, flowing in a way to develop feelings that are believable.