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Best Love Story Ever
To me, this is a wonderful master of love stories. I thought it was perfect in every way. The actors were perfect in their roles. Keanu Reeves is gorgeous, He and Aitana who is gorgeous also are a perfectly matched couple. I loved Anthony Quinn's part, he was delightful. The rest of the actors were perfect. This movie along with "Pretty Woman" is a Cinderella's dream come true.

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Creative License With Reality... And Lots of Fun!
This is a highly enjoyable, sentimental romance movie.

Thing is, I'm not much on sentimental romance movies. But this is so visually stunning, filled with such beautiful imagery and gorgeous music, that it will take your breath away.

But what I find really fascinating about this movie is that it breaks an implicit contract between the viewer and the filmmakers. And it does it with such huge impertinence and utter disregard for this silent, unspoken trust that I find it outrageous, shocking, incredibly funny, and, in a strange way, admirable.

What is that implicit contract between viewer and filmmakers? It's that, unless the movie is outright science fiction or fantasy, you are being told truths about the world we live in. For instance, if you are being shown things in a movie that is placed in a particular historical time period, you assume that at least some research was done to make an attempt at an accurate portrayal of that time. And if you are being shown things about a business or a process that most people know little about - in this case winemaking - then you will learn some true things about that business or process.

Not in this movie.

Here's an example: this movie teaches us that if frost falls on a crop of grapes at a vineyard (and it's quite true that frost can kill a crop of grapes), the workers go out at night with candles and torches, and then they don huge white wings on their arms that make them resemble giant white moths. Then they go through the fields flapping their giant wings to warm the grapes and keep the frost away with the warmth of the torches and candles, creating a spectacle of unearthly, ghostly beauty.

No they don't! They never did that! Not in real life! The filmmakers just made this up! It's really funny when you think about it!

But it sure LOOKS good!

In another touching and lovely scene, the young Spanish girl's grandfather, who owns the vineyard, (wonderfully played by Anthony Quinn), sings to Keanu Reaves one of the oldest and most beautiful songs in the history of Spanish music. Oh, it's beautiful all right - no argument there. He speaks of this classic with the reverence that such an old and gorgeous song deserves. However, if you note the credits at the end of the film, the song was composed by the film's composer and a lyricist in 1995, the year the film was made! Well, it SOUNDS like a very old and classic song! But they made this up, too!

Why did they do this? I don't know!! But it's funny!!

I'm pretty sure that the ceremonial crushing of grapes to erotic dancing and music is not and never was a part of any vineyard that is actually in the business of making wine, certainly not in the last 100 years, but I couldn't swear to it. But it fits this very aptly-named "Walk in the Clouds" perfectly.

No real criticisms here. Being a writer myself, it's kind of inspiring to know that if you don't know anything about something, you can just make it all up! Who needs research??

Really, these guys have a lot of nerve. But you gotta love 'em for it. And it all makes for a lovely, entertaining movie.

Just don't believe ANYTHING you see here!

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Creative License With Reality... And Lots of Fun!
This is a highly enjoyable, sentimental romance movie.

Thing is, I'm not much on sentimental romance movies. But this is so visually stunning, filled with such beautiful imagery and gorgeous music, that it will take your breath away.

But what I find really fascinating about this movie is that it breaks an implicit contract between the viewer and the filmmakers. And it does it with such huge impertinence and utter disregard for this silent, unspoken trust that I find it outrageous, shocking, incredibly funny, and, in a strange way, admirable.

What is that implicit contract between viewer and filmmakers? It's that, unless the movie is outright science fiction or fantasy, you are being told truths about the world we live in. For instance, if you are being shown things in a movie that is placed in a particular historical time period, you assume that at least some research was done to make an attempt at an accurate portrayal of that time. And if you are being shown things about a business or a process that most people know little about - in this case winemaking - then you will learn some true things about that business or process.

Not in this movie.

Here's an example: this movie teaches us that if frost falls on a crop of grapes at a vineyard (and it's quite true that frost can kill a crop of grapes), the workers go out at night with candles and torches, and they don huge white wings on their arms that make them resemble giant white moths. Then they go through the fields flapping their giant wings to warm the grapes and keep the frost away with the warmth of the torches and candles, creating a spectacle of unearthly, ghostly beauty.

No they don't! They never did that! Not in real life! The filmmakers just made this up! It's really funny when you think about it!

But it sure LOOKS good!

In another touching and lovely scene, the young Spanish girl's father, who owns the vineyard, (wonderfully played by Anthony Quinn), sings to Keanu Reaves one of the oldest and most beautiful songs in the history of Spanish music. Oh, it's beautiful all right - no argument there. He speaks of this classic with the reverence that such an old and gorgeous song deserves. However, if you note the credits at the end of the film, the song was composed by the film's composer and a lyricist in 1995, the year the film was made! Well, it SOUNDS like a very old and classic song! But they made this up, too!

Why did they do this? I don't know!! But it's funny!!

I'm pretty sure that the ceremonial crushing of grapes to erotic dancing and music is not and never was a part of any vineyard that is actually in the business of making wine, certainly not in the last 100 years, but I couldn't swear to it. But it fits this very aptly-named "Walk in the Clouds" perfectly.

No real criticisms here. Being a writer myself, it's kind of inspiring to know that if you don't know anything about something, you can just make it all up! Who needs research??

Really, these guys have a lot of nerve. But you gotta love 'em for it. And it all makes for a lovely, entertaining movie.

Just don't believe ANYTHING you see here!