Where in science is human intelligence connected with family genes? Lenny, the father of a brilliant adopted son Max, is out on a search for his assumed ‘brilliant’ mother. Lenny meets the mother finding that she is a not so bright prostate. Now I don’t mean to be awful and say this for all adopted children, but, if the parents were genesis just like Max wouldn’t you think that such brilliant parents wouldn’t put their child up for adoption. And now that I look into this topic, it says on a couple adoption information websites that most children who are put up for adoption come from a troubled and/or unplanned parent/s. So what I am wondering is… Was Lenny really expecting to find these brilliant parents at the other end of the rope? Because I know how much we all like the saying the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree but that doesn’t mean the tree isn’t sitting on a hill and the apple did fall near the tree and thus rolled far down the hill away from that tree.
Though this movie is quiet uplifting and I would agree that Woody Allen made this subject very interesting on many levels. The character choice is much in my favor. Generally Woody Allen hires his characters to be played by people who can become or are that part, that he isn’t just hiring another actor/ actress. I believe movies are much more enjoyable when characters are
Though this movie is quiet uplifting and I would agree that Woody Allen made this subject very interesting on many levels. The character choice is much in my favor. Generally Woody Allen hires his characters to be played by people who can become or are that part, that he isn’t just hiring another actor/ actress. I believe movies are much more enjoyable when characters are
cast by talent rather then by name.
-Jennifer 
5 comments:
"she is a not so bright prostate"
ok...my first question....what the hell does this mean????
The thing about adopted kids coming from troubled parents makes sense in this case, because Max's mother is, in fact, a prostitute. That basically covers troubled AND unplanned right there. Guess I'm not really sure what you're arguing here...
thoughts???
~PSH
ohhhhhh..........i get it now...
You really tiptoed your way around that sweeping generalization, Bade/Jen. But it is a keen observation of character.
I don't know why we make that distinction, though. Can you be smart and a prostitute? They are only mutually exclusive by tradition. On second thought....maybe not.
-Colin
I think the point of Lenny going crazy trying to find Max's birth mom was that he was unhappy in his marriage and needed something to help occupy his time. He needed a mission to distract him from his other family troubles.
It was a masterful stroke of Allen's comedic genius that the mother winds up being a prostitute, but I still contend that what happens afterward is gross. And Colin, I think there's a reason most people become prostitutes... let's just say they're not on the A honor roll?
P.S. Awesome picture
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