I guess this movie was trying to model after Paris Je T'aime.
But living in Toronto, I was not blown away and I feel that this movie could be done a lot better in a more realistic setting, similar to City Rats (another movie focused on London, England) - for example, there are many many places the setting could have taken place, but most of it seems to be really really local (almost too local) - if I were a tourist and had only spent a week in Toronto, I doubt I could identify anything in the movie (except the union station perhaps).
In short I think the film makers were trying too much to tell the stories in a micro-lens, but I feel that if they step back a little bit and tell the stories in a macro-lens, it would be much more realistic and inviting for people to relate to the stories.
Paris is known as the city of love - so Paris, je t'aime is a movie of 20+ mini stories about love; well, we live in Toronto, I think multi-culturalism is something that we Torontonians are proud of, I feel that not enough of multi-culturalism is portrayed here......
Over all, if this were a movie for Torontonians only, I think it did its job to help Torontonians to feel something for the city; but if the purpose of the movie is to show the the city and provide a more realistic insight into a day in the live of a Torontonian for people who are not familiar with Toronto, I think it could be done A LOT better.
But living in Toronto, I was not blown away and I feel that this movie could be done a lot better in a more realistic setting, similar to City Rats (another movie focused on London, England) - for example, there are many many places the setting could have taken place, but most of it seems to be really really local (almost too local) - if I were a tourist and had only spent a week in Toronto, I doubt I could identify anything in the movie (except the union station perhaps).
In short I think the film makers were trying too much to tell the stories in a micro-lens, but I feel that if they step back a little bit and tell the stories in a macro-lens, it would be much more realistic and inviting for people to relate to the stories.
Paris is known as the city of love - so Paris, je t'aime is a movie of 20+ mini stories about love; well, we live in Toronto, I think multi-culturalism is something that we Torontonians are proud of, I feel that not enough of multi-culturalism is portrayed here......
Over all, if this were a movie for Torontonians only, I think it did its job to help Torontonians to feel something for the city; but if the purpose of the movie is to show the the city and provide a more realistic insight into a day in the live of a Torontonian for people who are not familiar with Toronto, I think it could be done A LOT better.