I really liked 2006's Paris, Je T'aime, so I'm hesitant to see the awfully reviewed follow-up New York, I Love You, which was released last Friday. Like Paris, the new movie is a collection of vignettes, rather than one story, each set in a different New York neighborhood.

One of its eleven directors, Brett Ratner, is best known for the craptastic Rush Hour series and for directing a slew of mediocre music vids, including Mariah Carey's still-in-rotation "Obsessed". In a recent interview, Ratner explains how the story of losing his virginity became a part of New York, I Love You:

It's probably my most personal film. When I sent the original script, which is autobiographical, the producers would not let me film it because, in the original ending, she (the girl) is a cripple, and they have sex as she's hanging from a tree in Central Park. Everyone was freaking out over my short, so I changed it to where she wasn't a cripple, but an actress pretending to be a cripple.

Hmm. The quote doesn't exactly fill my heart with high expectations. If you've already seen the film, let us know what you thought in the comments.

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Here's a vignette (that I do like) from Paris, Je T'aime featuring Natalie Portman breaking up with her blind boyfriend, played by Melchior Beslon, who is (surprise, surprise) actually blind in real life.

Posted by toshio on 2009-10-21 in anton yelchin, olivia thirlby