{"id":5188,"date":"2010-10-28T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T14:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2010-10-28T16:33:27","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T14:33:27","slug":"chasing-liberty-starring-matthew-goode-mandy-moore-jeremy-piven-annabella-sciorra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/chasing-liberty-starring-matthew-goode-mandy-moore-jeremy-piven-annabella-sciorra\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Liberty starring Matthew Goode, Mandy Moore, Jeremy Piven & Annabella Sciorra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chasing Liberty starring Matthew Goode, Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra and Caroline Goodall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This one could have been so much more fun if it hadn\u2019t been chasing a ridiculous soundtrack and well, cheesy dialogue.<\/p>\n

I mean I know most romcoms are cheesy but this tends to overdo itself. Nevertheless, I can think of worse things (for a girl) than sitting at home and watching a Matthew Goode<\/a> movie where he gets to ne ridiculously romantic and all that. There is also some really fun scenes and great locations.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the movie\u2019s deal:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anna Foster (Mandy Moore<\/a>) is the First Daughter. She is 18 and it is impossible for her to enjoy a romantic and private date out with a boy she likes because there are agents everywhere watching and following her. Her last date goes awry again and she decides that she can get a taste of the normal teenage life in Prague, where she will be traveling with her parents. She even convinces her dad (Mark Harmon) to assign only two agents: Weiss. and Morales (Jeremy Piven and Annabella Sciorra<\/a>). She goes out with her friend Gabrielle (Beatrice Rosen), only to realize that Secret Service are again everywhere. So to punish her dad and prove her point, she gets on the motorcycle of the handsome English guy \u2013 Ben (Matthew Goode). Ben helps her ditch the agents Anna can\u2019t believe her luck- she is free in Prague, hanging with a cute guy. Unbeknownst to Anna, however, Ben is also an agent. When her father learns that she ditched the others, he tells Ben to look after Anna, staying undercover. After all, he is sure Anna will come running very soon.<\/p>\n

But Anna has other plans, including attending the Love Parade in Berlin.\u00a0 Ben does his best to try to keep her out of trouble but of course Anna is far too naive, pig-headed and optimistic to be safe. There is also the fact she is making it clear she wants him. What is a secret agent to do, especially when he wants her too?<\/p>\n

Fun premise, beautiful locations. We get to see\u00a0 Berlin, Venice, Prague, London\u2026I really like Jeremy Piven\u2019s character. He is simply too funny to resist and the sub-plot involves him trying to get Morales\u00a0 to like him.<\/p>\n

The movie is only enemy is that it tries too hard to be romantic and it could have been just more fun and genuinely romantic, had they not exaggerated too many things on Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode\u2019s sides. If you want Mandy Moore be subtler (and she can), watch Dedication. If you want a non-cheesy, genuinely sweet and naturally romantic film, watch Before Sunrise.<\/p>\n

But even though it has too many flaws, Chasing Liberty follows a fun fantasy. Forget about being the president\u2019s daughter, it is just so fun running off in Europe with a hot stranger no matter how old you are. Still, I\u2019d like the movie more if Anna\u2019s character hadn\u2019t been so stupid in general\u2026<\/p>\n

Co-starring is Caroline Goodall as Anna\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n

Fun note: Matthew Goode<\/a>\u2019s 2010 romantic comedy Leap Year<\/a> also has the leading female called Anna.<\/p>\n

Favorite Lines\/Scenes <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Anna Foster<\/strong>: Dad! Way to go. I can’t believe you had that restaurant swarming with all of your secret servants. You ruined my date! And now, I’m going to die before I ever get to third base… I mean second base.
\n[Anna turns to see others in room<\/em>]
\nPresident James Foster<\/strong>: Anna?
\nAnna Foster<\/strong>: I’ll talk to you about this later.
\nPresident James Foster<\/strong>: No, no. Stay. Pull up a chair. We were just discussing the G8 Summit in Prague, how to best persuade the EU leaders to adopt our plan for distributing humanitarian aid and medical technology to developing nations, but you had a bad date, so we should probably focus on that.
\nAnna Foster<\/strong>: No, no, no, I’m so sorry to have interrupted. Excuse me.
\n[Anna leaves<\/em>]
\nPresident James Foster<\/strong>: So third base is what again?
\n[indistinct mumbling<\/em>]
\nPresident James Foster<\/strong>: Glad I asked.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Anna Foster<\/strong>: I want to swim naked in the Danube!
\nBen Calder<\/strong>: Actually, it’s the Vltava.
\nAnna Foster<\/strong>: Who wants to swim naked in the Vltava? Nobody says that.
\nBen Calder<\/strong>: Because in English,Vltava means ‘unhealthy bacteria level’.
\nAnna Foster<\/strong>: Yeah, right.
\nBen Calder<\/strong>: Why can’t you be free without being naked?<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Ben Calder<\/strong>: [to Anna<\/em>] Can you please stop taking your clothes off around me?<\/p>\n

Other Matthew Goode Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Copying Beethoven starring Ed Harris, Diane Kruger and Matthew Goode<\/a><\/p>\n

Watchmen starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman & Matthew Goode <\/a><\/p>\n

Leap Year starring Matthew Goode and Amy Adams<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Other Posts feat. Mandy Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicholas Sparks vs. Happy endings. feat. A Walk to Remember starring Moore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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