I believe this one is a remake, although I have not seen the original, so I will not be comparing the two. It's been a while since I've watched this last, so it was nice to see it again; I always enjoy watching and rewatching movies.
Heath Ledger stars as Casanova. I tell you, I could write a whole entry on that man alone! What a phenomenal actor! He really was the character he was asked to play, in every movie he's been in. He was a great actor. Like I said, I could go on and on about him. Casanova is no different. His character is not only Casanova, but he pretends to be other people throughout the film as well. Ledger does the role very well, indeed.
I love the humour in this movie. It's not listed as a comedy, I don't think, but it has it's moments. Every now and then, there's a one-liner or something subtly silly takes place. It makes the overall feel of the film a bit lighter. My favorite scene is when Paprizzio (Oliver Platt) shows Casanova and Lupo (Omid Djalili) his self portrait and Lupo asks who it's a painting of. Paprizzio kind of just slowly, and awkwardly, slinks away. I love it! Cracks me up every time!
The cinematography was pretty good, nothing special or unusual to me. I did like how some of the camera angles were through crowds of people, that was sort of interesting. What I really appreciated, though, was the scoring. The music was very well done, it fit the film perfectly! It makes the whole movie more enjoyable.
Just a side-note, Casanova is known for having sex with women. With that being said, I think they did a very good job of keeping it PG. I just wanted to point that out.
I give Casanova a 7 out of 10.
