The Irony of Fate..

Irony of Fate was definitely an interesting way to begin this class. It held a lot of common aspects with American films, but still managed to stay culturally independent in a lot of regards.
The first thing that caught my attention was the evergreen tree in the living room. Considering the fact that we had just learned that they do not celebrate Christmas, I found it interesting that they had Christmas trees in their houses. Calling them New Year's trees was definitely an adjustment for me, but was a significant point as to the complexitites [and ways around it] of the 'communistic ways.'
Common to American 'love stories'/comedies, I found aspects of the story predictable. The fact that Nadya and Zhenya end up together in the end, was very typical and common to a lot of American romance films. It rarely seems that the beginning couples stay together when they have met someone else.
I also would find it hard to believe that this storyline would work in other countries other than Russia during communism. Although America has a lot of streets that are used over and over, the fact that the buildings are the same, and the keys work, would be hard to believe in an American setting. Maybe it is even a far stretch during communism in Russia, but the uniformity makes it more believable.