Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago at Mar 31 22:31

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, or Woody Allen’s loving tribute to Spain. And neurotic and screwed up artists. If the movie had focused on Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz) and Juan Diego (Javier Bardem), we might have had a neo-Woody classic, but instead he chose to focus on his latest masturbatory nubile young obsession. It’s not that Scarlett Johansson isn’t talented, she is, the same goes for Rebecca Hall, but the characters they’re stuck with just aren’t as engaging as the two artists (they're like two female versions of Woody). Or perhaps a film about the two of them would have been too sexual and dangerous? I don’t know. Penelope Cruz did justly win her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her committed take on Sophia Loren-as-Frida Kahlo, I mean, Maria Elena. She comes into the film t...Read more

Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 19 10:05

"Maria Elena used to say that only unfulfilled love can be romantic." Woody Allen sustains his unmatchable filmmaking pace of helming at least one movie every year (keeping this up since 1982) with 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona; this intricate and thoroughly enjoyable examination of the vagaries of love. That the 72-year-old writer/director still manages to say something about the subject is impressive enough, but the fact that he successfully expresses himself through two young women makes this accomplishment all the more stunning. Vicky Cristina Barcelona marks Allen's fourth (and final) consecutive film shot outside of the United States (returning to New York for his 2009 release). The European locales of Allen's 2005-2008 body of work (Match Point, Scoop, Cassandra's Dream and the...Read more

Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jan 27 4:53

I was expecting much more but it was OK. Woody Allen and Scarlett, great combat. You can watch this movie even for its cast. I didn't like its end, but the whole movie didnt bore me. Scarlett..... pushing beauty's limit.

Rating : 7/10