Before I watched it, I was probably attracted to Barcelona, Woody Allen, and Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz who appeared on countless magazine covers.
Barcelona, is by far the city I have been to, the most fascinated me. Whether it is Gaudí's architecture or the warm sea breeze of the Mediterranean Sea, the city is stained with ambiguous and blurred atmosphere. I remember when I stood in a hilltop park in Barcelona and looked down on the whole city, I was delighted to find that next to the blue ocean, it was a city glowing with film yellow, and all the streets and houses only had a sense of nostalgia left. Precisely in "Midnight in Barcelona," at least in the version I'm watching, the camera is telling the story with a deliberate yellow hue. Of course, this may also be due to the fact that the pirates are not very professional, which ultimately led to the lack of clarity in the film, because I looked at the stills of this film later, and it was very bright, but if this is Woody Allen's original intention, it would be the best. .
Woody Allen, before going to college, had absolutely no idea what this guy was doing, but this guy was often able to appear in "Watching Movies" because of the gossip that he had taken a lot of classic films and that he married his adopted daughter. At least I know the director's way. But since many of his films are boring, but they don't reach the level of must-see boring films like Citizen Kane, I haven't watched any of his films for a long time. Looking at the movie reviews on mtime, they said that "Midnight Barcelona" was the best comeback of Woody Allen in recent years. I just found out that this guy has been lost in recent years, so I think, "Midnight Barcelona" is an appreciation of Wu Dee Allen's introductory film should also be a good choice.
As for Scarlett and Penelope, but in terms of appearance, they are undoubtedly typical of the United States and typical of Spain. As for how they acted, I still haven't watched the performances of the two of them completely, except for one time I stayed in a smoky Internet cafe and saw Scarlett in "Escape from the Clone Island". Unfortunately, the bad director added the bad one. After all, the script let me read it for less than half an hour and then changed it to "Kangxi Has Come".
Therefore, this viewing should be a brand new experience, and the film should tell a relatively simple story. Just like the real name of this film, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", it is nothing more than two sisters who went to a relative's house in Barcelona for a summer vacation. As a result, they met Juan, a local painter in Barcelona. As expected, this painter must be Talented, sexy, ambiguous, with a slightly provocative but not annoying ruffian atmosphere, can make slightly unreasonable requests in a gentle manner, so that this unreasonable request becomes more tempting. Of course, although the sisters are good, they must still have different interests, especially their attitude towards relationships. Vicky just started (note that the movie must have just started at this time) and can't stand Juan's frivolous 3P invitation, while Cristina is looking forward to it. The story unfolds, a trip to a wonderful Spanish town, Juan shows different charms in front of Vicky and Cristina, especially in front of the frosty Vicky, is the light and elegant guitar playing, and is in front of the invincible sea view The truth is revealed, and he even moved his father out. This paragraph can be called the rule of thumb for picking up girls. Sure enough, Vicky couldn't resist, and made a principled mistake. At this time, Cristina was sick in bed. So far, I think it's just unexpected and reasonable, and it's not anything outstanding.
However, the plot of the later film began to highlight frequently. After returning to Barcelona, Vicky and Juan were no longer in contact, while Cristina began to date Juan frequently, and finally moved in with Juan. But Juan's ex-wife, the neurotic woman played by Penelope who has an infinite Mediterranean flair, appeared, and the lives of Juan and Cristina, who had been living in harmony, were broken, and the following warm descriptions made these three people again Living together in harmony, and everything seems so logical...
At the end of the play, everything will come to the starting point. If you look at the life of a person, this trip to Barcelona seems to be separated from the lives of Vicky and Cristina. Children, those who should be merciful will still be merciful. The emotional entanglements and emotional dislocations in the film, the betrayal, the desire to change, and the peace of mind at the end seem to be a bit of a bitter and charming dream.
The beautiful shots, the frivolous "Barcelona" interlude and the classical soundtrack that plays from time to time, the good-sounding voice-over, and Woody Allen's narrative style all make this movie attractive, as for the inside With so many emotional issues involved, perhaps Woody Allen didn't come up with an answer. Whether to choose a regular and stable life, or just keep looking for a short-lived passion for life, everyone should have their own choice, although it seems that everyone wants to take this multiple-choice question as multiple choice.
Finally, I would like to talk about the actors, a movie does not only have a director. Scarlett is indeed a beautiful woman. In the movies, she always expresses her perfect figure intentionally or unintentionally, but in terms of acting, stability should be the most pertinent evaluation. Rebecca Hall, who plays Vicky, doesn't know her at all. The British actress has a British temperament, which also makes it easier for her to play the reserved and indifferent Vicky. The acting schools in the film are probably still the two Spaniards, Penelope and Qi Gu. Penelope's facial features have this kind of uninhibited, confused and neurotic color. There is a scene in the movie where Scarlett is taking pictures of Penelope. Penelope is half-leaning against the wall with a cigarette. This is indeed a very typical image of Penelope. As for the angry girl, or we call him Javier Bataan, after not wearing that angry girl, when he narrates slowly, women will only be fascinated, and men probably like me also want to have a charming tone.
Some people say that whether you like "Midnight Barcelona" depends on whether you like Woody Allen. I think I will like Woody Allen in the future.
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