Although some "profound" film critics claim that this one is somewhat mediocre compared with at least a dozen masterpieces of the old man's past, I personally agree more with the old man's "partners" The Weinstein brothers, "This is a A sexy, smart, funny work", the process of watching the film is as enjoyable as a relaxing afternoon in Barcelona doing nothing, so enough, as for "mediocre" or "profound", who cares.
The old man has something to say first, this is a "love letter" to Barcelona, and in fact it is really hot and provocative.
In fact, even if you don't watch it and just think about it, you can imagine how sexy this movie is. Scarlett Johansson, known as the "Monroe of the 21st Century", Penelope Cruz, who is full of Mediterranean style, Javier Bardem, who just had a good performance in "No Country for Old Men", and the dream city of Barcelona, Such four hot ingredients stage a "4P" battle, even a third-rate chef can cook a hot dish, not to mention Woody Allen, who has always been jokingly called "Invincible Love Wheel"? The trick of the old man is that he doesn't need to be in the "three o'clock" naked and "paperclip" position, like the middle-aged and repressed man Ang Lee. The little thing about sex can be expressed as unity, tension and liveliness. What's more, Scarlett Johansson is really moving enough. As for Penelope Cruz, I haven't seen a woman so beautiful with a cigarette in years.
Also sexy is the idyllic, sweet and pleasant Spanish pastoral style, and of course, when it comes to Barcelona, there is no escaping the magnificent architecture of the artist Gaudi. From the fairy tale-like Park Guell, which is said to "successfully integrate nature and architecture into a perfect whole", to the absurd and non-traditional spirit known as "using naturalistic techniques to embody romanticism and anti-traditional spirit in architecture" From the classic Casa Mila, to the Sagrada Familia Cathedral, which is recognized as a "nightmare built of stone" and possesses unspeakable magic. It's just that every time I see the abstract and bizarre Sagrada Familia, I can't help but start to "go astray": this Gaudi started construction in 1883, and it has been built for 126 years and has not been completed, so much so that Catalan Everyone in Nia knows that "everything is changing, the only constant is that the construction of the Sagrada Familia has never stopped", when will it be completed? Will it really be as rumored, in fact, to make this church an "eternal" construction project, as eternal as nature, is the original intention of this brilliant genius or lunatic behind the loneliness in his lifetime, so fundamentally Can't be built?
However, like most of the old man's previous works, even if "Midnight in Barcelona" is a "love letter", under the surface of affection, he will arrange a story that explores love and sex, passion and reason. Even dumbfounding character relationships.
From the beginning of the progress of the story, I have been speculating about what kind of climax will be after all the clues are intertwined. This time, the old man will arrange for these men and women who are struggling in the rolling red world. ending. The result is that there is no ending, everything is like a spring dream without a trace, and everyone just starts all over again.
In fact, it should have been thought of. Life is a hodgepodge of cluttered, noisy, helpless and boring comedies that come and go from time to time. As smart as Woody Allen, how could he give a clear statement to a proposition that is plainly about human desires The answer? This has been discussed by countless people, but it will continue to be discussed by countless people. It is like the Sagrada Familia Cathedral that has been under construction and does not know when it will be completed. The real solution is actually nothing more than two. Either "preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires", or "going beyond the name to teach and let nature", the problem is that no one can actually do these two methods, because although we all know that we have desires, in fact, no one really does. If you know what you want and what you want, if that's the case, you can't "eliminate" or "resign", so what else can you do other than being confused by your own confusion.
The rhetoric of "profound" film critics about "Midnight Barcelona" being "mediocre" is certainly not entirely unreasonable, because the whole movie really has nothing to surprise or overwhelm, and it is still typical of rambling little humor. But everyone on earth knows that Woody Allen's works have already been basically finalized. You expect the old man to suddenly become able to make you laugh and laugh when he is old. That is your own brain. Smile softly, smile gently, and you should be content, right?
A friend who loves Woody Allen said that the reason he loves the old man is that he is familiar with this warmth. Watching the old man's movies is like chatting and playing cards with the old friends upstairs and downstairs in the neighborhood. Chill out and have some fun in your increasingly peaceful life. Yes, yes, it's quiet, life is pretty quiet, that is, almost everyone feels that they are very tired, but fortunately there is Woody Allen to watch.
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