How many Woody Allen movies have you seen? How many of them can you distinguish based on the story line? The man has made over 40 movies, I paid my respects and walked into the shrine of Vicky Cristina Barcelona at a theatre somewhere in the distant suburbs of LA. A must watch for Allen virgins (If the man has left any!). A decent watch, certainly not a must watch for Woody Allen usuals.
Certain aspects of the film were refreshing, certain boring for Allen usuals. The story definitely seemed to conclude very meaningfully for me. Vicky and Cristina, both realize that relationships are not made of something that's generally deemed of them to be made of. Lasting relationships are characterized by a certain fatal attraction for each other that may not always lead to constant happiness. In fact, the old(or new) adage, if everything seems to go well, then its not going well, could be used to describe the passionate relationships between Allenesque artsy souls! The secret ingredient in lasting relationships is infact the missing ingredient, the lack of which creates a certain continued fascination about the relationship and it's strangeness.
"Who did they say was a genius in art school?"
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