Vicky Cristina Barcelona (DVD)

...very seductive indeed. Vicky (Rebecca Hall), is a sensible young girl, engaged to Doug (Chris Messina), who has an air of practicality about him but at the same time is hazardous. Vicky is a student studying Catalan culture so when she gets an invite to visit Barcelona from her rich friend Judy (Patricia Clarkson) and her spouse, Mark (Kevin Dunn) she jumps at the opportunity as she thinks the visit will help with her M A thesis. Vicky takes along ...
...art, gastronomy and sex. Prudent Vicky rebukes him but Cristina mocks her for her beliefs and accepts. And so the main questions in the film are : Is it better to behave like Vicky, loving one man and believing in marriage or like Cristina who is lustful and just out for excitement and adventure? In Woody Allen's film, both these female characters are doomed. Allen seems to portray women as easy targets, negative, fickle and capable of making mistakes ...

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...told me he had got Vicky Cristina Barcelona for me to watch, I wasn’t too sure that I was going to give it a try. However, one very boring evening with nothing better to do, I thought I would start the film and see what it was like. The film opens up as Vicky and Cristina, two best friends, arrive from America to spend the summer in Barcelona. A narrator (Christopher Evan Welch) tells us how different the two young women are in their conception of ...
...and making love! Vicky is profoundly offended and tells him where to go. However, Cristina seems flattered and spontaneously accepts the invitation. Vicky tries her best to dissuade her but with no success, so reluctantly follows her best friend to Oviedo. The film will then evolve around both women’s relationship with Juan Antonio as well as his crazy ex-wife (Penelope Cruz) in a summer that could change their perception of love forever. As soon ...

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...Although open-minded, Vicky is more of a traditionalist who long ago decided that she would forego on love and passion in order to acquire stability and security. Her idea of a good relationship is one that is based on respect and trust. Majoring in Catalan Living, she is in Barcelona in order to work on her thesis and to get up front and personal with Gaudi's work. Engaged to be married to a man she respects and loves on a somewhat platonic level, ...
...Vicky's best friend, is everything Vicky is not--she is spontaneous, passionate, willing to take risks in love and life, however, she has no idea what she wants from a relationship. The only thing she is certain about is that she doesn't want what Vicky wants... an empty marriage that has nothing going for it except mutual respect. The first few days in Barcelona are filled with the normal activities - sightseeing, getting acquainted with the local ...

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When two best friends, sensible Vicky and adventurous Cristina, decide to take a trip to Barcelona, they meet the dark mysterious Juan Antonio, a Spanish painter. Cristina immediately falls for his seductive charm and encourages the cautious Vicky to take a trip to his home town where he has offered them a room in his house. When the girls find out about Juan Antonio's previous violent relationship which ended with him nearly being killed, he becomes ...
...Juan Antonio, leaving the conventional Vicky to marry her fiancé and lead her 'normal' life. ~ Cast ~ Vicky - Rebecca Hall Cristina - Scarlett Johansson Juan Antonio Gonzalo - Javier Bardem Maria Elena - Penelope Cruz This was one of those films which I wasn't too bothered about seeing but as I have a Cineworld Unlimited card, so don't have to pay, I thought I might as well. However, it ended up finishing before I got the chance to see it so I ended ...

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...the story of two girls, Vicky and Cristina, on holiday in Barcelona. Vicky is straight-laced and polite, adhering to all of society's most dull rules and regulations. Cristina, a fiery blonde, is somewhat shallower, and simply aims to have a good time. When local artist (and hunk) Jaun Antonio offers them both a night in his bed, the story takes a turn for both girls that surprises them. This is a quirky little romance, with unpredictability at ...
...is the authenticity of the setting and situation - the whole thing is highly believable. This is quite something for a film that constantly reminds you it's a film as the narrator tells the plot at intervals throughout (which will annoy the hell out of some). Javier Bardam blew me away with his transformation from 'No Country for Old Men' psychopath to the chilled out sex machine latino lover that is Juan Antonio. That's two films I've seen with ...

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