{"id":791,"date":"2009-10-22T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T03:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=791"},"modified":"2016-04-22T09:54:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:54:57","slug":"drive-by-movie-review-vicky-cristina-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id791-drive-by-movie-review-vicky-cristina-barcelona.html","title":{"rendered":"Drive-By Movie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a review of the 2008 movie <em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona <\/em>starring Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0497465\/plotsummary\"><strong>Plot Summary<\/strong><\/a>: <em>Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> Well, Honeybee, we&#8217;ve been off for two weeks from the business of reviewing movies.  Did you enjoy your vacation?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>The &#8220;business of reviewing movies?&#8221;   I think you need to get a grip &#8211; I didn&#8217;t realize we were getting paid for this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> Oh brother, here we go again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee:<\/strong> But since you asked, I will say I did miss watching you pretending to be an A-list movie reviewer over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> Thank you.  I think.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>What about you, did you enjoy your time off, Roger Ebert?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> Well, I am definitely refreshed and ready to roll again.  I also want to thank our kids, who I think did a great job filling in for us a couple weeks ago with <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id752-drive-by-movie-review-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs.html\">their movie review of <em>Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>I thought they did too &#8211; they actually provided more insight than we ever do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>You do realize, Honeybee, I am trying to build up some loyal readers who might find these reviews helpful when it comes time to select which DVDs to rent, and your disparaging comments aren&#8217;t really helping?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Yeah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Good.  I&#8217;m glad.  So let&#8217;s move on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Why?  I&#8217;m really enjoying our talk, Honey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>I know you are, that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re moving on.  So what did you think after seeing last night&#8217;s Woody Allen movie, <em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee:<\/strong> Well, I&#8217;m not a big Woody Allen fan, but the premise of this movie seemed interesting.  Why don&#8217;t you give an overview?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Okay, I think I will.  Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are best-friends who are spending their summer in Barcelona.  On the one hand there is Vicky, who happens to be a straight-laced, commitment-minded woman who is planning to be married in the Fall to a very boring but financially stable upper-crust country-club type played by Chris Messina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee:<\/strong> She was a little too stuffy, wasn&#8217;t she?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Just a bit.  Then there is Cristina &#8211; your typical free-spirited vixen out looking for a little bit of fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>And the two of them end up meeting an egotistical artist, Jose Antonio&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Juan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>One?<strong> <\/strong>It was both of them.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>No, Juan.  His name is <em>Juan<\/em> Antonio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Whatever.  Juan Antonio immediately invites both of them for a weekend getaway in another part of the country to see some artwork and &#8220;make love.&#8221;  Can you believe that?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> No.  Of course, Cristina somehow convinces a very reluctant Vicky that it would be okay to accept the artist&#8217;s invitation.  By the way, Jose Antonio was played by Javier Bardem, who proves he can do comedy as well as drama.  This role is a big departure from his previous Oscar-winning role in <em>No Country for Old Men<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Juan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Huh?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Juan Antonio.  You said &#8220;Jose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>I did?  Wow.  Anyway, Cristina ends up getting ill and Juan Antonio ends up spending the entire weekend breaking down Vicky&#8217;s defenses until he eventually wins her over and seduces her.  Of course, once they get back to Barcelona, the Lothario ends up dropping Vicky like a hot tamale and immediately starts up a relationship with Cristina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>That&#8217;s when the film really goes off the deep end.  Jose Antonio&#8217;s fiery ex-wife, Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz), tries to commit suicide and so he takes her back &#8211; that&#8217;s when Cristina, Maria Elena and Jose all become lovers.  All the while, a jealous Vicky begins questioning her boring relationship with her fiancee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Juan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Huh?  Oh, what-ever!  Juan.  Jose.  Hose B.  Does it really matter?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Apparently not to us.  Now although Cruz doesn&#8217;t enter until the midway point of the movie, I thought her portrayal of the tempestuous Maria Elena was absolutely awesome &#8211; a brilliant performance that essentially stole the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>You&#8217;re just saying that because you&#8217;ve got the hots for Latin ladies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>True, I certainly can&#8217;t deny that &#8211; I married you, after all!  But I still think Penelope Cruz deserves an Oscar for this performance, don&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Maybe.  I will say I did like that most of the movie was filmed on-location in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> Me too.  Anyway, the rest of the movie focused on answering questions about the choices we make regarding love and life-commitments in general &#8211; is it better to break them off even when they don&#8217;t work out as originally planned?  And is the boredom that often accompanies stability a fair trade when compared to the freshness of a new love affair?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>Overall, I thought this was a pretty good movie!  I rate this as a &#8220;buy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>I agree, Honeybee.  This movie is a &#8220;buy.&#8221;  I thought <em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona<\/em> was a well-written movie, with a provocatively interesting storyline and some really terrific acting.  This is one movie that I don&#8217;t think will disappoint many people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee: <\/strong>The fact that this movie had a bunch of characters with such exaggerated personality flaws did make for a great story.<strong> <\/strong>I&#8217;m just glad, Len, you&#8217;re not egotistical like Jose Antonio.  That would be tough to live with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>Juan<strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Honeybee:<\/strong>  Whatever.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hey! If you liked this article, please be sure to <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/LenPenzo\"><em>subscribe to my RSS feed<\/em><\/a><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a review of the 2008 movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona starring Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz Plot Summary: Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture. 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