predictably, armond white "hated it." nonetheless, his critique is worth visiting, if only for entertainment. while i sometimes see where he's coming from, i have no idea on this one. a few highlights:
"Allen once again transplants privileged Americans to Europe; two female friends who visit Spain and succumb to Continental sexual license—a Manhattanite’s version of ‘what happens in Europe stays in Europe.’"
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona’s real subject is the self-deluding subjectivity of bourgeois narcissists who need movies to glamorize their whims and prejudices (thus, receiving an extravagantly laudatory review in The New Yorker)."
"Vicky drops her pants, then her Yankee prudery, unlike thrill-seeker Cristina who insists to Juan Antonio, 'You have to seduce me.' Through this sneaky, sloppy-seconds friendship, Allen pretends complexity but merely confuses basic emotions. Granted, modern amorality allows people to feel they are boldly transgressive in their sexual experimentation, but Allen’s libertinism is superficial . . . "
"Allen once again transplants privileged Americans to Europe; two female friends who visit Spain and succumb to Continental sexual license—a Manhattanite’s version of ‘what happens in Europe stays in Europe.’"
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona’s real subject is the self-deluding subjectivity of bourgeois narcissists who need movies to glamorize their whims and prejudices (thus, receiving an extravagantly laudatory review in The New Yorker)."
"Vicky drops her pants, then her Yankee prudery, unlike thrill-seeker Cristina who insists to Juan Antonio, 'You have to seduce me.' Through this sneaky, sloppy-seconds friendship, Allen pretends complexity but merely confuses basic emotions. Granted, modern amorality allows people to feel they are boldly transgressive in their sexual experimentation, but Allen’s libertinism is superficial . . . "
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