Saw 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'......

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....and my imagination ran wild.

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Pretty people, delicious dialogue, stylish screenplay, attractive actors, lush locations, lovely ladies, a bohemian Bardem, moving music, peripatetic partners, sexy seductions, copious copulation and bisexual beddings, hey looky here:

Woody Allen's made the most beautiful, classiest, most literate, most exciting, most interesting porno flick that I've ever seen.

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Missing, however, are the gynecological closeups, the swollen organs, the grunting, the groping, the gasping, the jackhammer thrusting, the multiple staged positions, the sweat and other bodily fluids.

There have been pornographic fantasy films before, but this is different: it's a non-pornographic fantasy porno.

Woody left all the explicit stuff out, though it's easy to imagine if you want to.

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Instead, Allen gives us amusing, cogent, profound, instructive tidbits about human relationships, human neuroses and human nature, plus a nice travelogue of the greater Barcelona metropolitan area, in this movie dalliance and narrated overview.

It's an entertaining flick and, I thought, the best one from the Woodman in a while.

My favorites still are the ones he's in himself, but I managed to get along without his appearance here.

Go see it if your life's a little limp and you could stand a polite film fluffing, that's exactly what I suspect Woody was enjoying himself.

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Also, Scarlett Johannson and Penelope Cruz make out, which automatically makes it one of the best 5-10 movies ever made.
 
Maybe it's just me, but I saw this recently and was a little disappointed.

My expectations were pretty high, but beyond the undeniable fineness of the women, I didn't think it was that great. As expected in a WA movie, there were snippets of excellent dialogue/humor, but I was hoping for something more (and I don't mean naked Johansson/Cruz/Hall, although it would have been outstanding).

Again, maybe it's just me.
 
I thought the movie was terrible.

Its not to say that the acting wasn't good... I just didn't enjoy the story at all.

If you like movies that are a bit more "out there" you'll probably like this flick.

If you like popcorn flicks, and movies driven by strong plots (like me), don't waste your time unless you are trying to get a lady friend in bed.
 
I saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona and liked it, but would disagree that it's Woody Allen's best in a while. I also just didn't feel the story as much.

much like lnghrnfan said above, I prefer more plot driven films, and as such, found Match Point (2005) to be a superior woody allen offering.
 
This thread helped me me learn a new word: peripatetic.

I haven't seen the movie, but I would turn into a lifelong peripatetic if I could witness, in person, Scarlett making out with Penelope.
 

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