Since I've watched several movies over this break, I shall try and be really concise and write only 3 sentences about each one. First sentence: summary (get ready for looong sentences); second sentence: what I think of the movie; third sentence: "moral" of the story or what "life lessons" can be taken from the movie. Here we go:
1. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(1) Two friends (Vicky and Cristina) go to Barcelona and meet Juan Antonio, an artist who invites them to an island and wants both girls to sleep with him (Vicky doesn't because she gets food poisoning but Cristina who is engaged does); after getting back from the island Vicky becomes Juan Antonio's girlfriend
(ALTHOUGH JA's ex-wife Maria Elena comes back, which becomes convenient because they al come to eventually have threesomes--but sadly this comes to an end) and Cristina gets married (but realizes that she still has feelings for Juan Antonio, gets seduced by him, and shot by a jealous Maria Elena).
(2) Woody Allen has an interesting mind and probably wishes (or already believes) that he is like Juan Antonio, who gets to sleep with everyone, basically.
(3) If you go to Barcelona and are a woman, watch out for random people inviting you to islands; if you are a man, invite touristy-looking women to your island.
2. Closer
(1) Dan meets Alice when she gets hit by a car in front of him (they start to have a relationship), but Dan meets Anna, a photographer, and persuades her to have an affair with him, and eventually stalks her and poses as her in a cybersex chatroom, where he talks to Larry and tells him to meet him at the aquarium (he eventually meets her there, and they start to have a relationship and get married)--long story short, Dan and Anna cheat on Alice and Larry, Alice becomes a stripper that Larry gets to see strip, Anna sleeps with Larry to get a divorce from him but Dan finds out and breaks up with Anna, Anna and Larry get back together, and Dan and Alice get back together (but eventually break up when Alice finds out that Dan knows about her and Larry).
(2) Relationship dynamics between the characters was so interesting to watch on screen, especially since all the actors/actresses are all really good.
(3) Seriously, what's the point in cheating if you'll probably end up with the same person in the end anyways after a lot of unnecessary complications.
3. When Harry Met Sally
(1) Harry and Sally drive off from New York from UChicago (yay!) where Harry says that men and women cannot be friends because the sex part gets in the way of friendship, after many years and chance meetings (where they dislike each other), they become close friends who ask each other advice about relationships, even setting each other up with their
respective friends (who eventually get married to each other); after Sally gets really upset when she finds out that her ex-boyfriend is getting married, Harry consoles her and eventually both of them sleep together, which becomes awkward and they drift apart (eventually, Harry realizes that he is in love with Sally and they get together and marry each other).
(2) I love this movie because it's not as sappy as other romantic comedies and the dialogue between the characters is more witty since both characters are a bit neurotic.
(3) It gets awkward when you sleep with one of your really good friends.
4. Let the Right One In
(1) Oskar, a 12-year old boy who gets bullied in school a lot and is a bit of a loner meets a girl named Eli who moves in next door (she also is good with Rubik's cube solving and does not get cold EVER--take note that this is Sweden and she doesn't wear jackets outside); Oskar and Eli eventually become close friends (even though Eli reveals that she is a vampire and kills people in town for their blood) who defend each other and eventually run off together (especially since Eli killed a lot of people already).
(2) A bit weird I have to admit, because of the odd combination between childhood love, murder, vampires and emo-ness, but was overall a really interesting take on the whole vampire movie/horror movie/love story genre (very un-Twilight for sure).
(3) Be careful when you see little children in Sweden who do not get cold--they may be after your blood.
5. The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de sus Ojos)
(1) Benjamin Esposito shows up at his old office after retirement and realizes that he wants closure from a case he worked on about a woman that got raped and murdered--most of the movie is a flashback of what happened during that time, where he was in love with his boss (who was engaged to someone else) and tracking down the murderer of the woman who was raped and murdered--in Benjamin's quest to see what has happened after 25 years, he finds out that the boyfriend of the victim decided to take justice into his own hands and kidnap his wife's murderer (whom he imprisoned in a self-constructed prison shed for 20+ years), and that his boss still loves him (even though it's been a long time and she has a family already).
(2) Aside from the thriller-ish/detective-ish aspect of the whole film, the movie (which has beautiful cinematography and colors as well) has the theme of the passage of time and letting go of the past that is woven through the entire plot, making it less of an action film and more of a drama--I liked the combination that resulted; it was a well-made film.
(3) Dissing suspected rape criminals by saying how un-manly and puny they are is a great way to get them riled up, enough such that they confess to rape.
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