Woody in (s)pain (web)

Rating: 4/10 (28 October 2013)

Another crap for the so-called master: I really wonder why he has such good praises with having so little values and craft. Maybe his secret is his casting of such big names, attractive actress so they get him untouchable (as it will need a lot of courage to acknowledge that those big names doesn't equal talent!).
But first, Allen is really a limited, poor technician: in spite he's filming on locations, in Spain, in summer, he feels obliged to use a awful orange cinematography that really destroy all the colors, all the charm of reality! Next, his use of voice-over is the proof that he can't tell his story or put it visually. If we have to hear this voice to know what happens, to understand the feeling of his characters, it means that his screenplay isn't ready or his directing is lacking.
In addition, Allen lives in such a closed, elitist world i that I really wonder what he can tell me about life and love. In other world, his stories lack cruelly of humanity: his characters are always the same stereotypes: rich, privileged families that really don't know what's working (they are artists!) or what's love: they hunger for lust, they confound sex and passion, they are valueless, instead of resolving their problems and respecting commitments, they talk to shrinks and start affairs. They call themselves successful, libertine, free spirit and i call them exploiters, perverts, lecherous. Maybe they crave for art, but it's rather an excuse for drink and sex. In a way, this is the same stupid handle in relationships that Americans know when they want to talk about queer: one day, the straight character wakes up and goes with its gender. Here, it's the soon to be married character who wants another love!
So, salvaged locations, empty story and characters: i was just left with what i started writing: big names: i have nothing to say about the pale, lascivious Johansson. Hall seems a bit brighter and benefits the halo effect (she looks like the french TV host that helps me wake up on the morning with her show about babies). Penelope and Javier were interesting as they were playing a couple thus sharing a bit what they can really share.