Male day dream land, in L.A. by the Med.

Rating: 8/10 (24 February 2009)

I loved this, it revolved around the relationship of Juan and Maria, an art couple from hell. Fantatastic to watch, just dodge those flying bullets, just as well it wasn't 3d.
I know it's not supposed be about them, it's about a couple of girls spending their summer in Barcelona. Barca looks great, but why fly 3,000 miles, to a city by the sea with mountains behind, where they speak Spanish, when you could have gone to L.A.?
The films does give the impression that American go round the world in their own bubble and don't engage. This for me was a problem, at the end of the story Spain was a mess and America had completed their plans regardless of the personal cost. There was no arc of transition for the American characters, they arrived fully formed and left that way.
I didn't care that much about the lack of arc, just glad that I had met Juan and Maria.