Good for the first 10-minutes, then................

Rating: 4/10 (4 March 2009)

Vicky (Hall) and Cristina (Johansson) get involved with Juan (Bardem) who is still involved with his ex-wife Maria (Cruz).
In the beginning of this, Juan comes over to the table where Vicky and Christina are and asks them to go to some Spanish island, see some sights, have some good meals and make love also. Cristina is game, but Vicky is not, but the point here is the dialogue that took place in this exchange was the best give and take in any movie that I have heard in a long time. And,I thought: Woody is back.
But, like a lot of comedies where the best stuff is in the beginning and then peters out as the movie goes on, the same thing happened here. If there was comedy or good lines later on, I missed them all or they went over my head (could happen). It turned out to be another TV soap opera and I lost interest. Woody was back only for the first 10-minutes of this movie. After that there was no hook and he gave up.
Whoa! I lost interest only because of the story, not because of the stars like Ms. Johansson, Ms Hall (kind of looks like Scarlett ), and of course, Ms. Cruz. The acting by them and all others was fine. Mr. Bardem will be another Benicio Del Toro given better scripts. Mark my words.
But, after that stirring exchange in the first 10-minutes when Juan introduced himself to Vicky and Cristina, the story petered out as did everything else and I was waiting for this to be over. Like I said it was like another TV soap opera going nowhere. A little too long too.
Violence: No. Sex: Yes. Nudity: No. Language: No F-bombs, some GDIs