Some interesting thoughts...

Rating: 6/10 (24 May 2014)

One thought which was interestingly brought forward was the idea of being in a 3 way relationship. How adding an extra person to an old deteriorated relationship, made the whole "living together" bearable and better. (Some couples in the beginning of the 21st century will look at the movie and wish the day Polygamous relationships would be acceptable and blessed by the Church.) But then the extra girl (Scarlett Johanson) leaves the couple for some reason and the story ends ...why she leaves I am not sure? Is Woody hinting that Americans are generally selfish, inconsiderate and never pursue an idea to the end? Is this threesome a metaphor to how American Foreign Policy should be with the other 2 world powers. If the USA stayed in bed with Russia and China (or Europe, or Africa, or whomever), there would be finally World Peace.
But talking of World Peace, there comes the second thought of the film which I thought was even better than the first. The father of Javier Bardem. The poet who will never publicly publicize or publish his works. And why do we ask? The father says that as long as Man doesn't learn to love and live in peace, Man will not deserve his book. A hint to a "post-Judgment Day" category of art. An art one becomes curious to know. An elogy to the Apocalypse.
I felt in this movie Woody Allen managed to send his message quite well but what became a disappointment later was that his movies that followed this didn't progress towards this post-modern art the poet father talked of. His ideas started to go backwards with Midnight in Paris asking the adolescent question: was the past better?