Hobie: So, l have to ask you, how’d you go from living on the Upper East Side to St Louis? Melinda: l moved there for him. He was gorgeous. He was talented, he was sexy, he was a doctor, he was charming… Hobie: Yes, but where’s the attraction? Melinda: He just knew how to touch me. Hobie: You mean emotionally? Melinda: No, with his hands. l’m a very passionate person, so sex is very important to me. You know, l need a lot of physical intimacy very often and creatively. Hobie: Right. Right, right, right, right. No that’s… that’s… Yeah. Melinda: Am l being too frank? Hobie: No, no, no. No, l just uh…l’ll be Okay. l just get…I get hot flashes.
[narrating] After that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing Annie again. I… I realized what a terrific person she was, and… and how much fun it was just knowing her; and I… I, I thought of that old joke, you know, the, this… this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, “Doc, uh, my brother’s crazy; he thinks he’s a chicken.” And, uh, the doctor says, “Well, why don’t you turn him in?” The guy says, “I would, but I need the eggs.” Well, I guess that’s pretty much now how I feel about relationships; you know, they’re totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and… but, uh, I guess we keep going through it because, uh, most of us… need the eggs.
Chapter One: He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion. Eh uh, no, make that he, he romanticized it all out of proportion. Better. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.Uh, no, let me start this over.
Chapter One: He was too romantic about Manhattan, as he was about everything else. He thrived on the hustle bustle of the crowds and the traffic. To him, New York meant beautiful women and street smart guys who seemed to know all the angles. Ah, corny, too corny for, you know, my taste. Let me, let me try and make it more profound.
Chapter One: He adored New York City. To him it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. The same lack of individual integrity that caused so many people to take the easy way out was rapidly turning the town of his dreams in - no, it’s gonna be too preachy, I mean, you know, let’s face it, I wanna sell some books here.
Chapter One: He adored New York City. Although to him it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. How hard it was to exist in a society desensitized by drugs, loud music, television, crime, garbage - too angry. I don’t want to be angry.
Chapter One: He was as tough and romantic as the city he loved. Behind his black-rimmed glasses was the coiled sexual power of a jungle cat. Oh, I love this. New York was his town, and it always would be.
Mary Wilke: Isn’t it beautiful out? Isaac Davis: Yeah, it’s really so pretty when the light starts to come up. Mary Wilke: Yeah, I know. I love it. Isaac Davis: Boy, this is really a great city, I don’t care what anybody s-s - it’s really a knock-out, you know?
kamalert said: I have wanted to see this movie for so long!!! I hear so many different opinions about it. You obviously like it, do you mine telling me why…hopefully you’ll give me even more reason to go on and watch it!
First sorry if i’m not doing this right…you replied to a post and i’ve only ever answered messages, so i copied this from the post :)
Now answering the question, i relate to both Vicky & Cristina in so many ways… i guess that can be considered a contradiction but i believe i’m just multidimensional. Anyway the fact that i see so much of myself in the characters is the main reason i love this movie. They are stunning to look at, very charming and they’re all charismatic, intelligent, talented, witty and interesting in different ways. Another reason i love it is because they’re in Spain and the locations are beautiful. The music is perfect, and every element of the movie serves the story so well that i can not help but be totally engaged in it every time i watch. (which is often) Woody Allen delivers an ambivalent look at relationships and i’m intrigued and smitten with all of the characters, their stories and how they intertwine. I think it’s a great movie for people who like love stories and for people who hate them because it’s not made up of the familiar formula most love stories stem from. It’s totally unpredictable, well paced and entertaining. People who are into art and the Spanish language will probably enjoy it! Based on your blog, i have a feeling it’ll be a great watch for you ;)
Narrator: Vicky and Cristina decided to spend the summer in Barcelona. Vicky was completing her master’s in Catalan Identity, which she had become interested in through her great affection for the architecture of Gaudí. Cristina, who spent the last six months writing, directing, and acting in a 12-minute film which she then hated, had just broken up with yet another boyfriend and longed for a change of scenery. Everything fell into place when a distant relative of Vicky’s family who lived in Barcelona offered to put both girls up for July and August. The two best friends had been close since college and shared the same tastes and opinions on most matters, yet when it came to the subject of love, it would be hard to find two more dissimilar viewpoints.
Narrator: Vicky had no tolerance for pain and no lust for combat. She was grounded and realistic. Her requirements in a man were seriousness and stability. She had become engaged to Doug because he was decent and successful and understood the beauty of commitment.
Narrator: Cristina, on the other hand, expected something very different out of love. She had reluctantly accepted suffering as an inevitable component of deep passion, and was resigned to putting her feelings at risk. If you asked her what it was she was gambling her emotions on to win, she would not have been able to say. She knew what she didn’t want, however, and that was exactly what Vicky valued above all else.
