What is so good about "Midnight in Barcelona"?

"Midnight in Barcelona" is a love drama film directed by Woody Allen. It mainly describes the love story of three women, Christina, and the artist Juan. Many viewers are often affected by the complex emotional entanglement in the film and find it difficult to feel the interest and thoughtfulness of the film. So let’s talk today: What’s so good about “Midnight in Barcelona”?

1. Barcelona: A beautiful and romantic story stage

Barcelona is a small city in Spain. Although the city is small, it is not an exaggeration to call it a scenery at every step. Whether it's the bright sunshine, the gentle beach, the colorful porcelain benches, or the artistic Miro Foundation, it all makes people forget to leave. As the plot develops, we can also appreciate the unique humanities and natural beauty of Barcelona.

Following the tour of the protagonist group, we also visited famous attractions such as Park Güell, La Pedrera, Tapies Foundation, Ramblas and so on in Barcelona. The charming composition and changing shooting angles give the entire film an exquisite look and feel like a tourist landscape film in terms of expressing the scene, arousing people's interest in Barcelona and making it easier for the audience to be attracted by the story. Just like "Roman Holiday" or "Casablanca", one can fall in love with a city through a movie. ?

2. Theme: Thoughts on the relationship between the sexes

The topic of sex is already a relatively common theme for movies, just like when ordinary middle school students write an article about "My Dream" Composition is just as common. However, universal does not mean superficial. On the contrary, it can indicate that the content of this topic is very complex and changeable, and there is no unified answer for reference. The movie shows "love between the sexes" through the love story of three women and an artist, and also partially explores same-sex love.

Vicky, who is hesitant about love, and Christina, who wants to taste passion for love, are good friends. They fall in love with the artist Juan at the same time. However, Vicky hoped to maintain a peaceful life. She remained calm enough about this sudden love. She only tasted it briefly and quickly quit and returned to her own life track.

But Cristina is not. She lives with Juan, and the two of them enjoy the intoxicating scenery and the wonderful relationship between them in romantic Barcelona. Even after Juan's wife Maria appeared, she did not flinch and continued the life between the three people, and even experienced a wonderful same-sex love with Maria.

Three women with different personalities are the director’s premise for the possible situations of love between the sexes, and although their different choices show fantasy in a dramatic story, we In fact, it is easy to see our attitude towards the love between the sexes - maybe it is cautious, maybe it is passionate. Sometimes following reason or feelings of love will lead to very different results. There is no certainty in the love between the sexes. , it is full of possibilities and wonderful.

3. Plot structure: twists and turns, interlocking

Neither the theme nor the background stage can determine the quality of a movie. The audience still has to make decisions based on the plot of the movie. make a judgment. "Midnight in Barcelona" continues Woody Allen's consistent twists and turns in the plot, whether it is the conflict of characters or the sudden plot twists. Audiences are often taught a lesson by Woody Allen's sudden turn when they can't turn back from their habitual thinking.

At the first time, we always thought that Juan and Cristina would have a relationship naturally when they were intimate. We did not expect that Cristina would get food poisoning, nor did we expect that Vicky, who had always been vigilant, would be... Juan attracts the two to have a relationship. But even after watching it for the second time, we never imagined that Christina and Maria would actually be willing to have a "threesome" and have a harmonious relationship.

The endless plot twists lead the audience by the nose, but they are not forceful, but very natural and gentle. The foreshadowing is nested, and the audience does not know what surprise will happen in the next second. This kind of clever setting of the movie plot brings pleasure that many movies cannot achieve.

The romantic story background, in-depth movie themes and exquisite plot structure with frequent surprises are the main reasons why "Midnight Barcelona" is widely praised.