the search: vicky cristina barcelona.

the search: volume 1: vicky cristina barcelona

it is summertime which means it is time to travel! or at least watch movies about traveling.

our first installment of "the search" takes us to spain, in woody allen's academy award nominated film "vicky christina barcelona."

two female leads? javier bardim? a love triangle, i mean square? this seems like a logical beginning for our case study...

(points below are very scientific. please take care in understanding their cultural, and psychological implications.)

vicky/the brunette:

Love: is a prude (+2), gets seduced by wine and spanish guitar (+15 - sign me up!) decides to not be a prude (+2), has a fiance (-2), boys like her (-2), gets shot (-10).

Style: thinks wearing a white tshirt is seductive (-2), has brown hair (+10), her brown hair is also long to medium length and kind of thin, so is mine! (+2).

Lifestyle: is getting a masters in catalonia art. i like art. (+5). lives in spain. i live in la (-1).

Outlook: is sort of pretentious (+3), is okay with cheating on her husband (-2), is okay with cristina being a huge ho bag (+3), moves back to new york to do the right thing anyway (0).

TOTAL: 23

cristina/the blonde:

Love: is willing to talk to a stranger for slightly longer than socially acceptable (+9), is seductive (-4), finds both penelope cruz and javier bardem equally attractive (+2 - though i'm not going to lie, i'm not a huge fan of bardem's bedroom eyes), acts on said attractions with willful disregard for gender (-5).

Style: wears crop tops (-10), has blonde hair (+10).

Lifestyle: lives with a passionate man and his ex-wife. i live with the brunette. (-10).

Outlook: likes to consider herself an artist, regardless of actual talent (+3), has a serious case of romantic wanderlust (-8).

TOTAL: -13

THE SEARCH SCORE: 23 + (-10) = 10

the brunette is a pretty good match for vicky; the blonde less so for cristina. 

and the search continues...