女神殿

rebarbative



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–adjective 
causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent. 


　
For Vicky and Cristina, the divorced couple are a vision of Heaven and Hell at the same time. Juan Antonio and Maria Elena can’t get along, 

but their rebarbative [effect] 
on 
each other produces some good paintings. 

Is the art that emerges worth all the mess? The answer Allen offers is a tentative yes. One is meant to emerge from "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" believing that happiness may be elusive, even impossible, but that 

[life] has a richness 
greater than one’s [personal] satisfaction. 

There’s something stronger in the air—a largeness of spirit, as well as abundant physical beauty. The characters may suffer, but the filmmaker exults.


loath (a.) (extreme) 
averse (a.) (long-held, not strong)
averse [to] [an idea]
averse [to] [getting] up early
I could've lived without Philip Seymour Hoffman as the centerpiece planet with two handfuls of wonderful female actors in his orbit but my Nicolas Cage [aversion] didn't stop me from [digging] Kaufman's Adaptation at first.
cf. 
advert (refer to, stuffy)

spurn (reject, kick)
but he can't bear the thought of Dante [abandoning him], so he acts like a spurned [girlfriend], unconsciously scheming to sabotage his pal's [impending] departure. 
icky (repulsive)

probity
mistakes [self-righteousness] for [probity].
Detest