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Cero y van 4 (2004)
The awful truth
There are people claiming this is another "bad language" ultra violence Mexican movie. They are right, but more than that this film is a call to create awareness of what we have become. The awful truth hurts, or bores when you already have accepted the paradigm of living the third world as the only possible goal. One of the most important things of "Cero y van cuatro" is the open invitation to profound reflexion over our current identity. Is that what we all are? Is that all that we want to be? I am abroad and I realized how spoiled is the Mexican society when the Tlahuac Incident came to light. I still cannot understand viewers witnessing a mass broadcasted murder. I nearly puked when I saw some of the images. It was not Irak or Rwanda, just a tiny village near Mexico City when rampage was carried out with the indulgence of media and government. The recreation of a similar situation in this film shocked me deeply. The other stories were good portraying other situations of corruption, dishonesty, betrayal and violence, but I consider "Tamales de Chivo" the best one.
The movie is deeper than some "cabrón" and "pendejo" screams. Those are meaningless compared with the actions of the people. With a few exceptions they are all perfect examples of human rubbish. Just like in real life honesty is becoming more the exception than the rule in our country. Moreover, honesty is only rewarded miraculously.
The End of the Affair (1999)
A piece of rubbish
Spoiler Alert It is really a bad adaptation of a magnificent novel. Boooooring. Juliane and Ralph are so plane in the film.
I didn't feel any of the feelings described in the book. The only good part was mixing the odd characters that are "cured" by Sara.
The main idea of the book is to make you hate Sara til the climax when you discover that she left the man coz she loved him so much. I didn't feel anything like that with the movie. Just lame and corny chit chat.
I read there is an older adaptation of the same book, I wonder if it is as bad as this one.
0 of 10 popcorns