this film changed my life
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haewatein — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 05:51 PM)
Yepp. It's really, really outstanding.
I know hundreds of films but this one is definitely something special. Just watched it for the first time.
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vthokiefan0007 — 16 years ago(June 23, 2009 12:12 PM)
i have to admit i totally agree with you on that and im 17 (an aspiring film student). My only question is why is this not rated higher than Amores Perros. Sure, Inarritu is a spectacular director but everything else, including the message, was better in this film.
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Kiwifalling — 16 years ago(March 06, 2010 10:16 PM)
I think this is one of the best coming-of-age stories ever made. I'm graduating from high school this year and have been wondering about what it will be like to see my friends in the future. One of my friends went away last year, and by the time she came back, something in the chemistry of our friendship became terribly awkward, reflecting the changes that had emerged between us in the past year.
I wouldn't say that it's a mindblowingly deep movie, but it's surely not one to boil down to bare terms anyways. Besides, what does it say about yourself that all you can fixate on is the kiss? Jesus Christ, just pretend you're not another vanilla American for a moment. Yes, the kiss is an important component to the story, but so is EVERYTHING else. All the scenes are so carefully written. -
ricardo78 — 15 years ago(November 16, 2010 02:11 PM)
I wonder why can't nobody ever do the same successful and appreciated movie with a 2 girls 1 guy setup? i mean no one ever. isn't that weird?
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thevegas19 — 13 years ago(January 10, 2013 09:58 AM)
Could someone please explain why this film is so great? No I'm not a teenager and yes I do like slow moving intelligent movies, but I didn't really get into this movie. I thought it was OK and I didn't think it sucked, but I don't see what was so "life changing" about it. All it was was a coming of age story about two douche baggy best friends who had a threesome with a hot older lady and got weirded out by what they did in said threesome. This then caused them to drift apart. Then you have Luisa who knows she is dying and lives life for her last month. Maybe now that I'm a father things like movies just don't seem as important, but I really would like to know why this movie is so "life changing"?
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pedrinho-usa33442 — 12 years ago(April 13, 2013 11:12 PM)
I only speak for myself as i write this, and also consider that i havent seen this in a while, but for me this movie was so perfect because it felt REAL, like i could see myself going through everything that went on, the relationships felt real(ex: like how they felt bored at Tenochs family encounter, and the persuit of something to do for the summer even though you look foward to it the whole year, the junkie friend[ as mentioned above haha] and how even though they had an incredibly strong bond sometimes the social differences made then embarassed at times, and even how the higher class has more obligation with society) and the scenery GOD IT WAS ALL SO BEAUTIFUL, it made you feel that unique feeling you get when you go on a trip, that your rotine changes and suddenly everything is interesting( the countryside, the roads, the inns, the restaurants) all perfectly alligned moving you toward a notion that is very simple but still of an extreme impact: you can never know where life will take you. So the randomness of it all just seemed fitting and real and honestly i might be blabering trying to explain all these things i felt after watching this. But try and understand this, how many times have you lost a friend because of diferences that shouldnt matter or simple misunderstandings? i think everyone goes through that. Its just made in a way that you can relate to it, i guess.
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jeffpsy — 11 years ago(March 28, 2015 08:46 AM)
I think the notion that the threesome led to a parting of the ways by Tenoch and Julio is misplaced. Folks have been so surprised by the kiss scene in the movie, that they have tended to give it undo importance. At its core, the movie is about change, about how transient and unpredictable life is, especially when you're young. All the "certainties" that the boys had at the beginning of the summerabout their own relationship, about their girlfriends were gone by the end of the summer. Every certainty about Mexican politics was shattered around that time. Everything that anyone ever thought about Luisa was transformed over that summer. She went from being someone who was "afraid to claim her freedom," as the magazine in the doctor's office suggested, to a figure of strength and liberation by the end of the movie.
Along those lines, I believe that Tenoch and Julio grew apart not because they felt too vulnerable around each other, but because their different circumstances and socioeconomic levels took them apart, public university, private college, etc. Much in the way that friends you felt close to early in life, you later realize you have little in common, people drift apart in a very natural ways. It was in this natural way that their girlfriends both chose to go in a different direction.
Luisa was the vessel for the main message of the movie. She had lost her parents at age 10, had lost her aunt at 20, was emotionally abandoned by her husband, and was now uprooted from her home country. Through that transformative road trip she was able to create a new family, first with the boys, and then just as deeply with Chuy and Mabel. In her experience of "magical, musical Mexico," she was able to embrace a new homeland. As moviegoers, we marvel at the joy with which she lived her final days. Instead of dying alone and bitter, she died surrounded with love, because she had taken the risk of "giving herself away to the sea." For me, the final scene was the most powerful in the film, because it left me with a great sense of loss, but also with a great appreciation for Luisa and how loving and courageous she had been in the last month of her life.