Amores Perros
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Movie Reviews of Amores Perros
Movie Review: Excelent art film, a masterly movie 5 stars but it can be 6
Summary: 5 Stars
It's one of the greats movie that I saw in my life and I consider it in the history of the films, It's doesnt have comparation to Tarantino film, think in it is the same to try to compare Picasso and Van go, may be the begin of the film is alike to tarantino dog but is completely different try to compare the movie, it's simply try to depress the art of each artist, its not a good comment.This movie is more deeply, reflects the life of citizens in many countries the search of love accomplish with the suffering, the life of the people in each social status and their priorities in their lifes, the chritics saw in Amores Perros this conjugation of elements if you live in one rich country may be the perception of this collide feellings its not clear for you (What is hunger if I never feel it in my own body?), but it can be the reallity of life of one human being in one place of the world not only Mexico, this point of view is very far for any Tarantino movie.
Amore perros shows the art of the reallity sometimes hard and cruel in the search of better way of life for some people only with their own experiences and their whishes like the only elements that guide them trhough the life. The car crash links the lifes of different social status people, it break and transform their current life in one way that they never though and show their priorities of one of them like vanities compared with the opposite life of the other people. The love of the assesin to save the life of the dog returned in dead of all other dogs when the dog love to the assesin (the dog love the assesin but it kills all the other being - dogs - that love him).
The crithics saw in Amores Perros more than this short comment that I am writting the most important art cause controversy in many points of view, but cause immediate appreciation when you see it, if it wins Cannes is because it is a good movie that transform your feeling from the begin to the end of the movie, if you want to see the movie dont expect to see a Hollywood movie or any nice movie if you want to see that, see Harry Potter. In Amores Perros expect to see art, captured reallity of the cruel world for many people and the search of the happiness in each individual concept of it, sometimes may be never reached !!!.
5 stars but this movie must have 6
Movie Review: A major film!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Let's say it up front: Amores Perros is shocking. A shock in its camera work, a major accomplishment on its own, in its writing, and finally, and most importantly, its subject matter. It's a shock because Iniarritu uses all the cinematic tools to make us feel and understand what we all have somewhere inside us, refrained or forgotten, that which we don't understand. This is probably why, even if the violent images, as well as the camera movements - is sometimes hard to sustain, during the first international public screening at the Cannes Film Festival, a long silence followed the end credits and little by little people stood up and gave the director an extremely long standing ovation. It's also why the New York Times called Amores Perros: "the first classic of the new decade," adding that some of its scenes will live on in film history. Yes, Amores Perros is almost a masterpiece. The film talks about politics, poverty, violence, modern society, relationships, love, betrayal, lost ideals but all this is said through the "mise-en-scene" of feelings and emotions. It's never delivered by a speech or a forced point of view, but always perfectly linked with the characters and the story. Even the construction, mixing past and present and different stories, is wonderfully brought to us by the characters and their emotions, not as a gratuitis artefact as may other filmmakers do. Inniaritu is definitely a major filmmaker, both technically and with the narrative, to convey what he has to say, which is a lot. He does it in a very subtle way, showing us for example how people care more about dogs than about other human beings. Once again, all the questions we've ever had in our minds are explored on screen by extremely rich characters. So why not a complete masterpiece? Because Iniarritu takes a major risk by mixing three different stories together even if they are linked by a crash. It is on the one hand what makes the movie so rich and so intelligent , yet also what makes it not totally perfect. When you get too attached to brilliant characters and fascinating storytelling, it's hard to let go and plunged in another universe. Still, a major director and a major film, definitely the most accomplished of 2001". Phil Ed for Au-Cinema.comMovie Review: There are so many memorable scenes....that I can't seem to get out of my head.
Summary: 5 Stars
'Amores Perros' impressed the hell out of me this afternoon. Three interrelated tales of the darker side of life in contemporary Mexico City, each one as fresh and as fascinating as the last. Each of the three stories are dark, disturbing and filled with humanity. Superbly acted all round, but especially noteworthy is the standout performance by Emilio Echevarria as El Chivo, a political dissident turned hit man, and if the charismatic Gael Garcia Bernal (Octavia, the lovesick dog fighter) isn't an international star in the making I'll eat my words.
The episodic structure of Amores Perros could have been damaging to the film had it not been for the inspired way the stories overlap only so much as to not exasperate the audience. In the three stories, rarely does a character from one interact with a character from another, outside the unifying car crash scene. There are truly only two occurrences: when El Chivo, sword in hand, scares off a frustrated Jarocho who plans to sic his dog on one of El Chivo's, and when Valeria appears on a Mexican morning show broadcast into Octavio's home the morning of the accident. This interaction was all that was needed for Amores Perros to be successful as an episodic film. Its structure lends itself well to subject matter and storyline. Iñárritu tells it to us this way; the literary devices at use bring it to life and its structure gives it legs to move. Throughout it, so well crafted, one can mentally fuse all three stories together and see one single character going through the process of fighting for love, realizing what a trivial pursuit it is, abandoning it, and then spending the rest of his life trying to touch it from behind the bars self-guilt.
This brilliant movie shows up the mediocrity of most current Hollywood "product", and to my mind ranks with a small handful of movies made this decade. This one is a winner and essential viewing for all movie lovers. A future classic.
Movie Review: Griping...
Summary: 5 Stars
Movie is set on mean, crowded and polluted streets of modern Mexico City. The film explores the lives of 3 sets of characters and weaves the plot among them.
"Octavio and Susana" - Octavio who lives with his Mother, his violent brother, his brother's sister and their infant in a small crowded 2nd story apartment building. Octavio falls in love with Susana, his brother's wife and plots to escape with her - raising money dog-fighting with Cofi, his brother's dog. Susana lives in fear of her husband who is violent and unpredictable.
"Daniel and Valeria" - Daniel is middle aged, married and has 2 beautiful daughters. He falls in love with a superstar model. He walks away from his family and the moment the couple plan to spent their first full night together - the couple experiences a tragic accident (involving Octavio and Cofi - the fighter dog).
"El Chivo and Maru," - A revolutionary leaves his wife and daughter and finds that he is unable to "change the world" - he eventually ends up in prison. His wife remarries and his daughter grows up without him. He agrees with his wife that his daughter would be told that he was dead. He enters the world out of prison and becomes a hired assassin. He also lives to regret leaving his family and being excluded from his daughter's life. This cold-blooded killer also finds morality and humanity when he finds and cares for Cofi (the fighter dog who is abandoned) - and then Cofi unexpectedly turns on him.
The story highlights the two faces of humans and beasts (dogs) - the passionate, caring, emotional, human side - as well as the violent, desperate and survival instincts of the dark side. This movie is tough, hard edged, violent and tense - making this film fully engaging. Scene set-ups and actual flashes of dog fighting, beatings and stabbings - make certain scenes brutally difficult to watch - yet keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.
Movie Review: Great movie... See it for yourself !
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very good movie, regardless what a lot of people say about the dog fights. I agree, it is pretty intense but if people knew that all these are trained dogs used in TV commercials and other movies maybe their perception would change.Have the people who criticize this movie seen the "behind cameras" that comes on this DVD? There, PROFESSIONALS -again PROFESSIONALS (not "dog lovers") explain the way these fight scenes were done. A lot of them are just edited and a lot of times the dogs cannot even bite each other because they are tied on their mouths and the ties concealed with make-up or hair.
If you still think that those dog scenes were real, I think you have big problems. Then, I guess you also think that movies such as BRAVEHEART and GLADIATOR used real people, huh? Give me a break... And why don't movies like SCREAM or I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER bother you as much? Isn't there violence, slaughter and death in them?
Yes, life seems to be tough in Mexico City... But that is the REAL WORLD and people must learn to deal with it! What did you expect from the largest and most populated city in te world?! Broaden your horizons. There's a world outside your bubbles and your little white fences.
Other people complain about infidelity, murder and violence in this movie... Is that new in the place you live in? What about high Government figures having affairs? Gun fights at highschools? Freak car accidents? Robbery? Shootings? Drugs? Bigotry? ... I think it all exists where you come from, but don't want to see it. You think that the place you live in is the best in the world, but it also has its faults, just like Mexico City.
Get an opinion of your own and rent/buy it. Don't let "dog lovers" tell you it is a bad movie. I highly recommend it. Being born and raised in Mexico City (but living in the USA for quite some time now) I can tell you it is most excellent, and very real.