Amores Perros
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Movie Reviews of Amores Perros
Movie Review: Latin America's troubles potrayed in a very entertaining way
Summary: 5 Stars
"Amores Perros" is a movie that manages to say some very deep truths about Latin America, potraying it in myriad ways through characters from the top to the very bottom of the social ladder while at the same time being entertaining. Though the movie is quite long, rarely was I aware of this; I was never bored. And in the midst of all the violence and gritty reality of Mexico City that the movie shows with hardly any compromise, there were still many humorous episodes and dialogues that stood out like gems. Specially in the latter part of the movie, the one that deals with 'Chivo', the guerrillero-turned-hitman.
But as the movie ends, with Chivo and his dog walking away in the midst of an unforgiving wasteland like some pathetic John Wayne, it was hard to forget the terrible reality and oppressive lives potrayed in the first two stories (the movie is roughly made of three parts, based around four different people, whose paths sometimes cross). The wasteland reminds me of a photo I saw once in a review of books about Latin America's social and political problems: a wide angle shot of a parched plain and a blue sky, with nothing in the foreground but a burial cross. A cross just like the many that lay next to roads all across the continent.
To me "Amores Perros" marks Latinamerica's (for now, maybe just Mexico's) entrance into the mainstream of world cinema. Before it, attempts to potray the continent's troubles ended in pretentious 'auteur' (read: a m a t e u r) cinema with low production values and ideological or artistical heavy-handedness, the kind that only wins you awards in obscure film festivals and often serves as filler for Cannes and the rest of the European festival circuit. I hope Latinamerican directors get rid of their back issues of Cahiers du Cinema and follow's director Gonzalez Iñárritu's example. Sigue dandole wey!
Movie Review: Love and Dogs
Summary: 5 Stars
the story of a street smart working class boy who falls in love with his brother's wife, a successful fashion model who's having an affair with a married businessman, and a lonely vagrant who wants to contact a daughter he hasn't seen in years. These three characters never interact with each other and their stories are only connected through a terrible car crash that changes their lives for ever. The only thing these people have in common is that they own dogs, and their relationships with their pets are as telling as their relationships with other humans. The film moves from the luxury flats to the slums of Mexico City, demonstrating that human passions have little to do with social and economic circumstances. This is an extremely disturbing and violent film, but it never feels excessive or exploitative. Violence is depicted as ugly and pointless, sometimes fortuitous but never cool or glamorous, and it makes people and animals suffer unnecessarily.Alejandro González Iñárritu's film is destined to become a classic, it does for contemporary Mexico City (or any other large Latin American city) what Taxi Driver did for mid 70's New York. A solid script, inventive and hyper realistic direction, perfectly timed editing and brilliant performances make Love's a Bitch and extraordinary film, a perfect example of how visceral and moving cinema can really be. This is an intelligent and thought provoking movie that will surely be appreciated by anyone who has grown tired of the seemingly endless flow of escapist offerings released every week.
Finally, dog lovers like myself will be reassured to know that this DVD features a short on how the dog actors were trained and looked after and didn't get hurt or mistreated in any way.
Movie Review: Love is quite the (.....)
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a fan of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu since 2003's '21 Grams' and so when they aired `Amores Perros' on IFC a few weeks back I just had to watch it. Following the same formula as '21 Grams' Inarritu gives us a brilliant story that interconnects the lives of three very different people with a very tragic event.
We first have Octavio (Gael Garcia Bernal) who is living with his brother Ramiro (Marco Perez) and his wife Susana (Vanessa Bauche). Ramiro is abusive and cold and this leads to a heated affair between Octavio and Susana. In order to make enough money for the two of them to run off together Octavio begins fighting his Rott for money.
We next have Daniel (Alvaro Guerrero), a TV producer who gives up his life with his family in order to pursue a relationship with supermodel Valeria, but a tragic car accident causes their relationship to unravel, their nerves to get frayed and their love to slowly and painfully die.
The last story in the trilogy revolves around El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a homeless man who makes money as a hitman. When El Chivo is hired by a businessman to kill his partner only to find out his partner is also his brother, he has a chance to teach them both a lesson and learn something himself.
It may be the car crash that links these three stories, but it's the people within them, the lives they live and the lessons they learn that connect them on such a deeper and more meaningful level. The acting is brilliant here, with both Bernal and Echevarria turning out award worthy work, and truth be told for a debut directorial piece Inarrito delivers a near flawless film.
Movie Review: Feverish, Driven.
Summary: 5 Stars
"Amores Perros" is one of the first great masterpieces of the decade. It is a timeless work that will stand as a great example of feverish, driven and visceral filmmaking at its best. It is a masterpiece of film assembly and performance, never fails to engage the viewer and still vibrate with emotion and passion. The director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has announced his genius to the movie-going public with this brilliant debut into the national scene ... The movie opens in exhilarating fashion, with a car chase through Mexico City that culminates in a disastrous crash that leads us into the first of three stories. The first is a romantic tragedy with red-blooded elements of murder and betrayal revolving around dog-fighting. The second story is a brilliant examination of superficial wants destroyed by cruel realities when a super-model loses a leg in the opening car crash. The last story is an emotional tale of a street-bum who is really a hit-man for hire with a shadowy past and a longing for his daughter. The screenplay is a work of great craftsmanship in the way it connects the stories but also how it creates characters and dialogue that feel real and raw. Inarritu has obviously learned from the masters ... In other words, "Amores Perros" is a collage of everything that has made movies fresh, exciting and engrossing through the past decade and now into the 21st century. It will survive the test of time and I suspect it will be a great influence on many future filmmakers. It may very well be the first of a great revival in Hispanic filmmaking, ... "Amores Perros" is what exciting movies are all about.Movie Review: The first star of Mexican Cinema.
Summary: 5 Stars
As a fellow mexican, I am very proud of this movie. Reading this revews made me happy, I saw how Americans, who are used to seeing terrible movies, such as American Pie, or I Know What You Did Last Summer, finally see what movies are all about. And, I have some words to the poor guys out there who found the first half hour offensive, because of the dog fights: How can you say that? You live in your dream world where everything is perfect, and when you go to see a film expecting dreams (such as the ones Hollywood gives you every day) and find reality, you are offended? Pleasem try to understand that what this movie is trying to show is reality, and nothing more. And please, if you don't understand this, don't dare to give us your oppinion. Some of you didn't even watch the whole movie!!! I would also like to say that the DOGS WERE NOT HARMED, these shots were more professional than the garbage movies you watch every day, and stay until the end of the credits, to see the phrase: "Ningun Animal Sufrio Lesiones, o Fue Lastimado Durante La Filmacion de Esta Pelicula" guess what that means, and I am surprised that you find that offensive, and not seeing mutilated humans in movies like "From Hell", or "Scream", anyway, slasher movies. For the americans who found a film of human feelings and reactions (Much like the ones shakespeare showed his audience) I congratulate you. If you are interested in tapes or DVDs you cannot find anywhere in the us (other mexican and international films) please email me and I will personally go out and buy the one I think you're gonna like. THANK YOU.