Maria La Del Barrio
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Movie Reviews of Maria La Del Barrio
Movie Review: Comentario sobre la Edicion en Dvd de Maria la del Barrio
Summary: 4 Stars
La Edicion no es mala, pero podria haber sido mejor, primero porque no contiene ninguna de las escenas donde Maria se pelea con Soraya, ni la del teatro, ni en la carcel, ni en la casa de Soraya. Por otra parte faltan algunas escenas que estan muy buenas de Fernando Colunga en la Mansion de la Vega, en la piscina y demas. Tambien note que falta la parte donde Soraya intenta huir del pais, para no ir a la carcel y la capturan. Otra cosa a destacar es que muchas escenas no se entiende el dialogo ya que la musica incidental que pusieron sobre la original hace que no se escuchen bien las voces de los personajes. Y lo que realmente me molesto mucho fue que sacaron muchas partes del Final, cuando Soraya se pelea con Gonzalo por Maria y discuten y se golepan, y cuando Soraya secuestra a Maria, le confiesa sus crimenes y maldades, muchas de esas partes, que si bien estan, estan mal editadas y la parte final de la Fiesta de Aniversario, que esta editada, y solo dejan cuando salen al balcon solos, Maria y Luis Fernando y ella le da la noticia del hijo. Tambien me hubiese gustado que esta Edicion tubiera Extras, Entrevistas, Videos, Bloopers, o algun extra, que realmente vale la pena ver de esta Telenovela, pero no contiene nada de eso. Si esta buena la Presentacion, el tema original, los creditos y la Duracion que es casi de 14 Hs.Movie Review: Another one for the collection
Summary: 4 Stars
Get ready for another adventure!!! Maria la del Barrio is out on DVD and that is FANTASTIC!! I am a HUGE Fernando Colunga fan and this is one of his first novelas!! Though he doesn't look as HOT as in ALBORADA or the new novela PASION he is still EYE CANDY!!! Thalia is once again the weeping victim but she is still good!! Itati Cantoral does give a great performance and her crying is just HISTERICAL!! My recommendation is that TRUE novela fans WILL purchase this novela!!Movie Review: Great Show..but is it all there?
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a great show and I can now understand what is going on because of the subtitles. However...there are scenes (or episodes) missing from the original series. The catfight in the opera parking garage is only seen briefly in a flashback. And where is the scene of Maria's first dinner with the family?
It's a riveting show!
Movie Review: THALIA'S FINAL "MARIA" NOVELA (SOAP)
Summary: 3 Stars
NOTE: MOST Novelas have ENGLISH subtitles including this one.
The 1995 soap, "Maria la del Barrio" (Maria from the Barrio) was very popular although not as sucessful as "Marimar" the year before. This was the third and last soap in which Thalia played a poor girl named Maria. After all three MARIA soaps had circeld the world, a census showed that they had been viewed by more than a billion people!
STORY PLOT: Maria Ernandes was a scavenger who lived in a Mexican barrio (neighborhood) on the outskirts of the big city with her Godmother, who suddenly dies, leaving Maria to fend for herself. The local priest had been asked by the godmother to help Maria when she was gone and so he asked one of his benefactors Don Fernando if he might employ her as a servant. Maria, wearing torn and stinky clothes, is brought to the De La Vega mansion, where she quickly meets Don Fernando's drunk son, Luis. She falls head over heels for him, despite his lack of respect and order. As a reult, Maria becomes the primary target of Fernando's neice, Soraya Montenegro, who suppoesdly "loves" Luis. Although Luis first marries the ambitious, possessive and bitter Soraya, who is unfaifthfull to him, he eventually divorces her soon after and then marries Maria. Soraya is later thrown out of the mansion due to her constant threats against Maria and her own family. As the wife of one of the most richest and respectable families, Maria is well educated. Months later she is with child. When Luis sees his brother and Maria embracing, fueld and blinded by jealousy he abandons her and goes to Europe, where she quickly followed him. She tried convincing him that he had the wrong idea about her and that the child she was going to have was Luis, not his brother. But Luis furiously throws Maria out, refusing to believe her. She is then forced to return to Mexico. When Luis sends a letter to Maria demanding a divorce, the desperate, lonely and heartbroken Maria wonders into the streets by herself. She however, passes out and is rushed to a local hospital where she gives birth to her son, whom she named after his father but as a nickname called him "Nandito." At this time still desperate and hearbroken, Maria suffers from a temporary bout of instanity and without knowing it, gives her baby son away to a poor peasent women in a park. When she realized her mistake, the once-happy, sweet and innocent Maria becomes a suffering woman, who would stop at nothing to find her son. Luis returns her home and, feeling horribly guilty for his misunderstanding and for losing thier son, he adopts a baby girl...whom Maria at first sobbingly rejects, then takes the baby as her own...but never loses faith that one day she may recover her lost son. Meanwhile Luis' ex-wife and Maria's rival, Soraya suffers a horrible accident and dies...years pass by, and still Maria goes out onto the streets daily, looking for her son, while this has placed tension between her and her husband, who believes that his son is dead or will never be found. With many more twists to come, "MARIA LA DEL BARRIO" has a rather enchanting storyline, but about halway through changes dramatically. I personally like the first half better, partly because the second half of the soap has many inconsistancies...a lot of scenes don't make to much sense. But the twists near the end of the story include the unexpected return of the villian Soraya, who spent months secretly recovering in a hospital, family reunions, family loses; Soraya later remarries, murders her second husband, sets Maria up and as a reuslt Maria is sent to a prision which soon after burns down and no trace of her can be found...finally there's the rather unexpected ending...or is it?
OTHER SOAP TITLES STARRING THALIA: MARIA MERCEDES (1991) MARIMAR (1994)
ROSALINDA (1999)
Movie Review: Entertaining, but not the greatest
Summary: 3 Stars
About halfway through (maybe a bit after when Maria is married), this soap is pretty good. However, the first part when Thalia is supposed to be a 15 yr old girl, is kind of painful. Her acting really sucks and is very awkward. However, once she begins the search for her son, the soap becomes addictive. Overall, I give it 3 stars because it keeps my attention, but I wouldn't go through and watch it again. I'd have rented it if that were possible. It's not the most sophisticated program and the characters do lack depth, except for maybe Maria. For example, the relationship between Maria and Luis Fernando is very shallow. In the beginning, he seems to hate her and then all of a sudden he's in love but you're not sure if he's still faking it or not. There's really no character development at all. People are just THRUST into the common soap opera roles. Like I said, once all the stuff is settled, the soap becomes pretty good about 3 hours or so into the disk. The beginning really SUCKS.
The kids show Rebelde is actually far better done and the actors are probably better too. But, Thalia's beautiful and has an attractive personality, so I'd recommend watching this at least once. Try to borrow it from a friend. Don't buy it.