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Love in the Time of CholeraPosted at 09:53 on Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Well, I got to be honest, I didn't expect it to live up to the book. But it didn't make a total mockery of it. It actually stayed refreshingly close to the plot line, highlighting all the parts I remembered, and managed not to just produce a cinematic mish-mash, peed on by Hollywood in an effort to mark it's scent and call it fragrant.
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So, that's the good part: it stayed true to the book. Unfortunately, because it was such a good book, it did not have anything close to a Hollywood ending, so it was hard to translate that into an American film -- produced in the USA and filmed in English. However, I'd rather see a movie that honors one of the best works by a renowned literary legend then see another conventional happy ending-movie. So overall, gets a good review. Few points I hated: The makeup - seriously guys, if half the movie requires the cast to be in makeup to look older than they are, get a damn good makeup artist. I was waiting for one of their 70-year old plaster jowls to fall off the whole last scene. The casting - seriously misguided. Ok, I'll be fair. There were hits and misses First of all, Catalina Sandino Moreno, of "Maria Full of Grace" fame, was unfortunately given the sidekick-cousin role, and stole the show. She turned Hildebranda's character into the sassy, proud, and sexually aware woman that Gabriel Garcia Marquez intended Fermina to be. The unknown (and Italian, to boot) Giovanna Mezzogiorno fell flat and portrayed the title role as too much damsel in distress...or just dullness...for my taste. Oh and, I'm sorry, just because John Leguizamo is a B list celebrity who happens to be hispanic, does not give him right to be in this movie. Unless he can actually pull off a Colombian accent. S'ok John. Loved you in "Too Wong Foo" (seriously). Javier Bardem carried the film, as was expected. Though he did manage to creep me out, as he always does; and I haven't even seen No Country for Old Men.  Hildebranda: trying on the lead role for size...if only<- Last Page | Next Page -> |
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