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Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero My god, I don't even know where to begin on reviewing this movie. I just finished watching it, and it really ranks up there with Requiem for a Dream as a terrible-yet-beautiful film. It's like a puzzle that pictures a beautiful lake but somebody's brains are splattered all over it. The film opens with two people in a Grand Marquis being chased by another car. There's a dog in the back seat and it's covered in blood. People are screaming, the dog keeps falling off of the seat. A light ahead turns red, and the driver floors the car to squeeze through the intersection. Wham. He smashes into a car, and the lives of many people are changed forever. The movie features three "love" stories. Octavio y Susana. Daniel y Valeria. El Chivo. Octavio and Susana live in the same house, but Susana's married to Octavio's brother, a bank robber. Octavio gets involved in dogfighting to make money so he and Susana can move to Juarez. Daniel and Valeria are having an affair, Susana is a model. They move into an apartment together, and there's a hole in the floor. Susana's car is hit by Octavio and his friend, and her dog falls into the hole. El Chivo is a homeless guy who's also a hitman and an estranged father. I can't say more about the stories without totally demolishing the story. The film itself is absolutely loving brutal. There are graphic dogfights and dead animals and blood everywhere. I had to pause the film, go get my cat, and put her on my lap to make sure she wasn't getting mauled by another cat. The whole film definitely feels like Iñárritu directed it. If you've seen anything else by him (21 Grams, "Powder Keg," a BMW short film), you'll recognize the extensive loving use of blood and the gritty camera. When people gently caress in this movie, there's no passion at all. It's a cold, heartless experience but there's usually happy music in the background or a baby nearby or something. A brutal, beautiful, heartless, and soulful film. I'll never watch it again because it was just too amazing. RATING: 4.5 PROS: "Grit"-filtered camera, beautiful movie, emotional rollercoaster CONS: Not in-depth enough on each character, gutwrenching ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://imdb.com/title/tt0245712/
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I thought it was a pretty interesting movie. For me at least, the best part of Amores Perros was not visual (maybe I'm just not really an animal person, but the gore didn't get to me at all), but a very intruiging set of stories, all told pretty well and presented stylishly, if not memorably so. It does a good job of taking a very subtle theme and turning them into enjoyable and interesting stories, and especially doing something incredible: making three essentially unrelated stories into a single movie without it being eitheboring as all gently caress or impossible to follow. All in all, a good movie. I gave it a 4.
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Jun 6, 2004 06:04
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Brutal, visceral, gut-wrenching. I don't know if I can bring myself to watch it again, but I'd like to. One scene had me weeping. Very intense film. Rating: 4.5
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Jan 20, 2005 00:02
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This flick was full of great scenes, which are hard to describe without spoiling the action a bit. Lets just say Inarritu does "grit" better than most; his violence and car crashes seem flawlessly lifted from real life. And the scene where the trophy girl sees the new billboard is priceless. Great flick. Five.
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