For me, Berger's best film is still "Hawaii". Maybe because there's less background noise and he can focus on two characters and delve into their desires, emotions and challenges.
I am not a fan of Tae kwon do. It was full of hot bodies but there was no substance...yes, there was something lingering there but it wasn't explored in depth.
I think this movie at least gives us (for the first hour at least) the opportunity to understand some of the characters through the eyes of others (as "el viejo") and puts into question their contradictions. But as some of them leave, we get a very slow story that ends with a cliché which has no punch whatsoever...as someone mentioned before, by then, we don't really care about those characters. You end up needing more of a reward after watching it all.
I am not a fan of Tae kwon do. It was full of hot bodies but there was no substance...yes, there was something lingering there but it wasn't explored in depth.
I think this movie at least gives us (for the first hour at least) the opportunity to understand some of the characters through the eyes of others (as "el viejo") and puts into question their contradictions. But as some of them leave, we get a very slow story that ends with a cliché which has no punch whatsoever...as someone mentioned before, by then, we don't really care about those characters. You end up needing more of a reward after watching it all.