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Lluvia de Luna (2011)
Hermosa. Beautiful art piece
This movie has a very particular poetry. It's rhythm is perfect and the narrative beautiful. The story's development is impeccable and the characters are very well represented. The music matches all of this. As always in the director's previous work, the script is very well made and the character development shows actual interest by of the creators. The photography is impeccable and has several resources that contribute to the poetry of the movie as a whole. Although the story is very simple, it is very touching without being melodramatic or over the top. This is an actual piece of art and not a movie made for the sole purpose of selling.
Salvando al Soldado Pérez (2011)
Of no interest whatsoever.
This attempted Hollywood style action movie is a shameful example of what a lack of talent can achieve. The fact that it received support from government institutions is a disgrace for Mexican cinema.
While the premise is not bad, the script lacks character depth. The gags don't work and, overall, gives the idea of a lack of direction. Instead of progressing, it just keeps getting worse and worse. The situations go from unrealistic to ludicrous and, as the movie advances, it becomes more reliant on special effects which are not credible at all. As a truck advances through the sand dunes of some dessert in Asia, it looks like an old-fashion animation of it.
The budget used on this film could be a lot more profitable if put in the right hands.
La mujer del puerto (1934)
Great plot, great acting, and a great movie.
Starting with the leading performance from the first diva in Mexican cinematography according to some (Andrea Palma), without forgetting Domingo Soler, who also makes a great contribution to the cast in this film; going on to the great strength of the plot and the masterful direction by Arcady Boytler. All in all, this movie cannot be considered less than excellent.
Yes, maybe some of the scenes don't result quite the way they should; but most of them do. Particularly, the sequence of the carnival (at the beginning of the movie) and the last sequence bring you to the verge of tears. It may be said the movie has many elements of a catholic moral (Rosario lives in sin and guilt and, the way she pays for her sins is by means of sacrifice), but we have to consider the movie was released in 1934 and, generally speaking, the Mexican society of the time treasured that kind of values.
Weather we take the latter into consideration or not, I think the the plot is really tough and the theme very strong. Maybe nowadays we have many movies with plots that are twice or thrice as tough, but I think this is still a great movie and no soap opera could even remotely compare with it. Also, it is one of the first movies with recorded sound in the Mexican film industry.