the motorcycle diaries

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it was ok! beautifully filmed--actually this movie should win an award for location scouting alone! i found it pretty jaunty and fun, and to be honest i enjoyed it most when i forgot it was about che and just watched it like a buddy flick/road trip movie. when you sense che's DESTINY ahead of him it's too keen and biopicish, but thankfully salles keeps that to a minimum.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 26 September 2004 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, it looked good despite the Che business.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Sunday, 26 September 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

It looks a bit...tasteful. Is it?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Sunday, 26 September 2004 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Yer man is gorgeous though.

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 26 September 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

As a heterosexual male, I must agree with that.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Sunday, 26 September 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I already started a thread about The Motorcycle Diaries. And mine had an upside down question mark, and everything.

― Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 26 September 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

oopsy!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 27 September 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

it was less "tasteful" than i had hoped, i think. it was kinda goofy in places which i liked.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 27 September 2004 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Worth a thread all it's own: Why do all indie films have the same annoying trailer now, the same way all blockbuster films have the same trailer? I'm near refusing to see Motorcycle Diaries because of that alone.

― Hurting, Monday, 27 September 2004 01:31 (twenty-one years ago)

yes! your punishment is cruel, yes, but absolutely necessary for fighting the real enemy! never back down! never surrender!

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 27 September 2004 01:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw it on Saturday. Although I enjoyed the gorgeous scenery, frankly I didn't think the film added up to much. Too sentimental (a major fault of Walter Salles), the pacing was incredibly slow, which was in turn due to the fact that there was essentially no plot and no conflict. I think it would have worked much better as a documentary, with two young guys following the Che's footsteps, alternating their own adventures with the Che's.

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Monday, 27 September 2004 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Before you go see it, you might want to read:

http://www.slate.com/id/2107100/

Or you might not.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 02:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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