I was expecting this movie because the trailer was nice, and the promotion in Mexican TV was good. Unfortunately, it is not a good movie. During the movie in the cinema, I was trying to really enjoy the film, but there are a lot of flaws in there that I'm was very disappointed. However, I can say that Pepe (the director) made a good effort and it is a the beginning of his career. I can mention the following good and not good things in the movie: 1. Good cinematography 2. Good music 3. Some good elements in the story (Mexican culture)
But the main elements in any movie were not strong enough: 1. Not good acting in some cases. 2. Not convincing characters. Grecia character is not clear enough. 3. The tension-relationship-plots between characters are not believable. 4. Why it is an English movie? I know, the answer is why not. But the English was really bad specially during the first part of the movie. I'm Mexican and the accent was annoying, and it didn't match with the environment. We'll see what happens with the US audience. 5. The art direction was poor. We only saw the market in the village. I was wondering what would be the result of this in other hands (maybe Brigite Broch the same art director of "Moulin Rouge" and "Romeo and Juliet"). 6. Big continuity mistakes. You'll see them. They are pretty obvious. 7. But I think the biggest problem of the movie is the story. There is not connection with the audience or the characters. We have heard the story other times, that we wanted something really convincing. And the problem is not the magic in the situations, the problem is the script. Grecia's motivations are not clear at the end, and Marcelo is not as strong as the character could be. 8. Maybe some passion or sexual scenes would help. I'm not saying nudity, but there were NOT passion at all.!!
In general, we can see that this movie was made by a film-making student. However, I really expect Pepe can improve himself and learn from this experience and opportunity. My summary for this movie is: lack of passion and just a pretty painting.
But the main elements in any movie were not strong enough: 1. Not good acting in some cases. 2. Not convincing characters. Grecia character is not clear enough. 3. The tension-relationship-plots between characters are not believable. 4. Why it is an English movie? I know, the answer is why not. But the English was really bad specially during the first part of the movie. I'm Mexican and the accent was annoying, and it didn't match with the environment. We'll see what happens with the US audience. 5. The art direction was poor. We only saw the market in the village. I was wondering what would be the result of this in other hands (maybe Brigite Broch the same art director of "Moulin Rouge" and "Romeo and Juliet"). 6. Big continuity mistakes. You'll see them. They are pretty obvious. 7. But I think the biggest problem of the movie is the story. There is not connection with the audience or the characters. We have heard the story other times, that we wanted something really convincing. And the problem is not the magic in the situations, the problem is the script. Grecia's motivations are not clear at the end, and Marcelo is not as strong as the character could be. 8. Maybe some passion or sexual scenes would help. I'm not saying nudity, but there were NOT passion at all.!!
In general, we can see that this movie was made by a film-making student. However, I really expect Pepe can improve himself and learn from this experience and opportunity. My summary for this movie is: lack of passion and just a pretty painting.