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This movie sucks....

posted 17 years ago by metatron_90
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i know...right now there must be like 20 users who want to rip my guts out but its true...this movie is one of the worst ive ever seen...

Ive watched a considerable amount of movies from the united states in my relative short life....and there´s a thing ive learned from them... hollywood makes lame biopics, specially when another culture is one of the most important points of the plot of the film... this film is basically full of historical inaccuracies, lame hollywood cliches and a pathetic overuse, exaggeration and misinterpretation of mexican tradition and cultural elements...frida is portrayed as an extreme stereotype of the mexican woman the only thing missing was his sombrero and a bottle of tequila to complete de picture...

this movie is a hollywood stupid attempt to make a quick buck out of a pop cuture figure...

[–] moorje 17 years ago

Do you even know anything about Frida Kahlo?

[–] metatron_90 17 years ago

i ask the same to you... do you even know the cultural background frida khalo had during her lifetime?

[–] rogueroulette-weeblegurl 17 years ago

I'm just glad that they even brought Frida Kahlo's story to the big screen. If anything, I'd be complaining about the biopic that they're going to make for Anna Nicole Smith. Someone please tell me why that woman was even famous. That's a real tragedy by itself...

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor!

[–] kellyharris720 17 years ago

She was a genius.

[–] anrenaud 17 years ago

Anna Nicole Smith?

[–] Thought_Criminal_J62377 9 years ago

Anna Nicole Smith was as much a genius as Frida Kahlo. It's amazing how the word "genius" gets thrown around so loosely.

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[–] I_Heart_Zoolander 17 years ago

Personally, I love the movie. I'd even say it was one of my favorites, but eveyone's entitled to their own oppinion. Anyway, I'm just commenting because I thought it was funny that you said the only thing keeping her from being portrayed as a sterotypical Mexican woman was the lack of a sombrero and a bottle of tequila. Maybe you need to watch this again because she is in fact holding a bottle or glass of tequila in probably 40% of the movie.

"If an idea is any good it is on the verge of being stupid." -Michel Gondry

[–] Nutsferatu 17 years ago

Just saw this movie yesterday. I'm not a big fan of biopics, and this one did nothing to change my opinion. Although it's excellent in a technical sense, it's completely lacking in psychological depth, which is pretty astounding when you consider the complexity of the real-life Frida Kahlo. Seems like many of the people who love this movie are confusing the shallow movie with the deep subject. If you're that easy to please, you've probably also been moved to tears by Hallmark cards...

[–] mariecherie 17 years ago

I tend to judge how good a biopic is compared to how accurate they are to a person's life. This movie was pretty damned accurate.

"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck."

[–] DanceswCats 17 years ago

I cry over Hallmark cards, but only when I'm ovulating.....

[–] iAlsoLoveBees 17 years ago

That got a good chuckle out of me.

[–] anrenaud 17 years ago

Yup.

Very good film, though. Sourpusses are a pain. Gatos amargos.

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[–] peachila 17 years ago

It's not exaggerated. That's really how it was. That's the way Frida dressed and acted. Just look up pictures of her on Google, she was very attached to her culture.
And if you didn't notice there were a lot of bottles of taquila...

And what 'inaccuracies' are you refering to?

[–] stovebolts2002 17 years ago

It had to be accurate. Why else would Salma Hyack sport a unibrow?

[–] lacqua86-1 17 years ago

i enjoyed it. i thought i lived up to her spirit, which i think is the most important thing to capture in a biopic.

viva la vida.

[–] Voyager_I 17 years ago

Maybe the OP should listen to the conversaton with Salma Hayek on the DVD where she talks talks about how Frida's niece said this was the first accurate portrayal of her aunt she'd seen and that she even gave Salma Frida's necklace, which was very important to her.

"On the night of the fight you're going to feel a slight sting..."

[–] JonMongas 17 years ago

hey man. im mexican and i live in coyoacan near frida's house. i know a lot of this history. and i say... yeah, the movie is not a work of art, BUT is not the worst movie i ever see. you gotta be kidding. jajaja look this list http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom?tt0799949

I think. Si la hubieran hecho en español y con un director o directora que sepa mas de la historia de Frida, hubiera quedado mejor. claro, lo que dejo son a Molina y a Hayek. quedaron bien.

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[–] ChloeX17 17 years ago

I don't claim to be an expert, but from the many Frida books I've read this movie is actually not all that far off. Plus I would argue that the Frida character portrayed in the movie is against type. I doubt that the stereotype for Mexican women in the 1930's and 40's is a tequila drinking, woman loving, opinionated, independent, out spoken, communist sympathizing artist.