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Iñárritu's most difficult film.

posted 8 years ago by cdleorivera
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Just saw it about an hour ago and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Out of the four I've seen, it's my third favorite (Birdman, Revenant, Biutiful, Babel) even though they're all very close. At the same time, however, I feel like this is Iñárritu's most difficult film to date. Not just in the fact fact that it's in Spanish and is foreign to most people on here (which isn't a problem for me, as Spanish is my native language), but just in the themes it discusses.

More so than the Revenant, it deals with death and life. More so than Babel, it deals with communication problems (or lack thereof between Uxbal's parents and him). More so than Birdman, it deals with a man coming to terms with his morality, himself, and who he is.

I believe it's a very profound film with incredible layers that we have yet to understand, which is why it ha a 58 on Metacritic, a 60 on Rotten Tomatoes, and is tied for Iñárritu's lowest film on IMDb. I'm thinking of making a case study on it and then writing an essay so that more people can understand it.

Thoughts?

[–] Brendan86 7 years ago

Completely agree with your assessment. His most difficult, and that is why it is his best film in my opinion.

Would love to read your essay on it if you wrote it. I wrote a brief review, just my romantic sort of impression, not a real, objective review by any means. Biutiful touched me more than any of Inarritu's films.

I also think it's Inarritu's best character study/performance with Uxbal.

By the way, have you seen Amores Perros? And 21 Grams. You should watch.

If I had to rank in order of my favorites I'd go:

1) Biutiful
2) Birdman
3) Babel
4) Amores Perros
5) Revenant
6) 21 Grams

[–] cdleorivera 7 years ago

I haven't gotten around to writing that essay (even though I still want to) but yeah I saw Amores Perros shortly after posting the original post and I really enjoyed it. Some elements gave off a soap opera style feel which kinda threw me off but other parts were just gut wrenching. I have yet to see 21 Grams.