Why was it necessary to shoot Guido? It was pointless and only served as a plot device, because otherwise we wouldn't have a movie on our hands.
Also, it's really cliche and unimaginative to rely on a dream/hallucination to create suspense.
All in all, I thought this was a lame movie.
Obviously it was necessary to shoot Guido because Guido had head-butted the shooter and was about to kick his butt and grab the gun and then who knows what.
shareI disagree. Unlike most dream plots, this one contained all the keys to figuring out the film. There was not a single wasted scene and nothing was made irrelevant. It was an excellent example of actually using a dream technique.
I agree, still, they were things that didn't make sense, like the picture taken in ARgentina.. what was it then premonition coupled with wishful thinking?
The ending of this movie was not satisfying. It made no sense to me that he would just let her go like this. This was a MAJOR heist and gang of criminals!! even as a former cop he wouldn't have let it slip.
also, we don't understand his motivation. why did he leave the job? was he disillusioned? In order to understand the ending we would need to understand what motivated Guido.
still. the movie kept you glued for good three quarters. then it started slacking and became nonsensical.
Well acted though. You wanted to stay with the characters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DCNxoUG_38
She dreamed up the Argentina picture and then went out of her way to take it in real life, only with her boyfriend in Guido's place, as part of her attempt to get Guido out of her mind.
Guido is on the verge of turning her in, but can't bring himself to do it, because he loves her. This is presaged when he decides to give her the necklace even after figuring out the whole thing, and when he and Sonia make it clear to one another that they both know what's going on between them emotionally, when they pretend to be talking about Margarita and her boyfriend.
He left his job because his wife was killed.
In order to understand the ending we would need to ...
watch the movie more closely, or use our brains.
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"still. the movie kept you glued for good three quarters. then it started slacking and became nonsensical. "
I have to agree with you... after the coma wake up the movie is bored..
Yes. Rather than just leaving us guessing about the nature of reality as the better class of "metaphysical thrillers" (e.g., "Blow-Up") do or copping out with dream sequences, drug hallucinations, etc., as the McGuffin. this film used a (at least, possible) physiological condition as the basis for its exploration of the perception of reality. A dream is not involved.
shareI really liked this film a lot! The dream thing (coma) sort of reminded me of the sequences in the Robert De Niro film where he goes on a opium dream and we are not sure what is real or not real. It worked for me.
The acting was good, direction great, cinematography and pacing excellent.
I saw it in a theater last night.
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Totally agree w/ ivantikhvin...this movie made on sense and was a waste of 90 minutes of my time.
shareNothing was pointless in this film. The boyfriend shot Guido because he knew that both of them were in love with Sonia at that point. That's why he taunted him and that's why they started to fight.
It's important to realize that this film is half romance, half thriller. Thus it involves a "romantic logic": everything the two men do involving Sonia has to do with love.
The coma dream sequence was awesomely constructed and contained no redundant scenes, even if it was based on dream logic.
The only thing that I didn't necessarily like (but what was realistic) is how no one wins at the end but the criminal boyfriend: he is now both rich and has the girl.
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Guido is seen with his cop friends towards the end of the movie, suggesting he may have informed them. he is also seen speed dating again and this time more cheerfully . I think he did inform the police and moved on in life. while Sonia is seen pensive, fiddling with the pendant he gave her.
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