I was not thrilled with this film. It was not the nudity, sex, or the drug use that bothered me, I just did not think it was really an appropriate film for the use of cultural diversity. The thing that I really brought away from the film was that it was teens at their "best" or their "worst" if you wanted to describe it that way. I think it proves that teens not only get out of control here in America, they get out of control in any country. They will do anything for the attention they are seeking. This is a natural reaction for any child that is not getting the attention they need. These two boys were left to fend for themselves on a regular basis. They were left to their own imaginations wherever it took them. They chose to bury themselves in sex, drugs, and alcohol. The other thing that peaked my interest was the fact that Tenoch came from a wealthy upbringing and Julio came from a poor upbringing. They managed to become the best of friends.
What one did not have the other could manage to come up with. They both had girlfriends that were going away to Italy for the summer. They made promises to their girlfriends and the girlfriends made promises to the boys of fidelity and continued love in their absence. This did not last long when they met Luisa, the wife of Tenoch's cousin. Each of the boys befriended her and invited her along for a trip to the beach and the private beach that did not apparently exist, nonetheless they set out to find it. They finally reach their destination after they had fought, had sex with Luisa and only by chance meeting a family on the beach who takes them on tours of the local beaches. They come upon the Heavens Mouth, the beach that they had told Luisa about. Luisa knows the entire time of the trip that she was terminally ill. She chose to not to tell Jano her husband of her illness, she chose to leave him. I think that when Jano called her and told her of his infidelity, she realized that she had spent a lot of time lonely, waiting for her husband to come home, all the while he was cheating on her which she suspected the whole time. I don't think she set out to get even with him, I think since she was dying, she thought it was time for her to live and experience things she had never experienced before. It would have been nice to see the ending of the movie in order to see if the boys would have done any growing up after the experiences of their youth.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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Cammy,
ReplyDeleteI liked your spin about teens at their "best" or "worst". Really any teen in any culture you would look at could have these issues if not properly educated or guided. Time is changing our world in many ways....including the pressures and choices teenagers have to make.