tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post8278401686967381834..comments2023-09-02T07:11:07.958-04:00Comments on From the Front Row: Review: "Love in the Time of Cholera"Mattie Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04031967293313685427noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post-59729437601438104282008-04-11T01:07:00.000-04:002008-04-11T01:07:00.000-04:00I would like to point out, and this is a rather p...I would like to point out, and this <BR/>is a rather picky point, but Magical Realism is not the same thing as "Lo Real Marvillso." It is a misconception that is both tiring and absurd. With that being, as an avid reader of Marquez and someone who is both a student of film and Spanish I can tell you this. The film sucks. Marquez, who was also a screenwriter, once claimed that the novel was something that could never be filmed. He was entirely correct. Your right though, anonymous 1, German painting is not for everyone. If you don't understand what I am talking about than you don't understand what magical realism is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post-81846168716058628862007-11-22T10:31:00.000-05:002007-11-22T10:31:00.000-05:00A movie is a movie and a book is a book. A film a...A movie is a movie and a book is a book. A film adaptation of a book should be able to stand alone without the book, or it is a failure as a film. Which "Love in the Time of Cholera" is. I don't know how closely this follows Marquez's novel, but for the most part it seems like Cliff's Notes. The first two "Harry Potter" stuck very close to the novels, and were failures as films as a result. The same applies here. If what you say is true then this film destroys everything the novel was supposed to be. Since you have apparently not seen the film yourself, maybe you should see it first and not judge it based on the novel.<BR/><BR/>As we all know, the book is usually better than the movie anyway.Mattie Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04031967293313685427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post-57581840068995626482007-11-22T07:13:00.000-05:002007-11-22T07:13:00.000-05:00This is an adaptation of a novel. Maybe you shoul...This is an adaptation of a novel. Maybe you should have read the novel first to see if you liked that, because Magical Realism isn't for everybody. There is also a strong political context to the book and if you don't have much knowledge of the history of Colombia and of South America, you could easily miss out on the the critical symbolism which is found throughout Garcia Marquez's work. I advise people to read to novel first, and any critical notes they can lay their hands on to understand the subcontext...and then see the film. This isn't meant to be just a 'love story'...there's much more to it than that, unless the Director didn't stick to the novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com