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Amores Perros

Amores Perros

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best mexican films ever
Review: This movie represents what's going on in Mexico city, the biggest city in the world. It also shows part of the culture as well as the violence we live in our nation.
Probably a movie you'll never forget.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "SUPER PELICULA" 5+ stars
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You have to watch this movie this is the best movie I've seen in a long time, there's a lot of blood and violence but still a great movie. I've read lots of reviews about the movie most of them focus on dog fighting,violence and blood but none of these three things are the real meaning of the movie...

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Human Savagness
Review: Amores Perros connects the stories of three people with shocking vividness. Each story involves dogs as well. The 1st tale concerns of a teenager who decides to make some money by entering his pet in dog fights. The 2nd involes a test as to whether an affair is only skin deep. The 3rd, and most memorable,is about a myserious homeless man who goes accompanied by dogs. The film has been categorized as Tarantino-esque. And it may be, but only in structure. The film is a powerful one. It gives a brutal, unflinching look at human nature, as well as the harsh realities of life. 3 1/2 stars (out of four, of course.)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great movie... See it for yourself !
Review: This is a very good movie, regardless what a lot of people say about the dog fights. I agree, it is pretty intense but if people knew that all these are trained dogs used in TV commercials and other movies maybe their perception would change.

Have the people who criticize this movie seen the "behind cameras" that comes on this DVD? There, PROFESSIONALS -again PROFESSIONALS (not "dog lovers") explain the way these fight scenes were done. A lot of them are just edited and a lot of times the dogs cannot even bite each other because they are tied on their mouths and the ties concealed with make-up or hair.

If you still think that those dog scenes were real, I think you have big problems. Then, I guess you also think that movies such as BRAVEHEART and GLADIATOR used real people, huh? Give me a break... And why don't movies like SCREAM or I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER bother you as much? Isn't there violence, slaughter and death in them?

Yes, life seems to be tough in Mexico City... But that is the REAL WORLD and people must learn to deal with it! What did you expect from the largest and most populated city in te world?! Broaden your horizons. There's a world outside your bubbles and your little white fences.

Other people complain about infidelity, murder and violence in this movie... Is that new in the place you live in? What about high Government figures having affairs? Gun fights at highschools? Freak car accidents? Robbery? Shootings? Drugs? Bigotry? ... I think it all exists where you come from, but don't want to see it. You think that the place you live in is the best in the world, but it also has its faults, just like Mexico City.

Get an opinion of your own and rent/buy it. Don't let "dog lovers" tell you it is a bad movie. I highly recommend it. Being born and raised in Mexico City (but living in the USA for quite some time now) I can tell you it is most excellent, and very real.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: a must see - 4 and a half stars
Review: Excellent film. Although I don't speak fluent spanish, it's funny how I still found the dialogue to the most realistic I've heard from a movie in awhile (with very good subtitles). Perfect acting all around, including the dogs. Yes I found the beginning story to be a little too violent and I was worried about the dogs, but I accepted it because it wasn't just for shock value. This movie was long, but I was never bored because the creativity of the screenplay kept me on the edge waiting to see what was going to happen next.

Sure this was NOT a happy film, but all of life is not happy and these characters exist somewhere in real life. What's this movie about? Three words sum it up best: "love and loss".

One of the best films I've seen in awhile.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very Real
Review: Yes, this movie acuratly depicts how life is in Mex city. I am so happy to say that finally there are excellent movies coming from Mexico again, it's been 50 years. The acting in this is great, and the car crash scenes were intense. Also the DVD includes 3 great videos from Julieta Venegas, Control Machete and Cafe Tacuba. This movie will stick in your head for a while. WARNING, this is not for kids, this has more swearing than I've ever heard, and it is rather violent.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best movies ever produced in Mexico!
Review: Amores Perros is a clear picture of modern Mexico. The movie pictures the reality of the mexican society in a way only Gonzales IƱarritu can. In order to appreciate the movie, the viewer has to see beyond the dog fights and the violence of the movie, and focus on the social aspects of the film. You will find that most of the violence and blood of the movie are justified for one reason or another, and you will also see a picture of the different social classes in the Mexican society. This movie is great for people in the U.S that think every country in the world is like the United States. I would recommend this movie to all the people out there that don't know Latin America, or just don't care about Latin America. Maybe after seeing this, they can start thinking a little outside the "box of stars and stripes".

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great flick
Review: Amores Perros is a really great movie following the path of movies like go and pulp fiction with several different interwoven stories taking place in a fairly short period of time. Each story somehow involves a dog of some sort as a central feature of its theme. It involves people from different walks of life like people involved in the dog fighting crowd to famous models. It's definetely something worth watching.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Bleeding, dying or dead dogs
Review: This movie is not for the faint hearted. If you are OK with bleeding, dying dogs then you will like this movie. The film is gritty, shocking and at times, brutal. The movie reaches in and grabs you, slaps you around and then leaves you feeling violated. The movie's entire message is that love for anything or anyone will cause you horrendous pain and suffering.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Espectacular!
Review: Hace algunos meses adquiri este DVD, pero solo hasta el pasado fin semana tuve la oportunidad de recorrer la totalidad de su contenido y me encontre con varias sorpresas que me parecieron muy interesantes, entre ellas una version de la pelicula con la explicacion y narracion de Alejandro Gonzalez IƱarritu escena por escena, y un "Making of" Amores Perros con el profesionalismo que no envidiaria para nada un documental sobre un film de Hollywood.
Volviendo a lo mas importante Esta obra del cine latinoamericano es un "Must-Have" una obligacion para cualquier amante del cine hispano, para entender sus nuevas maneras de contar historias, para identificarse entre la diversidad de personajes de la vida contidiana en el tercer mundo y sobre todo para darse cuenta de lo lejos que ha llegando nuestro cine a manera de superproduccion.


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