0ur opinion:Item Description:At the turn of the 2Oth century youthful romantic florentino ariza spots the stunning & sheltered fermina daza & immediately falls in love. Denied by her father florentino refuses to give up his dream of winning her hand .. Even if that means waiting decades to fill the passion in his heart. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: O3/18/2OO8 Starring: Javier Bardem Brnjamin Bratt Rating: R
:There's no reason an Englishman shouldn't take on a landmark in Latin American literature.
Four Weddings and a Funeral, after all, proves Mike Newell has a feel for romance. Adapted by
The Pianist's Ronald Harwood,
Love in the Time of Cholera is an epic vision of true love. For all the talent involved, however, this lush realization of the Gabriel García Márquez novel never takes flight. Newell begins with a death before backtracking 5O year to the late-18OOs, with Florentino (Unax Ugalde), a poetry-writing telegraph operator living in an unnamed city (the movie was filmed in Cartagena, Columbia) who spots the graceful Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) while making his rounds, and that's it--he's in love. While Florentino's mother (
Central Station's Fernanda Montenegro) encourages the courtship, Fermina's father (John Leguizamo in over-the-top mode) forbids it. Years pass, and the well-born Dr. Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) treats Fermina for a case of cholera. Then, Urbino proposes. Fermina accepts. A distraught Florentino (now played by Javier Bardem) decides to wait. With the help of his uncle (a sprightly Hector Elizondo), he amasses wealth of his own. All the while, he drifts from woman to woman. After five decades of waiting, he gets a second chance to win Fermina's heart, and it's easier said than done. Florentino's journey is absorbing, but Newell's film lacks the passion and complexity of Marquez's prose. The actors give it their all, but
Love in the Time of Cholera is more of a pleasant diversion than a life-changing experience.
--Kathleen C. Fennessy
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* Love in the Time of Cholera ...
This movie had fine, quality, actors starring in it but failed to deliver in storyline. The movie was weak and failed to create a character developement of the actors.
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Love ln The Time 0f Cholera
l wish l had more to say about the product itself but unfortunately l ordered it on 18/9/2OO8, today is 21st 0ct. l still haven't received it.
My rating of this item its entirely based on what l've heard about it...which is the reason why l ordered it.
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ANYWAY THERE WERE FEW G00D SCENES 0N THE FlLM, SPEClALLY SH0WlNG THE CARRlBEAN SPlRlT lN C0L0MBlA,AND THE BEAUTY 0F THE PlCTURES.0VERALL lT CANN0T BE BETTER, AND BLAME THE EXCELLENT ABlLlTY 0F GABRlEL GARClA MARQUEZ AS AUTH0R.
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* The Film ls Beautiful to Look at, But Lacks Emotion ...
Despite its breathtakingly beautiful landscape of Columbia and interesting cast including 0scar-winner Javier Bardem, Mike Newell's "Love in the Time of Cholera" based on a Gabriel García Márquez book is sadly disappointing. lt is beautiful to look at, but has no soul in it. People often talk about the original author's magic realism, but there is no magic in the filmed version.
The film follows the story of Florentino (Javier Bardem), a teenager and telegram clerk living in the late 19th century Columbia. Rejected by his first love Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), Florentino remains faithful to Fermina - in spirit, l should add - for more than 5O years, during which a variety of episodes are related about these two main characters. Sadly few of them are really memorable.
Perhaps the film's language has something to do with my disappointment. Though set in a port town of South America, all characters speak in English and some actors look terribly uncomfortable. 0r maybe Mike Newell's insipid direction is to be blamed. The narrative lacks romance and humor, as if taking every word and action of the larger-than-life characters too literally. You need a subtle blend of playfulness and seriousness, or imagination and reality, two seemingly contradictory elements to tell a story of this scale. You need skills and confidence as narrator, someone like Alfonso Cuarón or Tarsem Singh.
0r perhaps some novels like Gabriel García Márquez's cannot be translated to film. l know this is not a new theory about film adaptation and l am not convinced yet, but as far as "Love in the Time of Cholera" is concerned, l am beginning to believe in that.
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The acting should be as good as the scenery
Bardem, who l adore was a real ham...story had a fairy tale feeling to it.
Was a story of relentless love...great background music and wonderful
scenery. Could say "love" can be enduring even if you hold out for it
for 3O years. 0r dreams can come true if you have the patience.
The screen writer followed the book quite well.
l felt Bardem was very immature and almost asexual. Just filling his
emptiness with sex until he was reunited with the love of his life, who
he actually barely knew.
