In the first thirty minutes of the film, nothing is clear. The footage flashes at such a speed that it is not that you catch the plot, you simply do not understand what is happening. And when you're less sure what's what, it's clear that Alejandro is singing an old song. Again, three stories develop in the film, again they are all unhappy in their own way, and again they are all intertwined at one point. To be honest, this banality is already quite tired. It is clear that Iñárritu has already created his own style of storytelling, created his own system of presentation of material, but again it all comes down to the same thing, and the topics are always similar. That in the movie "Love Bitch" raised themes of relationships between people, only there more lyrical, and here. There is a misunderstanding of many people of each other, the interweaving of their fates, it is impossible to understand who is good, who is bad. Or rather, you can, but everyone must decide for himself who is who. Personally, I empathized with Jack Jordan in this movie, although I’m sure almost everyone would call him a negative character. But he is the only one who repents of his actions, and this is at least worthy of respect. Again, it all comes down to an accident. What's in "Love Bitch" here, it's all the same. Movies are very similar, and do not hide it. Iñárritu did not want to make a revolution in cinema, I am sure he tried for his fans, and he did not let them down, and for us, ordinary viewers, he again gave a very, very good picture.
Now on the cast. If in the movie “Love Bitch”, with which I draw parallels today, all the actors were unknown to me, then there is a whole pack of stars. You got Sean Penn and Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro. By the way, the cast is the strongest part of this film. I haven’t seen this kind of performance in a long time, in three directions. But what I liked most about this movie was Benicio Del Torro. This is almost the standard of supporting acting, although I would say that in terms of importance in the film he is even more important than the character Sean Penn, who also brilliantly played his role. I love the talent of this actor, I love watching his films, and in this film he did not let me down either. Well, Naomi Watts also played well, for his level, still I don’t really like this actress, although I love the same movie “The Call”, but somehow she didn’t like me anywhere, but then she played, again, well.
Anyway, I liked the movie. He raises at least some themes, in contrast to many modern paintings. I have great respect for Alejandro González Iñárritu as a director, he makes an unusual film in his own way, and for that I thank him very much. And this film is credited.
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