Let me first start off by saying that I really did like this movie, it got my attention!!
I want to discuss the topic of characters. With the first couple opening scenes right of the bat I thought of the fairytale story of Cinderella, although the movie and the actual story are different they did seem to share a couple of things. First off Tita's horrible horrible horrible mother, she definitely related to the mother in the story of Cinderella, they way she treated poor Tita and the fact that she made Tita take care of her till her death that's would be a torture sentence for anyone.The magical realism that I picked up on was when Tita thought she was pregnant and her mother's ghost kept coming back and haunting her, we all know that doesn't happen in real life well the part where the ghost pops up in the kitchen while your cooking. I noticed too the fact that Tita was the youngest and that she had two older sisters, Gertudis however ran away and found her own husband while the oldest stole Tita's boyfriend to which he became a husband right from under her nose.
Pedro on the other hand did not share any similarities with the prince in the story of Cinderella, in fact he almost reminded me or a wet dish rag! The fact that he led poor Tita on for so many years and expected her to wait and then was upset with her when she was to marry the doctor... he is a big fat baby who only thinks about himself.
I also noticed that at the end of the movie where Pedro dies in bed with Tita and the fact that Tita ate the matches which then took her life that was straight from the story Romeo and Juliet, only the tragic ending because I do not think that Romeo and Juliet's story really related to the movie in a whole.
Overall again I thought it was a really good movie, it's been my favorite so far!
This was my favorite movie so far too. I think it was because their was so much going on at each particular scene. That mother was horrible. She reminded me more of the mother from Mommy Dearest.I wrote in my blog, I think she just made up that rule about marriage.
ReplyDeleteThe ghosts I thought were used to act like they were scaring Tita, but more so I thought we were getting a look into Tita's mind at what she still struggled with even after her mother died. Just like in real life she finally stood up to the ghosts and her emotions and did not let them rule her. She took more control.