Amores Perros
Uh huh, González Iñárritu’s films somehow are all the same, maybe that’s the reason why I found it rather difficult to write about “Amores Perros” – I couldn’t help but think of Babel all the time. When we watched Babel, I found the intertwining of the story lines quite interesting and original only to see that actually Iñárritu doesn’t do anything else. However, Amores Perros is much better than Babel, and that’s not only because (or even though?) it’s his first film.
Of course, I have to insert a little paragraph about Gael García Bernal. Even though he isn’t all dominant in this film, I have the impression that his presence distracts me from everything. I’m not even sure whether I would consider him a ‘good actor’, because I end up judging him whether the particular scene he plays arises sexual desire in me. In this case, I actually mainly paid attention to these looks he gave that girl that made me think “How can you not fall for these eyes, stupid!” In Y tu mamá también, he was a little clumsy kid until the crucial scene in which they all suddenly matured so that the scene itself turned out very sexy. And in Babel, the lack of these kinds of scenes with him turned his presence utterly uninteresting.
Weirdly, it’s not like I find him good-looking in the sense of Josh-Hartnett-good-looking XD He’s just got those looks which I have seen in real life, but rarely in an actor, by the way.
(And oh my god, he used to date la Loliportman? How dramatic XD)
In the end, I guess I simply should watch Amores Perros a second time to get my thoughts about it right. At least I can say enough that if Momo has liked Babel at least a little bit, he should take a look at Amores Perros too *g*