Love In The Time Of Cholera! (film)

[annabelle]

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Haven't read the novel, but i certainly loved the movie! Saw it last night and up to now, it still puts a smile on my face everytime i think of it. Its a love story but it does not really focus on the love they have for each other, but how they spent the time waiting for the right moment. Lots of practical green jokes, so its not that boring. Boys will like it! You guys check this movie out![br]Posted on: March 14, 2008, 10:41:37 AM_________________________________________________S tarring: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Hector Elizondo
Synopsis:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA straddles the line between pop and art, and manages to be both a bestseller and a literary masterpiece. With an excellent cast and a timeless story, Mike Newell’s cinematic adaptation strives for that same balance. As a young man in... [More]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA straddles the line between pop and art, and manages to be both a bestseller and a literary masterpiece. With an excellent cast and a timeless story, Mike Newell’s cinematic adaptation strives for that same balance. As a young man in 19th-century Colombia, Florentino Ariza (played primarily by Javier Bardem) falls in love with a beautiful woman named Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno). But an overprotective father (John Leguizamo) and too much reality intrude on their romance, and Fermina marries a successful doctor, Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt). But a wedding ring--and the passing decades--aren’t enough to dissuade Florentino from his love, even as he beds hundreds of women as he tries to get over his undying passion. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood (THE PIANIST) distills Garcia Marquez’s novel--which spans more than 50 years and almost 400 pages--into an accessible film. The basic element of the book--Florentino’s love for Fermina--remains intact, and it’s driven by yet another excellent performance from Bardem. Fans who were impressed by his masterly turn as a cold-blooded killer in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN will be pleasantly surprised that the Spanish actor can be just as adept playing a character driven by love. As in his previous work such as FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, director Mike Newell has assembled another fine cast that also includes Liev Schreiber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Hector Elizondo.

Official website:http://www.loveinthetime.com/

[aya_diwata]

I was shocked to see a Marquez's paperback of this at 285 - his books are usually over 500+

I'm glad now it's in motion picture.

More of Marquez!

[josephdc]

@Annabelle: Read the novel just last month. I liked it. It was interesting, although there were parts that I found a bit disturbing and disgusting...

Haven't seen the movie yet.

Hey, why don't you join our book club? "Love... " was our book for February. (Check the thread entitled "Bookfellas" at the Arts & Literature section )

[annabelle]

@josphdc im not really a book lover. i don't really read much novels. but i will join your club if its okay with you na naa masagol nga dili book lover.hihi...mubasa ra ko ug book kung ma intriga na jud kau ko..

[Galadriel]

watching the movie now. a lot of things have changed in the movie when compared to the book. still have to finish watching it though.

[annabelle]

daghan man mga critic wala ganahi sa movie ani. lahi ra daw sa novel.


" Forget the heat of passion: The movie never breaks a sweat."

"Newell's adaptation infuses its source material's classic romantic tropes with all the poetry of a dog dish."

"This highly melodramatic screen version of the heralded 1985 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a major disappointment."


for more comments from critics about this movie- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1184...rder=asc&view=

[sheeshcute]

Wa ko nalingaw sa movie. Maybe I was expecting too much.

[hpxox_007]

hala.. i saw serendipity balik bg.o lng and mao mni na book n.mention dd2. nndot ni?

[mortar@pestle]

i just saw the movie last night and i believe that reading the novel would be far more interesting..
the movie reminded me of another film, great expectations..naay tragic twist sa love story
just one piece of advise for those who are planning to watch it..dont cha expect too much when watching the film, it might frustrate you..
by the way,john leguizamo as fermina's dad is not so fitting for the role..

[kalanrakas]

@ mortar&pestle

Have you read the book?

I'm a Marquez fan and I don't want to get hoodwinked by an adaptation that is too far from the book. I don't think that a movie could ever justify a book but something too far out is not acceptable. Like what they did to John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany" when they dished out the movie "Simon Birch".

Just like Irving novels, Marquez' books are quite hard to turn into faithful movies, I think.