Love In The Time Of Cholera (Mike Newell, 2007)

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Antoine Doinel · #1 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:11 am

Not sure how good the film will be, the but the credit sequence is quite pretty.

125100 · #2 Post by **125100** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:17 am

Impressive, oh please god let this be good, I'm a big Márquez fan, I just pray Mike Newell doesn't cock it up too much. It so deserved someone better at the helm, I like John Leguizamo though and I haven't seen much of Benjamin Bratt, outside of Miss Congeniality, so hope remans...

Cold Bishop · #3 Post by **Cold Bishop** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:42 am

125100 wrote:Impressive, oh please god let this be good, I'm a big Márquez fan, I just pray Mike Newell doesn't cock it up too much. It so deserved someone better at the helm, I like John Leguizamo though and I haven't seen much of Benjamin Bratt, outside of Miss Congeniality, so hope remans...

Ahem... Javier Bardem?

And I don't know... the ultimate Marquez adaptation will always remain Terayama's Farewell to the Ark.

Dylan · #4 Post by **Dylan** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:46 am

the credit sequence is quite pretty.

I agree; it kind of brings to mind what you'd see on an "Animation Celebration" compilation a couple decades ago (although this is very brief compared to most of those). Too bad it's an end title, though...whatever happened to the elaborate main title sequence? But that's another topic.

#5 Post by **cdnchris** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:25 am

I'm interested in this one, but have to admit I was thrown off when I saw Leguizamo cast as Lorenzo. I may have characters mixed up but that was Fermina's dad, right? I think Bardem and Bratt are excellent choices for their respective roles, though. Very curious to see how this one turns out.

#6 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:16 am

Here's the trailer.

kaujot · #7 Post by **kaujot** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:06 am

That is an absolutely horrendous trailer.

#8 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:17 am

kaujot wrote:That is an absolutely horrendous trailer.

It's almost a parody of cheesy period-piece movie trailers. Whoever wrote that voiceover narration should be ashamed of himself. The earnest movietrailerguy performance of it is equally silly. The "original songs by Shakira" title card is the coup de grÃ¢ce though.

Antoine Doinel · #9 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:42 am

Jeff wrote:"original songs by Shakira"

::shudder::

#10 Post by **cdnchris** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:12 am

Wow, so did they put that together for the Oprah audience since she just picked the book for her book club thingy? That's the audience that trailer would appeal to.

Cold Bishop · #11 Post by **Cold Bishop** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:22 am

Wait, you guys didn't hear the earthy and magical rhythms of "Hips Don't Lie" when reading this book. I still berate Terayama for not using Gloria Estefan in his film.

Dylan · #12 Post by **Dylan** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:08 pm

Yeah, it appears to be in the league of Hallstrom's Casanova.

blindside8zao · #13 Post by **blindside8zao** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:14 am

um. So, did anyone watch this and consequently form an opinion?

hot_locket · #14 Post by **hot_locket** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:10 am

1. Yes
2. No

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