Y tu' Mama

After watching this movie I needed about an hour to process it before feeling like it had ended. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish and almost everywhere in between. There were a couple unnecessary scene's, or shot's within scenes (graphic nudity) but it didn't really take away from the movie enough for me to care all that much. The performances of the actors was brilliant, not many young actors could pull off the roles of the two friends but they did a wonderful job. Good twist at the end which gave the movie a deeper impact on me personally, yet almost seemed unnecessary. The story and idea of short interactions with strangers who come and go as well as longer friends who go so suddenly was really easy to connect with and added to the films success.

Cinematically, the shots were beautiful. It had the colorful feel of 70 mm film possibly? Not sure but it reminded me of Sin Nombre and City of God slightly. Over-all great movie and most definitely something I will be watching again in the future.

Easy Rider

I really liked this film and the message it carried. During the time it was made the general feeling of society was to go against the "norm" and that is exactly what the two main characters in the film do. The cinematic style of the film was even against typical standards of cinema. For example the transitions in certain scenes cuts in a way that I have never seen before. Short clips from the next scene are cut intravenously with the previous scene as opposed to a fade out and in or typical transition. Also, the end of the movie was in every way anti-"norm" or simple the oposite of typical movie endings. It was completely not-expected yet it played a large part in why the movie was so successful.

Everything about the movie combined together made the movie what it was, and I thought it was a great movie. The acting, the shots, the storyline, everything; great movie.