Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Y Tu Mama Tambien
American teenagers have a reputation for being self centered and being concerned only about what they want and this seemed to be the same in this film. The teenagers did not appear to have caring parents who spent time with them. Unlike the other films which showed the Hispanic culture to be very famiy oriented, this film showed teenagers to be very self oriented. They made many poor choices regarding promiscuious activity, drinking and drugs. They did not seem to have any concern for morals and even broke their manifesto. They seemed to care about "feeling good" and what pleasures were available for the moment. They seemed to get bored very easily and did not have any jobs or responsibilities over the summer. This seemed to allow them more freedom, to leave for several days looking for heavens mouth. This also lead to more trouble. Luisa was a difficult character to understand. The film talked about the quiz she took in a magazine which said she had morals and was independent. She was not described as independent when talking about the entertaining she and Jano did. She said she felt out of place with the conversations, and wanted to ask if they could name all the teeth in the correct order. I also wondered if she traveled with the teens because she was dying. It briefly mentioned the doctors office and at another part it showed her not really sleeping and said she was afraid. I found this movie very crude and difficult to watch.
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I agree that these boys were self centered. They had girl friends but it did not stop them from sleeping with everything that moved. I do however envy them for being carefree at this time in their lifes. I think we put so much pressure on our kids today to make good grades, to get a job, to do this and that, that we forget that they are that just kids. I do not agree however with the drinking and smoking and the marijuana usage.
ReplyDeleteAs far as Luisa goes I think she was responding to both the news from the doctor and having it confirmed that her husband was cheating on her. She wanted to tell her husband about the news from the doctor when he called her crying and she was never able to tell him. I think she went on the journey with the guys to have some fun and forget about her own troubles. She was tired of always doing what was right and what others thought she should do. I just hope she died happy and at peace with the choices that she made during her last month of life.
I really was not sure why Luisa went to the doctor. I thought she probably had herpes, AIDS or was pregnant with the activities that she and her husband were involved in.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to find that the ending was that she died. I guess she was dying in the poetic sense during most of the movie, so that was just a fitting end to a wild movie.