This film will not be listed on my top 6 films. I'm pretty open minded but I would suggest this film not be shown in the future. That's my opinion, that's my final blog.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Wow, What can I say about this film. Definitely not one I would have ever chose to watch. I felt it was an inappropriate film for this class. That being said, this film was based on the lives of two teenage boys, Julio and Tenoch. Both boys were without much of a father figure. Julio was from a middle class family. He was raised by his mother and older sister. Tenoch was from a more influential home with a father being a political figure. These two young men seemed to not have any strong parental supervision. They were sexual promiscuous, using drugs and alcohol on a regular basis. The macho attitude of the Hispanic male was seen strongly in this film. Luisa's husband had many affairs. Julio and Tenoch admitted to having sex with each other's girlfriend. They were angry and referred to their girlfriends as "sluts". What a double standard they portrayed. Again, this film had political issues with demonstrations in the streets. I did not watch the ending of this film but I looked up the ending and found out that Luisa left the boys in bed with each other. I'm sure the scene was awkward when they woke up. They returned home. Luisa stayed at the beaches. Julio and Tenoch happened to meet each other a year later. Luisa had died of cancer a month after their trip. The two young men parted and never met again.
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Great point on your reflection. I agree with your suggestion. What a sad ending for Luisa. What a difficult reality many teenagers experience in life. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteElaine, Good point about the macho aspect also being depicted in this film. When Julio, I think it was, pushes Luisa outside the car during one of the arguments, I thought, here we go again with that attitude. Juno's infidelity would also fall under that machismo umbrella, although I thought it was interesting he would call Luisa and admit his infidelity. Didn't really notice machismo too much otherwise in the film, unless you want to consider the boys bragging about their sexual conquests as macho.
ReplyDeleteThanks for looking up the ending to this film. Not viewing the ending did leave me wondering how the film progressed from where we left it. I figured Luisa was on one last hurrah but didn't realize she was that close to death.
Also agree with your first few lines of your blog, could have done without this film.
Dianne Cordrey
I agree with the fact that this movie was hard to watch. Neither of the boys had much of a parental figure in their life which I feel helped add to their actions. I feel that a lot, not all teenagers engage in activities such as these but with a strong parental influence they are lessened. I remember being a teenager not too long ago and these situation with sex and drugs being prevalent but I never felt the need to fit in and go along with peer pressure. But I also had very strong parents who were willing to talk to me and be there in life's confusing times. I also agree that I will not add this to my watch again film, but feel that some parents need to see this movie to realize this stuff happens. Most teenagers aren't the little angels that their parents would like to think they are.
ReplyDeleteI wondered about the health of Lusia. I couldn't understand her character very well. I am glad you looked up the ending and answered that question for me. The decisions of the teens were very self centered and dangerous. I don't think they even considered anything beyond the feeling of the moment. I don't know if they were educated about the health risks they were taking, but I hope all teens know the risks of their behavior. These teens seemed bored with the summer and were looking for ways to have fun. I wish the parents had been more involved and the teens had made better choices.
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