Thursday, June 3, 2010

Y tu mama tambien

I was somewhat disappointed with the last film. I feel there are probably other films more appropriate for a classroom setting that would have told the same story. However, I really do feel that teens need an incredible amount of love and support, and most of all...parental supervision! I think most parents strive to be a better parent than their own and as technology expands it is harder and harder to keep up with what your children are doing. I feel that old fashioned everyone at the dinner table and talking and everyone helps clean up after is very important. I don't recall seeing any parents in the film except the girlfriends' when they were at the airport. Without seeing the whole film I still feel this was a very sad film, that the boys were so lost without any family interaction that they persued this reckless lifestyle. And I also felt the young woman Luisa was so unfortunate and without direction because she too had been without a supportive family, parents who had died when she was young and the aunt whom she took care of until she died. I think you should reconsider showing this film in class and if you continue to show it always keep it at the end. It was a real downer after all the wonderful films before.