Tagline: Before he changed the world the world changed him.
So, I wanted to see this movie because the cinematography looked amazing and the trailer promised an exciting adventure following the real memoirs of Che Guevara. The plot follows Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) as they travel across 1950's Central America on a motorcycle in order to see the country and interact with the people. The movie is based on the actual events that ocurred over a century ago and does a very nice job of not focusing on the politics much, beside the blatant gap between the campesinos and elite. The movie mainly focuses on how this trip changed both of their lives forever and gave a great background and insight to Guevara's later history. The cinematography was beautiful in this movie and the plot did actually flow very nicely as if it was an original screenplay. Gael does an amazing job and really give depth to his character. Even though Rodrigo was more of the comic relief and used to contrast Guevara's character, he really does an outstanding job and is so genuine and really helps the plot out greatly which makes the movie very entertaining even for those who are not Guevara fans or history buffs. I'm usually drawn to the Latin foreign films and this was probably the best Latin period movie I've seen. This movie was produced by Robert Redford and they actually had the real Alberto Granado as a technical advisor on the film. I would recommend this movie for anyone who enjoys beatiful foreign movies about humanity, a Che Guevara fan, or a Gael Garcia Bernal fan. Great quote, "You gotta fight for every breath and tell death to go to Hell".
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