1. Tyrone

   10

   Unparalleled in execution and unbiasedness , a truly un-hollywood picture uncompromising and meticulously realized. there will never be another like it or not .… Expand

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2. Lizziebeth-1

   5

   My taste for this was ruined by 1. Higher (unmet) personal expectations about Che’s actual achievements 2. Nil editorialisation except date/time stamping 3. Nil emotional impact due to the inexorable drive to its fait accompli impoverished ending 4. Tricky structuring of the narrative 5. badly handled subtitling – although I usually like subtitles 6. my tiredness due to its duplicate length (in less than comfortable cinema seating at the Sydney Film Festival). As with Soderbergh’s Full Frontal(2002), which I watched again over the weekedn for comparison, this entry is qutie a-typical of him. The director makes no effort to stamp his creative mark on this bio flick, I don’t think, except that some scenes were incomprehensively shot with a blue filter, possibly as a poor-man’s process (day-for-night). Che Parts 1+2 are intentionally minimalist – my contention being that it’s TOO minimalist, because how do you account for the subject’s infamous, mythic international cultural status borne of nothing but his 1. incorruptability with the peasants, and 2. his grimy beard? Much worse, the audience was just as worn down - in a bad way - from all the grime and violent gun battles as was no doubt Che himself (but even that wasn’t properly brought out). While on an intellectual level I can admire that, it does not a movie make unless there is an emotional connection. But if this overdue film’s very nature is such that audience affect and emotion is deliberately worn away, so all we’re left with is the (blue) footage just flowing in front of our eyes, then what was the point after 50yrs ? Maybe the point is that there wasn’t one. Not even for Soderbergh. I’d even go as far as to say that while at the end Benicio’s Che was, of course, utterly unresponsive to his team’s and his own capture, and to his dream’s complete failure as he was executed, ironically that was the most impactful he had been for me during the whole preceding 4hrs. Now how was THAT worth a film ? Lizziebeth-1, IMDb Sydney, Australia.… Expand

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3. PaulS.

   2

   I did not pay 15 dollars to see 5 hours of a man trudging through harsh terrain. I get it; his life was hard. I learned little about the man or the history surrounding his life in five hours, which seems like an imposssibility but is true. I was angry with myself for staying in the theater for the whole film, but I kept thinking this movie might get better. This is an apic failure on Soderbergh's part.… Expand

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