Yes, my love for GGB is TOTALLY justified...

After a sunny afternoon of reading the paper in lovely Fort Greene Park I decided to have a tasty burger and fries at the Academy Diner (they are snarky as FUCK, but those folks grill a mean burger) and check out The Motorcycle Diaries...and dammit if that didn't just spin me into a world of happy.

For those that don't know this beautifully shot film is based on the journals of a 23 year old Ernesto Guavera de la Serna...more famously known as Che Guavera...and his friend Alberto Granado and their trek across South America in the beginning of 1952. I must say, the journals bore me to bits when I read it ages ago but this film...yes film, not movie...made up for it ten-fold.

Now yes, I have a deep appreciation (i.e. obsession of some sort) of Gael Garcia Bernal and EVERYONE and their mother knows about but for real...this is completly warrented. And The Motorcycles Diaries just reinforces it.

Not only is it just gorgeous to look at but the performances are great...not only GGB's but that of Rodrigo de la Serna who plays Alberto...without his funny, sweet, and tasteful choices in this part Gael wouldn't have been as good...and brother is good. It is so nice to watch a flick with a young actor that is just that, an actor...not some young punk that wants to be a STAR. This gent could easily jump on that Latin heartthrob bandwagon but instead he actually continues to work in his country (and other Spanish speaking countries) and supports their scene...admirable. I don't see Antonio Banderes doing it, and lord knows, if he spoke Spanish again in his films I would able to stomach him! I cannot wait to see Bad Education...I said it before and I will say it again. Him and Amodovar together, I might have a slight stroke...if it hits my right side I best be learning how to work the left right quick.

So this is the conclusion...do yourself a favor go to a theater and check it out...and check out a filmmaker and actors that love a land that is really never represented in such a gorgeous fashion. Yes, this is a film that delves into the poverty and injustice in a region that inspired Che but it also so how grand and beautiful it is too. Remember the Americas represent more than just the U.S. and this is a reminder of that.

Okay, back to being bitchy and oh so humorous in my posts...and talking about how pretty GGB is!