8 Namen für die Liebe

I really enjoyed this. I'm a big fan of romantic comedies even though most provide many eyeroll moments. They can put a smile on my face, and this did. Very lighthearted. It plays into every romcom trope! From "we have to pretend to kiss" to "we have to share a bed", they had it all. Nothing is even close to realistic, and there's very little depth, hence 6/10 despite my enjoyment.

As an American, I took some time beforehand to read up on Basque country which really helped me get the jokes more. I would recommend this if you like romcoms, foreign films, and getting a taste of other cultures. (Really what WAS up with her hair though?!)

Emilio Martinez Lazaro's romantic comedy with fine actors , adequate cinematography , sensitive score and professional direction . Romantic as well as entertaining comedy "Spanish Affair" (Ocho Apellidos Vascos) is taking the country by storm , getting a bit hit smash . Spanish comedy in which some attractive actors give terrific and sympathetic acting along with a funny screenplay filled with funny and bemusing situations . It deals with Rafael, (Dani Rovira) a Seville citizen who has never left the Spanish region of Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia (Clara Lago) , a Basque girl unlike other women he has known . He become involved into improbable situations when goes to Vascongadas and meets his love but also her peculiar father (Kara Errejalde) and a middle aged lady from Caceres (Carmen Machi) .

This enticing comedy contains emotion , humor , amusement and lots of jokes and laughs . The main premise is the following : our two protagonists get mixed up in all kinds of absurd , hilarious and even romantic incidents when appearing her father they attempting to pose as lovers and preparing their next wedding . The film moves in fits and starts most of which would be desirable, with more traps the viewer resists any kind , and moments of enjoyment and others quite a few embarrassing . This enjoyable Spanish comedy has humor , nice players , entertaining situations and lots of fun . Fun comedy and its success on the Bigscreen owes much to the Smallscreen , including romantic touches here and there and in which humor and entertainment are well guaranteed . The flick relies heavily on the continued relationship among four starring , but it doesn't make boring but entertaining . The picture attempts to spread optimism about the events of life , culture differences and love , including its amusing sides . The roles in this film are all lovable despite being rather pathetic and silly . Witty and agreeable screenplay from Borja Cobeaga and Diego San José , considered to be new kings of Spanish comedy . Dani Rovira steals the show as likable young who goes after his new conquest , he is the heart of the movie , he's great along with his couple , a very beautiful Clara Lago . Special mention to Kara Erejalde as grumpy daddy and sympathetic Carmen Machi , as always . Agreeable support cast gives good acting such as Alberto López as Joaquín , Alfonso Sánchez as Curro and special appearance by Aitor Mazo as embarrassing Padre Inaxio who receives a particular confession from Rafael/Dani Rivera.

Colorful and appropriate cinematography by Gonzalo Berridi . Evocative as well as adequate musical score by Fernando Velazquez .Distributed by Universal Pictures Intl. , the film has cumed more than $21 million since its March 14 bow , when it debuted to $3.9 million . But the pic has defied gravity at the box office , soaring 56% in its second weekend to $6.1 million , and rising successively . This Spanish blockbuster "Spanish Affair" or Ocho Apellidos Vascos was well produced by Lazona Films, Kowalski Films , Snow Films and Telecinco Cinema , whose owner, Spain's biggest broadcast network Mediaset and compellingly directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro . He was born in 1945 in Madrid , location in which he often shoots his films . He is a Spanish prestigious cinema director . Emilio is a director and writer, a good filmmaker expert on comedies as he has proved in : Los Peores Años De Nuestra Vida (1994) , El Juego Más Divertido (1998) and Amo Tu Cama Rica (1992) , drama : Las 13 Rosas (2007) La Voz De Su Amo (2001) , Musical as : Al Otro Lado De La Cama (2002) , Los Dos Lados De La Cama (2005). Being especially known for this ¨8 Apellidos Vascos¨ considered to be the biggest box office in Spanish cinema and he is nowadays shooting ¨8 Apellidos Vascos 2¨ .

This movie was a huge box office event in Spain, but is not an interesting film at all, especially if you aren't Spanish. It's basically a dull Romantic Comedy full of current jokes about local topics. Directing is even worst than script, with some really poor acting performances (others are quite good), and shooting, cinematography and sound typical of a soap opera.

The fact that we can play with the most extreme topics homelands identities (Andalusian and Basque) no one should be shocked or put the outcry indicates much of our maturity as a nation (no matter who). Well, I correct: the fact that we can play and derision and mockery of the topics on the Basques and Basque nationalism, no one should be shocked or put the outcry, indicates much the degree of standardization of certain issues before open sores were always willing to bleed. And I make this correction because the Andalusians have always been a source of banter and nothing ever happened.

For this reason, the approach of "Ocho apellidos vascos" is brave, is timely and is opportunistic.

Surely this is one of the main reasons that the Spanish have been flocking in a mass almost unprecedented theaters to see this product sponsored by Tele 5. Along with the successful release date That (between Oscar and summer blockbusters) and the brutal and exemplary marketing campaign, which I applaud and celebrate. That's all I can conclude from this nonsense, much to my regret.

I always say and I repeat that from "the dark pleasure of watching bad movies and enjoy them," and always insist that "we must not forget that the main purpose of film is to entertain." I say and I stand. The problem is that "Ocho apellidos vascos" is not bad enough, nor sufficiently geek, not crazy enough to be a "Bad Movie" (as Sharknado or Xanadu or Condemor). And unfortunately it is not entertaining enough to forgive their mediocrity (always from my point of view).

That is precisely the word that best defines "Mediocrity". It is painfully mediocre. It is simple, not easy. It is impersonal and worst: it is done reluctantly. The movie works because the interest, not original (remove an element of your environment and place in a completely alien and hostile is one of the basic arguments in comedy since the cinema is cinema), but which explained at first. but all the other elements just fit, or do not at all. The entire film is a sheer drop from a promising start to a shameful end, through all the "comic" situations manual and all the hackneyed topics sitcom.

But yes, I know, "all the stories are already told." You're absolutely right, but they are still have some ways, not original, but convincing.

And back to the main issue of much patriotic film (and many foreign): the script. Most managers confuse the argument with the script. The argument is the approach, the script, the development. There is an interesting approach, albeit clumsily presented, and at the inability (or unwillingness) of its director to develop a convincing (or crazily convincing) way takes refuge in a tangle of beginner, which does not know how to get out, although all intuit (and fear) from the beginning how he will do it: using force without lubricant.

What saves this product is the total collapse monologue speaker Dani Rovira, with his inspired monologues and brash, and Karra Elejalde giving life the only believable character in the whole story.

But it hurts me to think that this is what the public is waiting to fill the Spanish cinema halls. It hurts to think that film too, as almost all spheres of power, is in the hands of the mediocre. And it hurts me to think that they are the by-products like this that are going to save the Spanish film of water that it's been submerged by itself.

Stealing a quote: "It's not the same make films that make movies"

inspired by piensaencines

This is indeed a very funny Spanish comedy, with good acting by all the leads, a solid script boasting plenty of amusing situations and dialogues that never become too over- the-top or superficial, and some beautiful shots of both País Vasco (Basque Country) and Andalucía (Andalusia).

A word of warning, though: This film plays with local accents and stereotypes, current and past Spanish politics, and memes that you will have to be familiar with ahead of time to understand the gags. It is also heavily reliant on how Spaniards envision Basques, thus limiting its comedic effect to Spanish audiences (or at the very least, people familiar with the aforementioned themes).

I, being a Spaniard, had no problem having fun with this film. As enjoyable as it was, however, I can't help but find it undeserving of being the most successful film at the Spanish Box Office of all time, considering all the great cinema and the superior films this country has created in the past. But perhaps it's not so much the quality but the timing of this film that has led to its success: This film makes you laugh and sends a message of unity and love despite our differences. This may just be what Spaniards need in such hard times.