El lado oscuro del corazón 2

El lado oscuro del corazon (1992) is a great movie, full of poetry, or metaphores and yet, full of humour. Oh, and it has a story in it.

Then, 10 years later, the director tried again... and gave us THIS. It's terrible. Nothing to do with the first one. A simple, plain story, with too many quotations (no matter they belong to great latin american authors, they seem here too cheesy, out of place) and stupid methaphores (sometimes too obvious, some others just boring). The old characters have lost all their spirit; the new ones are just cartoons of what they could be. Their relations are so stiff that you can't belive them... Do yourself a favour. If you saw the first film, forget there was a second one. You don't need it. If you haven't, do it -watch the first one and forget there was a second try of the director of getting some easy money thanks to the 10th anniversry of his only good movie. Remember, nobody will give you back the couple of hours you'd use in watching this film. So, if you can, avoid it.

I first saw this movie a few years ago - probably at Montreal Film Festival - and was pleased with everything I saw. At the time I had not seen the First ''Lado Oscuro de Corazon".

Labelled as ''2'' this is not a true sequel but more a clin d'oeil to american cinema that so often gross us out on repeated capital exploitation of a weak

story line and benign subject for the sole purpose of attracting to the mass... this is not what we have here - but more like an interesting poetic broodling on the subject of Man/Woman mysteries

I didn't see the first in this series, cut considering the earlier posting, perhaps it is best to see the Dark Side of the Heart (2) first if comparison with the other could interfere with enjoyment. IMO this movie stands well on it's own. The questions about life and love link the plot together beautifully. Who hasn't had relationships that felt like that? I liked the way suspense was built by keeping the scenes and characters somewhat out of sync. The character metaphors were great. I laughed. I cried. I could relate.

There is still one character I couldn't figure out. The lady that introduces him to the motorcycle man. I have a few ideas about her, but still I'm not sure.

El lado oscuro del corazon 2 is such a great movie... if your expecting to see subiela's first masterpiece El lado oscuro del corazon again then you re not gonna like this one... because this one just a little tiny small movie (not as big deal as the first one but with a same message).

This time Oliverio not only has to struggle with "death" but now as his getting older and finds himself lonely and miserable he realize the weight of time on top of him and he got to do something about it...

This one has the same magic that number one had and also has a great story, characters and music!

So sit back, grab a beer, light a candle and let this small little great movie enters your heart

In my view, it's an excellent movie picture. Besides the great poetry by Mario Benedetti, Juan Gelman and Oliverio Girondo presented there, it has a story and is both beautifully and skilfully enacted, filmed and directed. Not only the fact that those are some of the most important Latin American poets counts here, but also the fact that it's original to build a meaningful, original and interesting story upon their poems, by connecting them together in a plot which catches your attention. Of course, this is only a personal opinion, as it always is because one is always influenced by its own references, but anyway, you can take my word: I've seen a lot of movies and I assure you this is a very good one.