Tengo ganas de ti

The first time I saw this movie was on TV...then I watched it 5 times again. Then I created subtitles for this movie on my own, just so I could show it to my friends. In short, I love this movie. Probably the best movie I have ever seen. Can I explain myself objectively and make arguments for why? No. This movie just left such an impression on me that I couldn't forget about it and watched it over and over. The drama, the romance, the acting, the flirting, the sadness...I just felt such an roller-coaster of emotions watching this movie and it hooked me from the first 5 minutes.

I can't recommend it highly enough.

Tengo ganas de ti (I want you) is the follow up film to 3 metros sobre el cielo (3 steps above heaven). H returns home from abroad more mature and while he settles in at his brothers place, he meets up with some of the remaining members of his old crew. He also meets Gin, a young free-spirited bohemian artist who lives with her brother and is very interested in H. H gets a job in a theater as assistant production crew and Gin ends up trying out for the production...just as things heat up between H and G, Babi arrives

Babi introduces a melancholy section to the film when what initially seems like a reunion becomes closure and leads to some devastating events.

The ending was decent, but overall the first film is better. Mario Casas and Clara Lago, have great chemistry as H and Gin and I did prefer their more mature connection, but the overall story between H and Babi was much more epic and film worthy.

I did like this more mature H and I love Mario Casas...but I am going to stick with the first film is better. I can recommend it to those romantics who are looking for closer between H and Babi.

Review is based on watching in it's original Spanish language with English subtitles.

I would have preferred H having returned either having worked overseas or having completed his studies and then look up a job either with his brother or elsewhere. Moreover his silent love for Babi should have continued wherein Babi's parents finally realize that the boy has changed and make way for him to meet Babi to forget the past and reconcile and continue their loving life to really be Three metres above the heaven. Instead I observe H continues with his usual reckless life and ends up a loser. Finally what is H going to do in his life - no one knows. Good acting but could have had a better ending. After all Love conquers all.

It started really good but the end was just too much drama that it was too confuse and unbelievable.

One happening after another and one more drama story after another. Even dramas of persons who aren't important for the story. Just a strange and unnatural way to add more and more feelings of drama. At the end it was just stupid, silly and unnatural behavior.

It's really a shame that any romantic drama gets put in the "soap" corner. You can put the cliché tag on almost everything obviously, but when it is shown with actors playing convincing characters as in this one, you should be able to differentiate. I haven't seen the "prequel" either, but the movie still makes sense and is nicely told. And as said, the actors are really good.

You should be aware, than different from US movies with a romantic touch (well most of them obviously, not all of them), you do get to see people having sex in this. Not explicit, but there are naked body parts that you will be exposed to. Why? Because it tries to keep it real and not give you just a romantic version of something that does not exist. Can you handle that?