Diástole y sístole: Los movimientos del corazón

Diastole y Sistole is a movie broke down into a series of short scenes (sketches) which are by no means meant to be sequentially linked. There is no character development because the basic idea behind the movie is clearly to underline the fact that there are some stupid things that love makes us do,universal mistakes and situations that are repeated over and over again by all of us no matter how many times we've gone through these situations, and thus Her and Him are ANY two guy and girl on different relationships and points in time. The sketches bear no relation to one another besides being based on relationship based situations or occasionally ludicrous scenes that exaggerate the idiocy behind love. This movie might then result amusing for someone who doesn't idealize love as a Julia Roberts movie, but rather a common experience that creates a bond between every person that has ever been in a relationship but not necessarily in love. In this sense the movie had an added value on spectator complicity and collective laughter when seen on a movie theater that could be lost when seen alone on video. So if you're gonna watch it at home at least make sure you have invited a couple of friends and to have between them a healthy balanced male : female ratio for some situations are gender aimed.

Some people told me that this wasn't a great movie but a funny one. It wasn't true. This movie it's a lot of boring sketches. Every sketch it's just the recreation for the camera of a bad old joke or any line of an stand-up comedian. Maybe this is the cheapest movie ever made and you can notice the poorness.

My first exposure to Colombian cinema was disappointing. Neither of the two main characters are likable and the plot keeps going to implausible scenarios. Plus, there isn't enough character development because I was left wondering about why each of the characters acted the way he or she did. We don't get a good enough look into their lives and such. That was the most lacking point of the film. And the comments that flashed in between each scene was just so overdone and such.

I'm sure there are better films from Colombia out there, but this ain't one of them. Hopefully, I'll find a better movie to rate next time. Skip it.