tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post110885198489898881..comments2023-10-29T10:41:21.303-04:00Comments on Castro's Favorite Color: Movie Review: Maria Full of GraceHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914637175040341245noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162381.post-1111241966678352732005-03-19T09:19:00.000-05:002005-03-19T09:19:00.000-05:00A very good movie that really left me thinking for...A very good movie that really left me thinking for a long time after the movie ended. It flowed more like a documentary than a drama for me. Extraordinary acting job by Maria, so much so I think I will try and find another movie with her in it. <BR/><BR/>Up until the last minute I viewed this as a tragedy, but a very puzzling tragedy that I am still trying to make sense of. Most tragedies seem precipitated by pride, or hubris. But none of that here...or was there? In one of the opening scenes Maria rejects her boyfriend to climb to greater heights rather than continue with her existence...difficult job and family situation. But wanting more than that life offered....does that qualify as the hubris precipitating a tragic sequence of events that leaves her friend dead, sister on a wayward path, family in Columbia in peril, and unborn baby at extreme peril? <BR/><BR/>In the end, she decides to stay in America, for the opportunities it will provide for her unborn child. A rather thought provoking immigrant story. Who, or what, is to blame or needs to be changed to divert such tragedy from recurring? Is this even a tragedy, or some dark story of hope, coming of age, and coming to America?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com