Rather than wading your way into a story, like most films do, Talk to Her dives right in, plunging you deep before you resurface with any idea of what the film entails. In the opening scene, a red curtain is drawn on two women performing on stage, running between chairs blindly. The scene is nothing short of odd, no characters are identified, neither is a plot. However, this is only the beginning. The film plays a ballgame with your emotions, rendering you forced to think about the complexity of the story and its characters.
Talk to Her (2002) is a brilliant masterpiece directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The Spanish film evokes strong emotions while slowly building a unique storyline. With love and infatuation melding together often, the lines between …show more content…
In the beginning, we see Marco cry several times. Following the tears streaming down his face in the intro, Marco cries again after he meets his girlfriend Lydia, a female bullfighter. Lydia’s lethal fear of snakes drives Marco to kill the one in her house. Lydia starts to fall for Marco while he cries following the killing of the snake. Almodóvar balances the emotions of love and despair like a scale of balancing a pound of feathers and a pound of bricks, one that he complicates further through the film. His emphasis on opposing emotions involving love challenges the cliché notion of …show more content…
Rather than an intimate two way street, a tragic act takes its place. Albeit it is a slow burn at times, the film develops on prominent social issues. It is fearless taking on new and taboo perspectives on widely accepted opinions. Almodóvar’s masterpiece is worthy of all the praise, as each detail adds value to the whole. From every nuance of emotion all the reflective pieces on the characters’ past, Almodóvar captures the ramifications of an average person. Even though you will most likely not relate to the character situations, their subtle emotions are brought out perfectly for you to empathize with. The movie forces you to think beyond just the screen, making it worth every penny to
Talk to Her (2002) is a brilliant masterpiece directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The Spanish film evokes strong emotions while slowly building a unique storyline. With love and infatuation melding together often, the lines between …show more content…
In the beginning, we see Marco cry several times. Following the tears streaming down his face in the intro, Marco cries again after he meets his girlfriend Lydia, a female bullfighter. Lydia’s lethal fear of snakes drives Marco to kill the one in her house. Lydia starts to fall for Marco while he cries following the killing of the snake. Almodóvar balances the emotions of love and despair like a scale of balancing a pound of feathers and a pound of bricks, one that he complicates further through the film. His emphasis on opposing emotions involving love challenges the cliché notion of …show more content…
Rather than an intimate two way street, a tragic act takes its place. Albeit it is a slow burn at times, the film develops on prominent social issues. It is fearless taking on new and taboo perspectives on widely accepted opinions. Almodóvar’s masterpiece is worthy of all the praise, as each detail adds value to the whole. From every nuance of emotion all the reflective pieces on the characters’ past, Almodóvar captures the ramifications of an average person. Even though you will most likely not relate to the character situations, their subtle emotions are brought out perfectly for you to empathize with. The movie forces you to think beyond just the screen, making it worth every penny to