Che, Part 1 (2008) Reviews

	DAVID P.

9 out of  11  people found this review helpful

The acting in this movie was superb, but the narrative really sugar-coats Guevara's and Castro's ruthlessness. Che himself executed many middle class Cubans on the way to Havana (never even hinted at in the film), even when they assisted the revolutionaries. His role in the Cuban intervention in Angola is not covered at all in the film-- Castro knew that Che was a threat. It goes to rounding out the complexity of the character- while on the march in Cuba, Che NEVER bathed or washed his clothes, even when the opportunity presented. His men called him 'el chancho' (the pig). If you really want to get a balanced view of this important man, don't rely only on this movie for the truth. I'd highly recommend Motorcycle Diaries to understand his early years and how he morphed from a gentle Argentine med student to a revolutionary terrorist. And there are several books that deal with a balance of the good AND the evil in the man.

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	Thom O.

3 out of  4  people found this review helpful

As a former History teacher, I would have liked a captivating historcial narrative. They somehow took the fascinating part of it and gave you the mundane. I won't be going onto Part II

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	Jay S.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

this acting is ridiculous. they speak english! and the guy who plays che looks nothing like him; he looks more like Pau Gasol! This was terrible! For a good one see Che starring Benicio Del Toro!

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	Robert N.

1 out of  2  people found this review helpful

The opening was muddled, confusing, and generally poorly done. The remainder of the film was only marginally better.

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	Jaime A.

5 out of  9  people found this review helpful

This movie misses a lot of detail and is just a propaganda film to promote "Che" as a hero. They definitely missed the innocent killings that took place in Cuba after they took over Havana; the land/business nationalization by Fidel; CIA involvement in trying to take Che alive at the end. Great famous actors making their cameo will not change my mind. Marxist ideology is good on paper, but making it work is another thing. Just look at Colombia and their Marxist rebels; look at destruction created by communism in Eastern Europe before you start glorifying Castro and Che.

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	Elizabeth J. H.

2 out of  5  people found this review helpful

It was a good history lesson on a man who give his all for the cause..

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	Wamunyima K.

1 out of  4  people found this review helpful

the acting in this movie was great with a great cast,, great potrait of El Che

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	Patricia S.

1 out of  4  people found this review helpful

Good Movie.

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	Kathleen S.

0 out of  3  people found this review helpful

I would really like to see this movie but the disk arrived broken. Will you please send me another one because I never saw the movie.

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	YIMY P.

17 out of  83  people found this review helpful

I WANNA SEE BENICIO AND ALL THE OTHERS LIVING IN CUBA THEN THEY CAN THEY CAN REALLY CALL THEM SELF COMUNIST BUNCH OF HIPOCRYT CHE AND ALL THE CASTROS ARE A BUNCH MURDERS I ONLY REALLY SORRY FOR THE MEMORIE OF CAMILO WHO WAS FULLISH BY CASTRO AND CHE AND HE IS ONLY PURE REVOLUTIONARIE AND THE ONLY CUBAN HERO OF THE REVOLUTION

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