Amores perros

Last night we watched a NetFlix 'Amores Perros', which in spite of good acting (Gael García Bernal had a leading part), fine direction and writing by the guys who did '21 Grams', I can not recommend.And I can no recommend it for a reason that rarely comes up for me -- content.

The movies primary subject matter of infidelity and killing dogs was simply too disturbing. While the movie broke little new ground in the realm of documenting infidelity, it broke huge amounts of new ground when it comes to killing dogs. It killed many many more dogs than perhaps any movie made --- certainly more than any move I've ever watched. And it killed them in gruesome ways. And somewhat on a whimsy. On the whole it was very disturbing, and an unfun experience, which did not have enough artistic merit to make up for the depths of the subject matters emotional content.

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