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El escapulario (1968)
Good Movie
Great classic Mexican cinema. Its about the power of a scapular and its passage between brothers finally arriving to an old lady. As she lies in the death bed she gives the scapular to the village priest. After, the priest leaves the house he wants to go back only to find that the house had be abandoned for many years and that the lady had already been dead for some time. The movie is in black and white. It can get a little on the creepy side as well. The style in the production is not used anymore by Mexican cinema. In the 80s the production values changed. Most movies started being about drug trafficking and sexual content. This was a disregard to actual story line.
Selena (1997)
If not rushed
This movie was alright. The movie was rushed during production and left out many essential parts. The people tried to audition for the part of Selena. Because acting is not something done over night the producers decided on using an experienced actress in Jennifer Lopez. The movie was too campy. Being a Selena fan, myself I really didn't appreciate the many stereotypes in the film. For one thing, I don't say something in Spanish then translate myself in English. "Queremos bailar... We wanna dance!" The music montage during "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" was good. Still on and on the story still managed to get across. It would be nice to possibly see a Director's cut of the film. This may be the improvements it needs.