Review of Comandante (2003) by Tobias S — 20 Aug 2008

What a terrible movie. To start off, I've sendom seen an interview as badly done as the one that is at the heart of this movie. Stone jumps from one topic to another - often completely unrelated - topic at breathtaking speed, spends a lot of time on pointless personal quesitons, never goes in depth and never seems to have done enough research to press for an answer when it becomes interesting. Add to this some terrible camerawork and a soundtrack that couldn't be more cliché (Don't cry for me Argentina and Guantanamera? Come on!) and you have the worst documentary I've seen in quite a while.

Oh, Castro, all ideological differences aside and disregarding the more propagandistic answers, actually comes across as pretty reflected and interesting.