As I continue on with movie reviews I decided to just make it a complete week with family friendly movies. This week I did The Book of Life, which was a very visually striking movie but that is about it. It takes place as a story told in a Mexican town where to young men are fighting over one women who is supposed to be the love of their life. The movie, to me, had some things that didn't make much sense. For instance, since the movie took place in Mexico, you would think that the two men who are fighting over their love would have a Spanish speaking accent. Nope, only one did. One of the characters were voiced by Diego Luna and the other was Channing Tatum! So we had one character who fit properly into the story while the other just talked with a normal American accent. The story style was very conventional and predictable with a couple jokes tossed in. If you love movies that are fun to watch in terms of the colors and setting this movie may be for you. For me, the visual element only lasted long, the story gets dragged on and is fairly simplistic.
The one thing I will say about the past two movies I have reviewed. (Lego Movie and Book of Life), both hold a common theme of having the main characters think for themselves. Which is something Lego Movie really hits home with making that almost the whole theme while Book of Life hints at it for about one minute of the movie. Many things get built up in the film that end up never really coming full circle. Book of Life stars Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, and Diego Luna. It is directed by Jorge Gutierrez and produced by Guillermo Del Toro. I give this movie a 5 out of 10.
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| Poster for The Book of Life |
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