Comments on: Che Poster

By: Austin

Austin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:24:31 +0000

“Do we all really need a history lesson?!”

Unfortunately, assuming a competency in history on the part of a modern North American / Western internet audience is a losing proposition. Especially on a website devoted to movies.

Given that the most cogent defense of Communism to be seen on these pages is (paraphrase) “it looks good on paper,” I think expecting much reasonable analysis is setting yourself up for disappointment.

BTW, for those who are interested (and I don’t know many are): no, it doesn’t “look good on paper.” It looks just as insidious in theory as it does in application.

By: shotty

shotty — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:07:03 +0000

che is not from cuba-tvo

By: Amiga

Amiga — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:22:19 +0000

For more info on The Argentine and Guerrilla, and on Benicio Del Toro visit http://www.beniciodeltoro.ca

By: T-Vo

T-Vo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:55:10 +0000

Ok, let me rephrase that since in Cube the government pretty much brainwashes propaganda onto the people. In Miami, you will not find a Che shirt. If its so repected than why is the government so scare of their athlete defecting every time they place abroad? And Athletes are probably treated the best in Cuba.
Che, Mao, Lenin…all are immortalized in their cities. Does this make them all good men? Do we all really need a history lesson?!

By: shotty

shotty — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:57:57 +0000

Che is a god in cuba! communism is respected in cuba. go there and see for yourself. does anyone know one thing that miami cubans have in common? and tvo, you cannot walk an inch in havana without seeing a “trendy” che shirt or statue or some kind of memorial to the great man.

By: Simple Simon

Simple Simon — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:44:09 +0000

Let me first say that I’m looking forward to seeing this. It looks like it’s going to be a very well done movie.

Now…having spent some time in Central America, I can tell you that all of those kids running around with Che tshirts they bought on Daddy’s credit card don’t have a clue. They would’ve been among the first that Che put up against a wall. Yes, he did things like that. I know he’s a hero to some (I’ve seen a total of two Che paintings on walls in Central America). To most in Latin America, he is a villain. There are a lot of corpses whose only crime was to disagree with the man. My argument is not about Communism vs. Democracy. I cannont call a man a hero who makes it his legacy to travel from country to country, turning people against each other and puting guns in their hands. That is what he did. He was a professional “war-starter”. Call it what you want, but that is exactly what he did.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:51:38 +0000

CIB3K, sounds like the communist education system has done its job with you. Guevera became basically what he fought against. He replaced one system of domination with another, his own. Hopefully the movie will tell the whole story not just the hero worship story. Its ironic that Guevera probably would have ideologically been against a commerical movie where the rich get richer off his image.

By: cib3k

cib3k — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:46:15 +0000

I lived in communism for a while, until the revolution that turned the country to capitalism. And I’ll have to say it was better before. A lot of people here are thinking the same way. The situation in the country was actually better during the communist president, as stupid as he was, and some people now look back at him as a hero. I’m not saying there were great times before – there were problems and I understand the people that hate that period, but overall they were better times. The quality of the people was certainly higher. There was less poverty, people were more educated, humble and wiser. The revolution (that was actually initiated from outside) has replaced one imperfect system with another one even more imperfect. Democracy is not the answer. Democracy is the dictatorship of the clueless masses. In the land of the idiots, the mediocre man is a king. People don’t have to be let do what they want. People need guidance and education. The problem is choosing the leaders, which more than often leads to a mess.

In the recent Transsiberian movie, a russian character played by Ben Kingsley has this to say about the post Soviet existence: “Once we were a people living in darkness, now we are a people dying in the light, you tell me which is better.” I’m not from Russia but this applies to my country also.

By: doug nagy

doug nagy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:40:24 +0000

@ EricD

I believe communism is a fantastic idea, and far superior to capitalism (on paper). Unfortunately, I also believe that due to human nature – it will never work, save for some communes and the kibbutz .

In order to make it work, communist countries have to resort to totalitarianism and/or dictatorships; which I do not support.

As T-Vo has already mentioned, the theory works far better than the practice.

In order for communism to work you would need a one world government and a planet of Vulcans.

By: LESLEY

LESLEY — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:12:36 +0000

TIFF = Toronto International Film Festival
http://www.tiff08.ca
[world's worst website - my apologies from all Canadian film fans]