Opinions: A Day Without A Mexican
Apr-28,2007 Filed in: OPINIONS
MOVIE: A Day
Without a Mexican
Being the avid library supporter that I am, I noticed this movie a few times at our local branch – and thought about renting it – but never did. Then, with all of the immigration stuff going on lately, I heard something about the movie on the news so I rented it for my trip to Lake Saranac. This movie is set in California where one day this strange storm comes in and all of the Latinos disappear. It is obviously trying to show how hard life would be without the immigrants that people are complaining about. I can agree with this point. (SIDE NOTE: I got a forwarded e-mail a while back from some “Christian” organization urging American Christians to buy a bunch of stuff on the immigration Monday that happened about a month ago. It said we need to show them that they don’t rule our economy. I think it might have been the least Christian “Christian” e-mail I have ever received. Give me a break.)
So back to the movie. They were making their point that we would really miss the immigrants if they all left. We need to appreciate them more. My problem is not with their purpose, it is just that the movie was really stupid. There was one surviving Latino who was actually Armenian but didn’t know it until late in the movie. When she found out about her real parents, she said that her heart was Mexican. Then she disappeared. How touching. I really wanted to like this movie because there is no greater feeling than being able to recommend a movie nobody has heard of. But nobody wants to hear that you are disappointed in a movie they have never heard of. So save yourself the trouble. Just admit that you would really miss the immigrants if we kicked them all out – then you don’t have to watch this bad movie.
RATING: 1 Gully
Being the avid library supporter that I am, I noticed this movie a few times at our local branch – and thought about renting it – but never did. Then, with all of the immigration stuff going on lately, I heard something about the movie on the news so I rented it for my trip to Lake Saranac. This movie is set in California where one day this strange storm comes in and all of the Latinos disappear. It is obviously trying to show how hard life would be without the immigrants that people are complaining about. I can agree with this point. (SIDE NOTE: I got a forwarded e-mail a while back from some “Christian” organization urging American Christians to buy a bunch of stuff on the immigration Monday that happened about a month ago. It said we need to show them that they don’t rule our economy. I think it might have been the least Christian “Christian” e-mail I have ever received. Give me a break.)
So back to the movie. They were making their point that we would really miss the immigrants if they all left. We need to appreciate them more. My problem is not with their purpose, it is just that the movie was really stupid. There was one surviving Latino who was actually Armenian but didn’t know it until late in the movie. When she found out about her real parents, she said that her heart was Mexican. Then she disappeared. How touching. I really wanted to like this movie because there is no greater feeling than being able to recommend a movie nobody has heard of. But nobody wants to hear that you are disappointed in a movie they have never heard of. So save yourself the trouble. Just admit that you would really miss the immigrants if we kicked them all out – then you don’t have to watch this bad movie.
RATING: 1 Gully