Mind of Migg

I’ve been excited to see this movie since I saw Carlos Cauron interviewed at the 2008 NALIP conference last March. I’m a big fan of Carlos: he co-wrote Y tu mama tambien with his brother, Alfonso. He’s written a few scripts but this was his feature debut in directing. The film also had two of my favorite actors, Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal.

I really enjoyed the movie. It had some really funny moments and a quick pace. James saw it before I did and also enjoyed it. He pointed out that there was very little soccer played by the stars onscreen, which is usually a good thing. I had no idea how little he meant until I saw it, but it was surprising. I don’t think I saw Gael near a soccer ball for more than five seconds. It was effective though. James is absolutely right that it’s better to have the action happen off screen than show how bad they really are. I hate watching movies when it’s clear that the actor isn’t very good at the sport they’re supposed to be a star in (think the entire roster of High School Musical).

I wish the subtitles had been a little better though. I’m pretty sure they either sent it to England or used an English guy because I saw “wanker” and “mum” multiple times. Violet said it was funnier because they used serious hick slang because that’s the type of characters they were. Since I’m in the midst of learning Spanish with Rosetta stone, I tried to listen and get a sense of what was going on before glancing down at the subtitles to see if I was on the right track. I think I’m going to start recording Spanish shows to start doing this regularly. But that’s completely off-topic. Go see Rudo y Cursi. It’s a fun movie and a good time.