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Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada—based on
true events—recounts the Mexican government’s atrocities against Catholics in
its violent 1920s persecution. Mexican President Calles’ (Ruben Blades) historical
attempt to eliminate all Catholic religion, deport all foreign-born priests,
burn Catholic churches, and kill Catholic parishioners brutally comes to life
in this reality-based Mexican civil war film. Good historical rendering of what
came to be known as the Cristero War. The only fault in this movie is that it
does not properly show the magnitude or the impact of this war. The viewer sees
this event through a small group of impacted people and does not really
understand that this was a war that reduced Catholic priests from 4,500 strong
to about 334 individuals, now licensed by the government, to ‘practice’ in a
civil population of more than 15 million persons. The viewer does not
understand that over five percent of Mexico’s population fled to the areas
around Los Angeles (United States) to escape murder nor does the viewer
comprehend how well the United States has functioned as a bastion against
religious intolerance as it maintains quite necessary refugee cities for such persons
fleeing their own governments. The viewer is not given any appreciation for the
fact that the Los Angeles Mexican population is greatly founded from a
population with a need to practice their faith in freedom and security without
persecution from any political authority. This film is excellent, except for
its reduction of a horrific, widespread political persecution to what seems a
small scale challenge.
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Storyline
The
Mexican government ruthlessly attempts to eliminate the dominant religious
class into subservience to the political authority.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to
Director Dean Wright for directing efforts. Thank you to Producer Pablo Jose
Barroso for making the film possible. Additional Cast include: Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Santiago Cabrera, Rubén Blades,Bruce McGill, Adrien Alonso, Eva Longoria, and Peter O’Toole.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
This is a terrific film that tells its story well. Video Critique Available Here:
Dog Days—weird film, all over the place—has no goal or defined journey to follow. Everything from acting to portrayal to presentation run in the suitable to good range, but the movie has no purpose, no reason for being. The message is to love dogs which everyone can relate to but it needs more than that to exist. This movie runs slow at times and lacks the power to draw an audience.
Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia
Storyline
Several persons love their dogs.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Ken Marino for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Michael Glassman, Scott Holroyd, Alison Semenza King, Nicole Stojkovich, for making the film possible. Cast includes Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Adam Pally, Eva Longoria, Rob Corddry, Tone Bell, Jon Bass, Michael Cassidy, Finn Wolfhard, Ron Cephas Jones, Thomas Lennon,
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
No. This movie is 'hard ground to plow'. It makes the audience work for the watch when the movie should be working for the audience to watch.
