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Y Tu Mama Tambien By Alfonso Cuaron

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Y tu mama tambien Y tu mama tambien, a film directed by Alfonso Cuaron. A twisted movie that that demonstrates the results of what happens when you let sexual desire dominates, and the mission to find personal happiness before death.
Though the movie is not all about sex and discoveries. Though its essence lies between the characters sexual journeys.
The viewers might find the movie appalling and the sex scenes more visible and not the movies actual concept. Its usage of constant relentless camera shots, reaction shots and cross cutting made the films actual concept ambiguous. And also partially capturing the sense of what traveling is like. Beneath those shots and sex scenes there are certain messages that the film portrays, especially …show more content…

There are elements of desires and temptations portrayed in the movie, on how it can hurt an established relationship. And how things can change despite the things you’ve been through. How you decided to resolve issues, answer questions and make decisions after. The sex scenes and the conversations plays a huge role in the overall concept of the movie.
At first, the film seems to solely focus on sex, but its sole focus is about how it broadens your perspective when you travel or have a time for your self. A time where you get to picture things differently, how sentimental you get when your death is near and the thought of betrayal. Traveling in an unusual way and going to places that is less known and meeting locals gives you a better glimpse of what their culture is like. You see more and discover more, and what ends a certain journey is when things start to sink in to your thoughts and after that you’ve suddenly changed. This can be seen if you analyze the characters action in the …show more content…

How you end the journey is what makes a journey great. A journey that began with adventures and fun and only to end it with a tragedy is not something you want to look forward into the future. Watching the last scene and analyzing it would give you a broader perspective of the movies theme. The last scene shows Julio and Tenoch waking up at the same time where Luisa had left them. It’s the part how things are just starting to sink inside their minds. They begin with an exciting adventure, discoveries, crazy pursuits, contradictions and a bit of understanding along the way. Then suddenly things didn’t turn out the way they thought it would be. The last scene is the best example of what only makes a journey worth remembering is on how happy you felt when it ends.
Though the funny thing is, after such a great journey it has to end in a tragedy. Hard to imagine how it could exactly happen, but then again. its one of those things about sex, you have the tendency to ignore things even though your aware how it can deteriorate a relationships or how things will change just for the sake of sex. Its a natural result of what happens when you let sexual desire dominate. The last scene doesn’t exactly generalize the whole concept of the film, but it does give a new beginning to the films actual

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