Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) 1280x720 HD English 6 channel AAC

If you did not read the book the movie is worth it for the story and scenery.

As the actors are supposed to get older during the movie by 50 years...

but the actors don't and so the heavy make up and obvious young people trying

to act and walk like old people irritated me a bit.

But I gave it a try and was not dissapointed.



The AAC 6 channel surround file is normalized after i found the ac3->AAC conversion did not perform Dynamic Range Compression by defualt, but already deleted the source file.

Hope the audio is fine, can't test the surround as i only have stereo equipment.

It sounds fine to me...



NB: playing AAC in AVI files is uncommon.

tested the video on SMplayer (plays perfect) and VLC also works.



enjoy!



IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484740/
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Writing app. Mediacoder & AVI-Mux GUI 1.17.8 Jubler for subs

File size 1.62 GiB

PlayTime 2h 12mn

Bit rate 1746 Kbps

VideoCodec h264=AVCHD

Resolution 1280 x 720

Aspect ratio 16/9

Frame rate 25.000 fps

AudioCodec 225 Kbps 6 channel 48 KHz AAC LC-SBR

Language English

Subtitles Synchronized English .srt





Some User Comments:



82 out of 121 people found the following comment useful :-

Amazing book. Wonderful story. Great film., 17 November 2007

9/10 Author: Lindsey G from United States



Love in the Time of Cholera is one of my top five favorite books of all time. I was so excited when I heard it was being made into a movie. I'm one of those who approve of books being made into films, as long as they reasonably stick to the novel, because they bring a new perspective and life to the story.



However, I had read nothing but horrible things about this film before I went to see it. Now that I have, all I can say to all those who had only negative things to say is: HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK? "Love in the Time of Cholera" retains the same authenticity and tone on the screen as it did on the page. Yes, the characters are strange people, but that is what makes them memorable; we see parts of ourselves in them and parts of their culture that molded them into who they were. Bardem's Florentino is being called a "creepy" "stalker", but his actions in the novel are no different then those on the screen and reflect the passion and desperation of the world he lives in. Fermina is being called "cold" and "unlikable", but in the novel that's what she is; a haughty, proud woman who keeps her heart buried.



I know the number of bad reviews out there will undoubtedly outnumber the good ones. I don't care. I urge you to go see this film. The novel it follows is a classic and is one of the greatest love stories of all time. Its characters are not perfect, they are human. The scenery, costumes, and overall atmosphere of the film are authentic and moving. But at the heart of the images, there is a love story that is timeless, character traits that hit close to home, and a happy ending that it seems few of us find.



This is why we watch movies. It's not the entertainment, the celebrities, or the technological feats. It is the stories that make us think, that cause us to question the world we live in. We all didn't watch "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the comedy or memorable performances (though they were). We watched it for the time it portrayed, the people it involved, and the message that made us ponder what our world was, is, and is going to be.



"Love in the Time of Cholera" is a movie about us. The faults, successes, failures, and dreams we all have. It is worth anyone's time to see it at least once.



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A Successful Translation of the Book, 17 November 2007

10/10 Author: idavem from Los Angeles, CA, United States



I was primed to enjoy the film because some events in the book dovetail with my life. I wanted to see how it would be translated to film. I wasn't disappointed.



An enormous amount of the book was inside the film. Many of the comedic and tragic scenes in Garcia's book were included, well-captured by the dialog. The cinematography was a superb visual equivalent to the author's luminously written depictions of a fairytale world.



If I'd not read the book first, and if I didn't find some elements of my own life inside the book, I'm not sure what I would have made of the film. I can only base my review on the fact that I've read the book, and that the makers of the film obviously did their best to be as truthful to the book as possible. The core belief of the film as well as the book - that love, in various forms, can last a lifetime - is true.



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23 out of 36 people found the following comment useful :-

Beautiful...sorta, 10 November 2007

6/10 Author: nonsequitur247 from United States



*** This comment may contain spoilers ***



I must admit, I was a bit disappointed. However, I knew the story that was the basis for this film, and being well aware of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's acclaim, I expected nothing short of a masterpiece. The cinematography was decent; the acting, good. My main problem was the direction and the writing.



I felt that this story was beautiful in theory: man falls in love, woman spurns him, he continues to love her for 50+ years while finding physical consolation in 600+ women the mean time; and when he finally wins her over when she's widowed and in their mid-seventies, so overtaken by age that they're heartbreaking to see, they consummate their love on a boat. Does that sound like an insensitive capsule summary? Well, that's what I felt this film did to the story.



I could tell it was going for a sweeping love epic of a serious nature, trying remind its audience what love really is and how long it can last when true. Yet, mostly, I felt that the poor man was somewhat pathetic, that his love was forced and false, to a degree, and the woman he loved was silly and backbone-less. My rational side kept reminding me that it's a story, that there are other things that must be taken into account - differences in class, differences in family situations, the setting (early 20th century Colombia) - but emotionally, all I could see were two very silly, selfish people. I feel like this is a result of the way it was directed, and perhaps edited as well. The tone was off.



Aside from that, the film was beautiful--breathtaking shots of Colombia. If you can get past the lacking character portrayals and simply let the story move you, you'll definitely like it.



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