Movie: Bella

I recently had the opportunity to view the critically acclaimed “indie film” Bella. Living in Los Angeles has it’s perks when it comes to movies as we are able to view many movies that are unavailable in other markets. Bella is that sort of a movie, although I do think this particular one is available if you search hard enough all over the country. I suppose I should recant my bragging rights about Los Angeles for this particular essay, but I wont because I really don’t care.

Bella was one of those movies that won some awards and the kids up in Silverlake love to love so they can say they love it. I highly doubt most of them actually have seen the movie, afterall going to movies isn’t cool, just talking about going to them is. If you don’t get what I am talking about, spend a few nights in Silverlake and you will.

Note: I love people in Silverlake, this is not a jab but merely a stereotypical generalization of a reality, wither that is good or bad you can judge. Plus I am not particularly “cool” in anyway way, so I can’t really claim I have any concept of what is sexy.

ANYWHO, Bella is a film about a girl who is faced with something that is a reality for many young twenty somethings, so perhaps this is why the reviews are top notch, as I suppose for many it’s an overwhelming relatable situation. Bella’s main character (played by Tammy Blanchard) finds out she is pregnant and is faced with the 2007 controversial question: Abortion or not. The movie takes her and new found friend Eduardo Verástegui on a journey reviling the history of Eduardo’s character Jose’s life and forcing Tammy’s character Nina to face this huge decision.

The movie ended up being a strong film. The dialog and plot line were rich and real which is rare in movies today. The best I can associate it with would be Garden State in the fact that this film is a strong dialog based film.

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