Saw "Bless me, Ultima", highly recommend it

[steve2470]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_Me,_Ultima_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_Me,_Ultima

My son said it reminded him of the Hispanic version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. High praise, indeed.

How old is your son?

[steve2470]

2. he's 17 nt

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. Did you agree with him? n/t

[steve2470]

4. I've never seen TKAMB but...

from what little I know, I think he's on the mark. I just looked at the wiki for TKAMB and it seems to bear him out very well. This movie is apparently only released on a limited basis but well worth seeing I think.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

5. Very perceptive of your son!

[steve2470]

6. yea I'm proud of him

I'd go on but I'd nauseate everyone

[Sekhmets Daughter]

7. As well you should be...

Nothing brings greater pleasure than watching our children mature into adults we respect as well as love.

Nah, I'm always happy to hear people bragging on their kids.

[HeiressofBickworth]

8. I saw it last night

and while I agree that it is an interesting view of Hispanic life in the 40's New Mexico, I don't see it compared with To Kill a Mockingbird. The one theme I found repeated over and over not in TKAM was Catholic dogma. I understand the church played a large part in the lives of the people, but as a movie-goer, I would have been satisfied with more activities of the church and how those activities played a role in their lives and less explanation of religious theory. The movie was an interesting view of the lack of respect of the Catholic population for a Native American healer, to the extent of labeling her a witch. Yes, it is worth seeing, but be advised that it is heavily religious.