El Cantante

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Actor: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video

DVD Reviews of El Cantante

DVD Review: Lopez steals the show
Summary: 4 Stars

Since the public is still trying to get over the over-exposure of JLO a few years ago, an injustice has occurred: Lopez put in one stunning performance in this movie and failed to get the recognition it deserved. I didn't know anything about Hector Lavoe before this film and sadly I still don't know that much about him. I agree that as a biopic, the film fails to get the audience to connect with its main star. In fact, it seems to go out of its way to show how much of a selfish jerk (keeping it P.G.) he was. I think it has a lot to do with Anthony always wearing sunglasses in the film. You have to show the movie audience your eyes. That's how we bond with people. The sunglasses allowed Marc Anthony to hide from the audience-and therefore gave us a sense that Anthony's performance was false. Lopez needs to give up the singing and stick to acting. Also, I do agree with some of the other reviewers has said about the direction and editing. I don't think they should have approached this film like a faux documentary. It quickly grew old and confusing. Still this is a movie worth seeing.

DVD Review: Great Movie! Stand up Boriquas!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Great movie, about a great man Mr. Hector Lavoe (Perez). I am a Nuyorican from Brooklyn with alot of family in the bronx, and this music was always in my family parties. Salsa as a Latina, is the music of my heart...it moves me whenever I hear it..
At times I admit it may go a little slow..but overall I loved the cast and the story. And I am not a very big JLO fan....but I loved her in this movie as Hector's strong willed wife Puchi.. And it gave me a bit of history from back when Salsa first began and was the best..it made me proud.

DVD Review: El cantante sings!
Summary: 5 Stars

I loved this movie and I also love JLo and Marc Anthony! I think this movie was underrated. If you are truly interested in Hector Lavoe, you will love it. If you buy it just cause you want to see JLo and Marc, you probably won't like it. They are good in the movie but the story is what made it for me. Of course, it goes without saying, Marc Anthony's voice is supberb!

DVD Review: WONDERFUL....
Summary: 5 Stars

I rented this film recently and was surprised at how good it was. The story depicts the stormy life and tragic end to the great salsa legend Hector Lavoe. This movie hits you in the heart from the start. It makes you care about the character and his music. I now own a cd of Hector Lavoe and I never knew I could like salsa. Who knew?? His music is amazing and the tragic events of his life makes you want to know the person behind the prose of his songs. My ears know good music when it hears it and this man was a icon. Hector Lavoe.......rest in peace!
I'm not much of a fan of Jennifer Lopez but she played a good role. However, another actress (a more popular one) would have made this film more marketable to the non-Hispanic population ( mass audience).

DVD Review: El Cantante
Summary: 5 Stars

Bueno, querido lectores, por fin vi la controversial pel?cula "El Cantante" producida por Jennifer L?pez con su Nuyorican Productions con los grandes y exitosas artistas Marc Anthony adem?s de Jennifer que recientemente salio al mercado en DVD incluyendo una entrevista exclusive de nuestra "mu?eca de ojos brujos" de Nueva York y Puerto Rico, Nydia Caro.

Nuyorican Productions tambi?n es responsable por habernos tra?do la nueva mini serie "Como Ama Un Mujer" vista recientemente por la televisi?n local en Un?visi?n basada en el CD de Jennifer L?pez del mismo titulo que tambi?n saldr? en DVD a comienzos del mes de diciembre. Ambas producciones estar?n disponibles justo a tiempo para la ?poca de navidad.

Antes que nada, la pel?cula "El Cantante" no es tan mala como la gente sugiere. Jennifer L?pez en el papel de Puchi,y Marc Anthony en el papel de Hedor Lavoe act?an fant?sticamente bien. Solo verlos juntos es raz?n suficiente para ver o obtener este DVD. "El Cantante", dirigida por Leon Ichaso, es basada en la canci?n del mismo titulo escrita por Rub?n Bladez espec?ficamente para H?ctor Lavoe.

Dicen que H?ctor Lavoe fue a la m?sica de salsa lo que Frank Sinatra fue a al m?sica "pop". Lavoe fue uno de los pioneros de el g?nero de la salsa. El pudo combinar la m?sica puertorrique?a con la influencia de la m?sica norteamericana. La pel?cula "El Cantante" trata de incluir los humildes comienzos de la vida de H?ctor Lavoe desde su adolescencia como cantante en Puerto Rico hasta su vida como un ?dolo latino viviendo en la ciudad de Nueva York. El filme contiene varios n?meros musicales combinados con situaciones penosas en la vida del cantante. Marc Anthony act?a adem?s nos interpreta -como solo el sabe cantar- las canciones `El Cantante", "Mi gente", "Che che col?", "Esc?ndalo", "Qu? l?o", "Qu?tate t?" y "Todo tiene su final".

Marc Anthony en el papel de H?ctor Lavo nos excita y hechiza. Jennifer L?pez, esplendida y cautivante en el papel de Puchi. Ella vive el personaje de una chica hispana de car?cter fuerte del Bronx en Nueva York (una Nuyorican) que tiene mucha confianza en si mismo. Ella es la musa y el objeto de amor y admiraci?n de H?ctor.
Marc Anthony nos hechiza cantando canciones exitosas de los nos 60 y 70 y Jennifer nos demuestra sus dones de buena actriz.

Al H?ctor y Puchi conocerse comienzan su jornada y la pel?cula nos ense?a un punto de vista interesante en la trayectoria de H?ctor Lavoe en la industria musical de la ?poca grabando discos, vendiendo boletos a conciertos llenos a capacidad y produciendo ?xito tras ?xito con el nuevo genero musical de la salsa por el punto de vista de Puchi. En su camino hacia el ?xito a la fama, H?ctor comienza a destruirse al encontrase con un problema tr?gico de adici?n a drogas con la cual encontr? su muerte prematuramente por el SIDA destruyendo su vida y sus sue?os.

La controversia de esta pel?cula puede que este en el gui?n ya que la historia no aparenta seguir ninguna estructura. Momentos importantes o impactantes en la vida de H?ctor Lavoe suceden demasiado r?pidos y le falta ritmo o seguimiento para uno sentir las emociones de estas dos vidas llenas de tragedias. La vida de los personajes de Lavoe y Puchi aparentan estar desconectados por lo tanto los personajes secundarios que apoyan o respaldan estos personajes est?n menos desarrollados (Ismael Miranda - el papa de H?ctor, Johnny Ortiz - Willy Colon, Federico Castelluccio - Jerry Mascucci, y V?ctor Manuelle - Ruben Blades entre otros)

La vida de H?ctor Lavoe - el cantante - es vista por el punto de vista de Puchi, la esposa de Lavoe. Por lo tanto, esta un poco desconectada y omite varios datos de importancia en la vida de Lavoe. Como sus vidas son vistas por el personaje de Puchi, solo mencionan a otras mujeres en la vida de H?ctor de pasada y no nos cuentan ni dice nada de las diferentes giras art?sticas y de su vida en el mundo de entretenimiento de los anos 60 y 70. Me imagino que esto pudo haber sido posible si el personaje de Puchi no hubiera sabido de estas cosas o simplemente no quiso que fueran parte de esta pel?cula. Este problema a lo mejor pudo haber sido rectificado si la pel?cula hubiera sido la vida de Puchi y el personaje de Lavoe un papel secundario. Por la tanto ning?n de los personajes est?n totalmente desarrollados y dejan a la audiencia un poco vac?a.

En una entrevista en Puerto Rico, Jennifer L?pez dijo en el estreno de pel?cula, "La cinta muestra a un artista que dej? una m?sica incre?ble. Est? llena de humor, humanidad, amor, y de las cosas negativas de su vida porque eso era en gran parte de donde vino su m?sica, de ese dolor que el ten?a". Pero los familiares de H?ctor Lavoe opinaron y dijeron de la pel?cula, "Es muy simple. Si alguien le pregunta a tu mam? si t? has tomado drogas, lo m?s probable es que tu mam? diga 'Est?s loca! Nunca!'". "H?ctor fue una persona destruida por las drogas. No hay duda de eso... Pero a la misma vez aqu? las drogas no tienen tanto que ver como la m?sica, como su vida y como todo ese momento en que ?l sobrevivi?".

?Que usted opina? Vean la pel?cula y escuchen las entrevistas de Nydia Caro por ustedes mismos, decidan y opinen. Que el p?blico y los amantes de la m?sica salsa y de H?ctor Lavoe decidan. ?La pel?cula "El Cantante" es controversial o no?

Description of El Cantante

In their dazzling first on-screen pairing Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony bring to life this riveting tale of romance and redemption based on the true story of salsa legend Hector Lavoe and the woman who kept him from falling over the edge. It's the 1970s and the salsa revolution is in full swing. Hector Lavoe (Anthony) is the singer El Cantante whose voice can move millions and whose passion moves one woman his wife Puchi (Lopez). But when the spotlight brings Lavoe's personal demons and addictions to light it will take the incredible devotion of his wife to put him on the path to becoming the legend he was born to be.Running Time: 116 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY UPC:?794043110825 Manufacturer No:?1000032052

Though they don't look much alike, slight actor-singer Marc Anthony was born to play robust salsa sensation H?ctor Lavoe. In addition to similar ancestry and vocal skills, Anthony has been building a respectable cinematic resume with roles in Big Night and Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead. The title of El Cantante comes from a number Rub?n Blades wrote for The Singer. Lavoe would make it his signature song. In the film, Anthony's wife, producer Jennifer Lopez, plays Puchi, the Nuyorican beauty who won Lavoe's heart. She narrates their story from the perspective of 2002 (the real-life Puchi passed away shortly afterwards). Leon Ichaso (Pi?ero) contrasts Lavoe's rise from Puerto Rican street singer to New York superstar with his fall from innocent immigrant to heroin-addicted ladies man. By the mid-1980s, Lavoe's popularity hit its peak, and Ichaso spends the rest of the time ticking off the tragedies of his final years: the break with trombonist Willie Col?n (John Ortiz), stay in a mental ward, etc. It's a dynamic portrait, and Anthony and Lopez work well together, but despite the urban setting and Latin-flavored soundtrack, El Cantante follows virtually the same trajectory as Ray and Walk the Line (Ichaso has also directed biopics of Jimi Hendrix and Muhammad Ali). His movie looks and sounds authentic, but Lavoe's story might've been better served as nonfiction. There's a sense that there was more to the man than what appears on screen. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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