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  • ♥ I Love this movie, because about us.♥

  • A love that transcends time, earthly beliefs, common sense and endured through all life experience and encounters..i'm madly in love with the idea. But the novel is written with so much sense and realness that it truly gives me faith in the existence of such greatness. The book has given me a new definition of love and pushed it to a level which I've somehow known but never read or heard of.

  • There is no way the film can be compared to the novel. And the novel must be read in Spanish to capture the true esence of the words García Márquez imprints in every page. Love In The Times of Cholera is one of the best jewels ever written, and captures the esence of what love really means in the Latin American and Hispanic tradition from Spain to Argentina to Mexico. Sin duda alguna una joya y pues como la novela hispanoamericana no hay dos. Viva Latinoamérica !! Viva Colombia !! Viva México!!

  • Truly the greatest love story ever told. Got teary-eyed watching the trailer! This is what the soul connection is about. To remain pure within yourself for the true love of your life is so powerful and, for the average person, seemingly impossible, but they just don't see nor understand the whole picture. I have read other stories about lost loves reuniting, all so sweet as this. It is about the fire that does not die due to the essence of the other person.

  • I can relate to this plot. A lot. I met the love of my life when we were both 1. And we keep getting separated for whatever reason, but always seem to find a way back together. I love Hector so much...

  • wow! I want to download the movie..I love this line : "51 years, 9 months & 4 days..that is how long I have loved you.."

  • @eloveriz let me give you some advice read the book. It's one of the best if not the best love story I've ever read.

  • @scarf1313 Hear hear!

    Although... if you only read one Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, "100 Years of Solitude" is much better.

  • @SunsetOfDissolution I don't know they're both really powerful novels, and I think that Love in the Time of Cholera has a lot more than One Hundred Years of Solitude. I've read both books, and it was hard for me to pick a favorite. 100 Years of solitude was certainly more depressing.

  • @scarf1313 Each to their own! Love in the time of Cholera is definitely a great book. I suppose I was never going to like this one as much, as the idea of true/eternal love just bugs me a bit - I could never get 100% into the story because from page one I saw Florentino Ariza's pursuit as foolish. And that last page of 100 Years Of Solitude is one of the best pieces of writing I've ever come across - hard to compete with.

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  • @SunsetOfDissolution Yeah I can definitely understand preferring 100 Years of Solitude. When I read it I was out of sorts for a little while. But I also think that one of the main points of Love in The Time of Cholera was to illustrate that a rational love built on strong connection and happiness wins over a fierce "poetic" love. You can sort of see it in the final pages when Ariza and Daza finally come together in the end.

  • @SunsetOfDissolution I'd also like to tell you how hard it is to make my responses concise there's a lot I want to say about these books that's hard to say in 500 characters.

  • @scarf1313 thanks, I will try to look for the novel in bookstores here...I've watched the movie already & I really like it...

  • Shakira made the movie 1 million times better. Her songs. "La despedida and Hay amores". <3

  • The book was great so I looked forward to watching this movie. About 30 minutes in, I was disspointed to find that the film was nothing more than a lazy copying act of the novel. At least that was how it felt to me. Maybe the movie got better as it progressed. I'll probably never know.

  • I would wait for love, all my life !!

  • Possibly the worst movie ever created...especially if u havent read the book. Should be called, "A Creeper in the Time of Cholera"

    I have diagnosed the main character as probably having some form of autism

  • @dcchillsesh hahaha

  • In my mind, I imagined Fermina Daza to look very different.

  • I HAVE THIS ON DVD AND EVERYTIME I MISS MY GIRL. I WATCH THIS FLICK.

  • @tess19888 That's a great idea. It happened to me with "The House of the Spirits." I thought the movie was just okay and, then, the book was amazing.

  • What song plays during the trailer?

  • read the book and listen to mejirodude, it is definitely not a typical romance story. it's like a romance story but in textbook version. I personally found it a bit dull probably because i didn't really like any of the characters, especially florentino...he was definitely a creep having sex with a girl that is 72 years younger than him! haha this is definitely not 'the greatest love story of all time'...not at all!

  • best book ive ever read...

  • I think the film went into very much details. So the movie lost these emotions effect on viewers compared to the effect of the book on readers.

  • Well, in my view the book is better. But movie is worth watching, at least due to Bardem's part

  • is the book the same as the movie?and which one is better?

  • "For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death."

    Enjoyed the book, beautifully written... now will see the movie...

  • Anyone who's read the book will know that the title plays on the idea that Florentino Ariza's love sickness resembled cholera.

  • That's so beautiful.

  • this book needs to be readapted to the big screen, the movie was sooo wrong on all levels. Specially Bardem, who was born to play Dr. Urbino, not Florentino.

  • Why, WHY is there a need for some dumb, nasal American voiceover??

  • people are getting it wrong lol you watch the movie first so your not disapointed haha then u read the book and go omg i loved the movie but this book is freaking AMAZING!!! GAHHHH! thats what you do! not the other way round gosh people :D

  • Better read the book than watch it. I was so disappointed how this movie turn out

  • "After 53 years, 7 months, and 11 days and nights, my heart was finaly satisfied, and for my joy, i discovered that life, and not death, has no limits."

    - I cryed like a bitch after this! D,:

  • I got headache of watching the movie..

  • Thank God someone else felt the same way! what kind of messed up love story was that???

    I have no problem w/ sex or even horrifyingly wrinkly naked oldies (as long as it's relevant to the point being made), but I DO have a problem w/ something that is advertised as "a love story" & is missing THE LOVE PART!

    Frankly, don't even mind a sexcapades movie, AS LONG AS YOU ADVERTISE IT AS ONE, so I can pass on it. Kept watching to the end, thinking a touching part was about to come up...NEVER DID!

  • People I advise you DO NOT watch the movie 'til you've read the book before... My point of view: they screwed the book, its esence and really badly

    The only thing worth is the songs, specially despedida by Shakira.

  • does anyone know the music starts from 1:10? I have heard of it in many movies but cannot find the name of the song.......

  • @bpan007 Miriam Stockley - Kissing In The Rain

  • Gabriel García Marquez, orgullo colombiano!

  • i love javier bardem but this movie is a disgrace to the novel

  • genial filmul

  • Is the tittle miss-translated, or am I missing something here?. "El amor en los tiempos del cólera" should translate to: "Love in the Time of Rage".

  • @alexthe22 haha, so this movie/book has nothing to do with cholera? then they should have named the painted veil this title instead

  • @thestormlscoming It is called love in the times of the cholera because throughout the story of this book, the cholera was causing many deaths, and (Javier Bardem) Florentino's mother thought that his song was sick of cholera when he actually was suffering for the love of Fermina. And this lady ( Fermina) first meet her husband (Benjamin Bratt) when her father thought she had cholera, he called a doctor who was almost an expert in treat cholera, that's how they met.That is why the tittle.

  • @alexthe22 nope.dude.read the book.The cholera epidemic of the late 1890's is a staple part of the book.

  • UGH this film is a CRIME to the book, totally horrible, no chemistry at all, very veyr very very very awkward acting, and what's with Angels in America theme at the beginning of the movietrailer?

  • I'm reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude" now...I'll get around to this one eventually. I try not to read books by the same author consecutively...but Garcia Marquez makes it hard.

  • The book is beautiful *_*

  • i love the movieeeee.if the movie is so beautiful i bet that the book is sick.can't wait to read it:)

  • god i lost my book!

  • i love the book

  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a genius

    A colombian Ginius i'm so proud of my country

    QUE VIVA COLOMBIA

  • I loved the book and I really liked this movie

  • Can anyone tell me the name of the song that is plays at 1:12?

  • @iscasarso Kissing in the rain by Patrick Doyle (Great Expectations soundtrack)

  • @fanofLoVe6 Thanks!!!

  • this is not faithful to the novel... it is not that they are broken up and reunite perfectly later on - she rejects him, and his obsession with her is very destructive

  • The book was great,the movie seems even greater!!

  • Why?

    There is a lot of beutiful womans and nice landscapes.

    The story might be long and it really confused a some point.. but none the less there is much to admire

  • The movie sucked.

  • An infatuation.

  • AGHH ITS ANTON SUGAR!!!!! RUNNNNN

  • Awesome movie...Perfect,perfect,perfec­t.... <3

  • im doin a project in science class and were werking on diseases and mine is cholera :D :S :P :F

  • I'm writing Love in the Time of Super AIDS . this summer.... bring a condom.

  • @buddhastalin that is so funny dude

  • @buddhastalin is not funny

  • Oh wow. This movie looks intense...lol. I'm definately going to have to see it.

  • Love in the Time of Cholera is a book with vivid descriptive passages and limited to no dialogue at all. I wonder how the screenplay was written. As my country has gained its fame due to drugs and terrorism, one always hopes that cultural ways will manage to uncloud the earth's eyes. To know tht the movie, and perhaps the story itself, was poorly recieved is indeed dissapointing.

  • @KissKara

    Well that depends.

    Leonard Maltin gave it 3 and a half star out of 4 and he is recognised as one of the greatest critics ever having achieved most fame.

    However I only watched the movie and is probably going to read the book :)

  • The book is AMAZING. I haven't seen the movie, but I will. Nevertheless, as a Colombian myself, to hear thet the movie is a poor adaption is really dissapointing. Firstly, Gabriel Garcia Marquez CANNOT be adapted in a film. His stories are indeed bizarre, and far to complex to be told in a span of merely 3 hours.

  • This is a good movie that i hav ever watched. such a wonderful film. the characters are played well. enjoying watching this movie at BigOnlineMovies . c o m

  • a spammer who doesnt even know proper english haha jokes

  • really i luv this movie

  • Its called 'kissing in the rain' by patrick doyle...great musical score : )

  • I mean how the song is called:P

  • Does any of you know how the song that appears in the background of the scene at the church where Florentino first wanted to give Fermina a letter?(Spanish opera song i guess)Thanks:)

  • Beautiful movie and great Javier Bardem.

  • thats the theme from great expectations playing in the background!

  • I love that theme. You can hear it seperately too on here. It really fits the trailer of this movie. Can not imagine anyone loving someone for so long and being patient in this day and age, I feel romance had died and only lust exists.

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  • Reminds me of The Painted Veil! Personally I think that trailer's more attractive :) Likewise The Painted Veil is a really good movie too

  • A very good and beautiful movie, love it!

  • Recién terminé de leer el libro, espero eso si, que la historia represente a fidelidad la literatura, no como lo que ocurrió con La Casa de los Espíritus de Isabel Allende, cuya película era lo mas lejano a la realidad.

  • People considering reading the book should be aware that it is NOT a typical romance story. It's more of a philosophical analysis on life, aging, and different types of love (and other more vile emotions). Beautifully written!

  • @mejirodude yup, I am reading the book now because I thought that the film trailer was a bit corny and that wasn´t the idea that I had of Gabriel Garcia Marquez having read 100 years of solitude. I didn´t see the movie but its one of those things where you need a great director to film something faithful to the book.

  • Gabiel is an old man with a very enourmous wings. haha!

    well i really love gabriel. he is a canonical artist. and in this book/film, just proves one thing--true love waits.

  • i love it

  • amazing movie lov it

  • 51 years 9 months and 4 days that is how long i loved you!!!!

    daiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim

  • @Muhaalsad WOW!! what a beautiful way to describe such an amazing book.

  • Poignent film.

    Heres to all the ghosts out there.

  • it looks reallly beautifull:D

  • is that movie good?

  • The movie sizzles with real life scenarios. Lovers come and go; but, only one lover will make the Earth move and the memory of it will make you shiver again and again. The author is a delight and quite a surprise in this era.

  • This is a facinating movie, a philosophical one. And the actors are amazing.

  • wooooottt!!! i love gabriel g. marquez!!!!!

    his books rock my socks :3

    y ana maria matute tambien!!!

  • .When Roxas finally got released by her captors inside her uncles house and opened the bag, she found a Bible, a copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs Love in the Time of Cholera, some cookies, a cell phone and a pair of handcuffs.

  • MELISSA ROXAS, Filipino-American activist who returned from the United States to back her claim of having been abducted and tortured by state agents named her tormentors at a public hearing conducted Thursday by the Commission on Human Rights.

  • The book was amazing. Im scared to watch the movie, I heard it's horrible compared to the novel

  • all novel based movies are. a book is between you and the writer a movie is a third party eye

  • I'm almost done reading the book. Can't wait to watch the film. I hope it's not too Hollywoody.

  • the movie is quite a delight. You will remember your lover. I mean the one that made the earth moved. I found my movie at my College library. Free.

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  • great movie

  • I love this movie!!!! I want to read the book. Is it a good read?

  • wanted to watch this movie but it wasn't released in the philippines

  • so download it from the net lol....

  • the movie is really good...i love it..

  • swietne dzielo!!

    very, very good! it is like book. it doesn't have changes! :))

  • wats the song in the trailer?

  • I haven't watched the movie but I read the novel. It's amazing. I can't believe they changed so many things in the movie I mean I've only seen the this trailer but Fermina's parents were never against Florentino, he actually never dared to make a move on her and they never kissed or actually get together until they were really old. It's a beautiful novel and it really shows pure love.

  • .... Fermina's father, took her to the mountains, to AVOID Florentino... he was "A nobody". The point of moving to the city was for her to find a suitable man to marry, and to bring money to her father. Her "Parents" don't exist, just her father, her mother is long dead when the story begins. The woman character who is raising her is her aunt (fathers sister) who is sent away when the father finds out she allowed the correspondence between Florentino and Fermina. Read the book again.

  • oh yes Fermina's dad didn't want them to get married or together , and he did go see Florentino, to say he doesn't want him near his daughter when he found out from Fermina's teacher that she wrote love letters during class...

  • spoiler!

  • I don't know about the movie, but the book is amazing.

  • i love pie

  • i hear ya..

  • Is that the Angels in America score they're playing over the trailer in the beginning?

  • oh thank you so much I couldn´t figure that out!

  • I love this movie :)

  • Florentino Ariza is not that handsome!

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  • jk i respect you views lol peace out

  • The trailer is pretty good.. i think I'll watch this movie

  • This movie was amazing, but the trailer is crap.

  • I would think you were crazy

  • I havent seen the film but if a lost lover told you to watch it what would you think?

  • What the fuck... why are 'lost lovers' able to contact you? DESTROY, ERASE, IMPROVE!!

  • Does the book have the same title as the movie? I've heard great things about the book and I would really like to read it but I'm not sure if it's the same name as the movie.

  • its the same

  • Yes it does...

  • does anyone know the name of that song at 1:10?

  • I know how Florentino Ariza feels in this story... WYE

  • I loved the scene on the riverboat when he loses his virginity...::smiles::

  • If u find the story interesting, believe me, the book is the best love story u will ever read!

  • What is the name of the song at the end of the trailer? With the woman singing?

  • Kissing in the Rain by Tori Amos. Beautiful isn't it?

  • That's because Americans are not used to nudity. Get over it, it's a beautiful movie, sex is a part of life.

  • wth? no need to become all jesus. It is just a movie, and yes sex is a part of life. It's not like you haven't or will not do it eventually

  • actually I am a virgin and I am going to be a priest so I will never have sex. LOL!

  • that's kinda sad

  • aaaahahah that really is sad dude

  • I guess it is a little sad but thats life. I always feel sad for people who contract STDs, thats even more sad. They have to go throughout life scar-de and in pain for a moment of pleasure. But thats not why I don't have it. I don't because I believe its only for marriage and thats why I will never have it.

  • you sir misunderstand your morals and are a fag

  • Have you ever seen a Porno film? I think you haven't :)) LOL.

  • CARTAGENA IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • Sorry but not better than the book. Great actors though, but the book is just *gasp.* Maybe I'm just a Garcia fan but I love it.

  • You are right. No movie could measure up to the greatness of Marquez's words.

  • this is our story JEM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THE CONVICTION IN MY HEART!

    TE AMO MI VIDA!!!

  • this fake accent they had in the movie is so irritating!it would be so much better if they were speaking spanish:)

  • lol Yeah, but I don't think Giovanna speaks spanish. Does she?

  • No, actually she's italian..

  • Yeah, that's why I thought that. =/ I knew she was italian but I wasn't sure if she spoke spanish.

  • oh my god now this is great movie! five stars way up!!!

  • Okay? So some of you say the BOOK sucks and isn't worth reading - and some of you say the book can't be translated into Film. Which one would you rather watch/read? I haven't done either yet, but it's high on my list of things to read/watch.

  • I read the book like a month ago and i loved it, it's a true love story... this is even before i knew there was a movie about it. so i would say, read the book first and then watch the movie, it makes it so much more interesting. And whoever says the book is not worth reading is wrong, that it was not their topic of interest is something else. I really got into it and im glad i did. Garcia Marquez is one of the greatest of our time.

  • i would much you rather watch the film than read the book, that way when you watch the film, you would not had a bias view because you had already read the book.

  • Perhaps a 'watch film first' approach is relevant for a film critic, otherwise i always say read the book first (but only if the book is the origional source & not vice verca), then the film, because i know there's little chance of me being motivated to read the book if i know what happens, unless i loved the film and was intrigued by it enough to read the book. I'm reading the book atm, then i'll see what the film is like.

  • 51 years 9 months 4 days that is how long i have loved you

  • just watching this made me sorta tear up, although some of the things i saw dont coincide with the book :(

  • ''We must learn to live without love''...I strongly disagree with this!!!It is absoludely unacceptable...

  • Well, yes, that is part of the plot.

  • 51 years,9 months and 4 days.That is how long i have loved you...

  • Gabriel García Márquez´s novels can´t be traslated to movie language. This movie prove it

  • I agree, the book is phenomenal,I finished reading it just yesterday,I have not seen the movie.A great book to read.A great writer.

  • I KILL YOU!! her father was like a terrorist. this is a porno film warning to all, 3 of my friends slept thru it... if you want to piss your life up a wall go ahead endure cholera (no relation to the film whatsoeva)

  • do yo know which is the song that begins in minute 1:10?? i would appreciate it very much...thnx

  • is call "kissing the rain" from the movie great expectations.

  • thank you very very much!!!! i looked for it for months, you are just great!! hugs and kisses alfalej :)

  • does any one know the melody that Florentino played with violin?