This is filmmaking at its finest. This is an absolutely gorgeous movie and it has jaw-dropping scenes throughout the entire run-time. I couldn’t take my eyes off the film because of the sheer brilliance in the cinematography. The scenery, the way they edited the film to give it a swift pace, and the attention to detail in the fight scenes made this an joy to watch.

There is however, a downside to all of that beautiful camera work. The story is told in a satisfying way, but there is absolutely no emotional attachment to any of these characters. You never really get to see their human side, aside from the momentary look into Che’s moral code. Other than that you could care less about the people in the film, and they are gone almost as soon as the appear. This is really my only gripe with the storytelling at all. It’s edited brilliantly and jumps between the actual revolution in Cuba and Che’s speech at the U.N. about the revolution. It also has audio from an interview with Che which is also implemented well. It all is told with precision, I just really wanted to get to know these characters but the film is surprisingly emotionally dry.

Despite the drawbacks this is a must see for the simple fact that it could be Soderbergh’s masterpiece if only for the cinematography. Even with a 2 hour run time it got me excited to spend another 2 hours in part two, which I will be reviewing as soon as I get to do so.

This is the more somber, and actually more thin, installment of Soderbergh’s “Che”. I really enjoyed it and it brought the same magnificent cinematography that was in part one, but it suffered from the same emotionally deprived story, and in this one it seemed to me that there was more story to be told in this installment then what we actually get. In part one they had segments from other aspects of Che’s life and these weren’t present in this installment. Even without those it is a vastly interesting story and one I do not regret spending 4 hours with.