Highly Overrated But Still Good

Did you people see the same film I saw?

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

What's the best way for better understand a complex history? If you are lucky, you can find a movie which about the history you are studying. The movie La Otra Conquista is the best choose for anyone who are interested in the history of North America.This movie intuitive described lot of bloody scenes, for example, in this movie, the open scene is the great temple Massacre Introduces the protagonist in 1520 the extinction of aggression that Spanish Empire did to Mexico, then Mexico was conquered by Spanish. By the main theme "human can be destroyed but not defeated" to perspective the religious. One of the impressive scenes was Diego admitted how Topiltzin's felt for the religion. Another one was the scene when Diego called the Mother Goddess statue. Both of these scenes in this movie emphasis that both Virgin Mary and Mother Goddess are the keys of these two religion, but in the end, they both give up something for salvation and accepted each other's religion by accepting their religious goddesses.

This film literally goes where no other film has gone before. It depicts neocolonialism from the Aztecs point of view not--just the fluffy western version. It further resists against societal norms by portraying the Aztecs as human beings with a culture just as strong (if not stronger) than/as everyone else's. Carrasco shed the Aztecs image as savage, wild, hopeless, animals and exposed them for what they truly are: loving, passionate, religious individuals. Carrasco broke boundaries could make or break his film-- in my opinion it made it the relevant and significant movie (especially terms of Mexican history) that it is today. For me, one of the most beautiful aspects of the film was seeing all the risks that were taken without knowing beforehand how audiences would react. This demonstrates the pure passion Carrasco has for the subject. He was willing to dedicate so much of his time to a subject that he wants the world to know about-- not just a some typical, dull action or romantic comedy. Before watching this film, I had never thought of the Indians point of view on neocolonialism; of course I never thought of them jumping for joy about having their culture stripped from them but I did ultimately think that the Europeans were doing a public service by eliminating their rituals that seem so barbaric to the west. After watching this film my eyes are opened to a whole new world that western school textbooks have never (and most likely will never) share. Never again will I solely associate the Aztecs with barbaric rituals and bright colored headdresses-- I will always see them for being human beings with a lifestyle that is based around their religion-- something the west is leaving behind for materialistic items. This is a must see for all because it exposes the Aztecs for who they truly are--not what we have been in a sense, brainwashed into thinking. This film has something that most mainstream films lack: truth, substance, and an important message.

Salvador Carrasco's "La Otra Conquista" is truly a phenomenal, one-of-a-kind film. From the opening scene, we immediately are confronted with the films underlying message, the loss of identity. Instead of having a flag as the object of worship, Carrasco's choice to have the fully dimensional Virgin Mary allowed me to interpret her as another character. This film accurately addresses the oppression of a culture. I felt that Carrasco did a great job at maintaining an even playing field—a biased film this is not. An incredibly profound and hard-hitting quote occurs when Tomaś says, "I don't adapt. I know who I am." That eight word sentence embodies "The Other Conquest." Tomaś's inner struggle is to hold on to what the people around him are stripping from him. The story of Tomaś is a full-fledged tragedy. It is certainly clear that Carrasco desires to remain invisible as a filmmaker in order to portray the important message that the film has to offer. Another theme that seemed quite prominent was the "loss of mother," both figuratively and literally. In the opening scene, it is discovered that Tomaś's mother has been killed. The historical event refers to May 19, 1520, "The Great Temple Massacre". Tomaś soon after looks to the Virgin Mary as motherly figure as he is being whipped with chains and burnt in the company of his own people. Throughout the movie, as he is molded and converted from an Aztec Prince into a Spanish and Christian way of life, as his conquerors continue to strip away at his beliefs and identity, the one thing that he lives for is that Virgin Mary. He still holds on to it. Overall, the film is direct and very clear in message, and it had a positive effect on me.

La Otra Conquista is a very captivating film the audience follows the journey of Topilztin who is the son of Emperor of Moctezuma. Topiltzin is an Aztec Indian who experiences along with other Aztec Indians the invasion of the Spanish and them taking control of the Indians . Which sets the premises of the film because the audience is watching through the Aztecs perspective on how they were forced into converting to a different religion and change their way of living. The reason why this film is so incredible is because its giving the viewer an opportunity to see history in one perspective which is from the side of the Indians, its giving awareness that the Indians were treated inhumane based on the fact the Spanish viewed them as being inferior. This film really makes you think about humanity and how people can be treated horrific in the world and it can be over looked. An interesting aspect this film reveals, is how much a person will depend on religion to be their guidance. For instance, when the protagonist character Topiltzin is being forced to accept Catholicism he finds a love in the Statue of Virgin Mary but not because he made the decision to accept Catholicism its because he it so attach to his religion and the mother figure statues it has, that he is no longer able to distinguish between the two statues that symbolize a mother figure. In addition, La Otra Conquista is purely authentic the cinematography is shot at the actual monuments with a great amount of details, also the language Nahuatl is the main language spoken through the film along with Spanish. Anyone can see the director Salvador Carrasco put all his passion into creating this film and it is clearly shown through out the entire film.