Their analysis of intricate and perplexing situations and resulting moral discriminations is highlighted, rather than the doing of good deeds" (1) - does not imply anything intrinsically maudlin, it offers a hint as to how it came to be looked as such. It is not the events in themselves that are emphasized, but the feelings that characters undergo. While the definition of the melodrama - "a virtuous character who finds himself or herself in distress due to circumstances not his or her fault. These days the very word evokes negative connotations of bad soap operas (a redundant term?). History has not treated the melodrama well. Sometimes all they gotta do is let it out and a few buckets later there's no way you'd know." -Marv, Sin City And to be honest, I'm sure the biggest reason why I agreed to see this film was because of how gorgeous Penélope Cruz looked in the trailer. Volver had seemingly gotten unanimously great reviews.
I had never seen an Almodóvar film and Krystle was a huge fan. At the Bytowne to a surprisingly packed house (the first I'd experienced in awhile) with Krystle as part of our weekly movie-watching.