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Los Ricos Tambien Lloran

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2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I have been buying these abridged DVD telenovelas for quite sometime and have enjoyed them. There have been some f'ed up ones (Cuna De Lobos, Lazos De Amor) and there have been some near flawless ones (Amarte Es Mi Pecado, Dulce Desafio, Amor En Custodia). However, "Los Ricos Tambien Lloran", the original telenovela clasica, comes in a DVD version so embarrasing it's offensive to its legacy.

I was not expecting the original score at all since I know Televisa Home Entertainment is cheap and does not want to pay royalties. But they have incorporated a new score and theme song that sometimes is so loud it ovewhelms dialogue to inaudible levels. It's terrible!

And the editing of this is probably one of the worst. I understand this telenovela ran for 200 episodes originally, but while most of the DVD telenovelas cut off certain storylines, "Los Ricos" tries to piece together everything but often times ends up putting only the end of a topic and one is left confused when we see things happen that had no explanation.


And finally, the picture quality. Some parts look amazing..and others have lines and changes of colour as if they came from a bad video transfer. I don't know if the transfer Televisa had of this has gone away but it certainly could have used some colour adjustment.

It's unfortunate that Televisa Home Entertainment lacked proffesionalism when releasing this classic telenovela to the public. It would have been great to see this one in all its glory and give it the respect and praise it deserves and not this bastardized version.

Don't buy!!! Read all the reviews you can before you waste your money. Televisa and Xenon Pictures are ripping us off. I was anxious to get this home from the store. The back of the DVD box is misleading. It lists the main theme as Aprendi A Llorar sung by Veronica Castro. I remember the explosive entrance to this theme and that's what I was expecting. I also expected a well edited, well produced, well taken care of version. I felt robbed and lied to after I watched this. Part of what makes a novela a success is its music. The cheesey, bland music they've used in novelas such as Piel de Otoño and Los Ricos Tambien Lloran are shameful at best. They are a rip-off. It is just Televisa trying to earn more money with a "what the heck" attitude. They figure some of us will buy them, expecting the same quality as when they're shown on TV, but are an incredible rip-off. This is the second and last novela I'll buy from Televisa. I keep hoping someone will start an all classic telenovela channel and then, I'll record them myself to enjoy them as they were originally made.

This series has NO English subtitles and was cut out to the point of ridiculousness.

I watched it before with Turkish dubbing (in Turkey) so I could understand it then. But now that I live in the states, I needed it in English - but to no avail. This DVD does NOT contain the whole of Marianna's story either. Sound quality was awful. I'm very disappointed. Don't buy it!

i saw this novel many years ago,like more than 30 years so i want to buy it and see it again,well....they cut to much of the novel and the quality i some places are verry bad,otherwise it is a good novel.

The picture quality is as good as it could be for having been produced in the late 70's. The trouble with the older novelas is that they are redubbing the suspense music fans have come to identify with the novelas. It is obvious to anyone that this is done for royalty reasons, but the new music is just cheap and dreadful. I quite don't understand the royalty factor since you could still hear the old music underneath if you lend a close ear and in their attempt to drown it out, they distort the actors' lines at times. Like all other new to DVD novelas, it is severely edited. Though fans are well familiar with the storylines, the editing is a bit extreme. But I digress, and fans will still buy these. I did! I love amazon to death but there are some retail outlets where you can get these same versions for cheaper.

Feliz con Amazon. Muy cumplidos. Todo llego perfecto y a tiempo. Mil gracias.

The dvds looks a cheap product and i hate the kind of dvds come in double layers.

The Amazon product description only describes the 2nd half of the story.

The first half of the story is an awesome story that could be a separate soap from the 2nd half.

The 2nd half of this story is similar to another soap called "Maria La del barrio" that was made about a decade after this one.

CONS: The picture quality. Some parts look amazing..and others have lines and changes of colour as if they came from a bad video transfer.

However, I would still buy it for the great story and great acting!

I never could stand more than 5 seconds of American soaps but Latin soaps are like great movies. Gorgeous latin women!

I remember back in the 80's visiting Mexico City and there was no where you could go without watching this. The streets would empty when it was on at night. Got hooked immediately and followed it when I returned to the US and proceeded to get my mother and sister hooked in as well! THE BEST mexican soap opera ever. Had the rich vs the poor, evil vs. good, kidnapped children, tears and laughter. What more can you ask? If you've never watched a "telenovela" before this is a good way to start.

This DVD has an excellent quality of image and the story is great, the only thing I would suggest is that it would've been even better if they had the original music of the novela, besides that I had a wonderfull time watching it and remembering those great episodes.