Customer Reviews

Mariana De La Noche

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This abridged novela, which is about 8 hours long, is a step in the right direction. Although it is missing a few scenes that made the series noteworthy, it's a huge improvement over the DVDs of ABRAZAME MUY FUERTE and CORAZON SALVAJE. If it were only two more hours long, I might have given it the fifth star.

Jorge Salinas' fans will not be disappointed; his performance is not hurt by this abridgement. His character is still the tortured macho man who needs to put things right, only to have his life complicated by love for the daughter of his worst enemy. None of the leading players' performances are seriously shortchanged, although Cesar Evora's Atilio is missing a shade or two of complexity that make him more than a typical novela villain. The filler scenes are gone, which makes for a more streamlined story, but there are a few scenes and flashbacks that would have made this a stronger presentation.

Although the Juan Gabriel song used for the title sequence is missing, the lush incidental music by Jorge Avendaño is there. Had this DVD not included the marvelous romantic theme, I would have felt very cheated.

I did not like the version on DVD the Novela was poorly edited. It was edited on a very boring way. Lots of important details were left out as Mariana's second preganancy as well when Lucrecia had her accident. Very Boring!!!

These actors have starred in other movies such as La Madrastra, Rubi, and Corazon and those were excellent movies too.

6/16/09: The best love story I've seen so far is "La Otra".

This telenovela represents folklore tale creation - a kind of a story that grandmothers would tell. It has some magic elements, but unfortunately it is reduced from original, so appearance of wild guy from the woods does not make much sence to me, I guess he was the one of the destroyed family members. I like to wach telenovelas for Spanish learning purpose, and it is also entertaining. So this telenovela is OK, but not spectacular.Probably more low budget than others I've seen. Actress who plays Mariana is lovely.

Compre esta Telenovela por el Elenco que tiene, sobre todo por Angelica Rivera, Cesar Evora y Jorge Salinas.
La Telenovela en si es Muy Buena, solo que la Actuacion Protagonica de Alejandra Barros al principio no me gusto mucho, me parecio muy sobre actuado, pero reconosco que es un pre-concepto, a medida que fueron transcurriendo los capitulos y se iban incrementando los personajes mejoro mi opinion al respecto y me fue gustando mas.
Angelica Rivera y Cesar Evora son Exelentes como Antagonicos y me gusto mucho sus Actuaciones, realmente se llevan la Novela ellos 2.
El Dvd esta bueno, los Resumenes contienen lo mejor de la Telenovela, pero podria haber sido mucho mejor, al igual que Abrazame Muy Fuerte y todas las Telenovelas de Salvador Mejia Alejandre, que se han editado en Dvd, no contiene la Música Original, ni en la Entrada ni en ninguna de las Escenas.
La Cancion que pusieron en la Entrada no me gusto para nada, no se compara con el Tema de Juan Gabriel Yo Te Recuerdo, que era un Exelente Tema y le daba Emocion a la Historia.
En cuanto a la Edicion de las Escenas del Dvd estan bien, se entiende, pero faltan muchas escenas importantes de la Novela.
Hubieron 2 Escenas que no estan en el Dvd, y es cuando encierran a Atilio en la Carcel, no se ve cuando lo capturan en la casa y tampoco se ve como Lucrecia, la Madre de Ignacio se enferma. Despues, lo demas esta bien.
No Contiene los Creditos Finales despues del Fin, estan en un Extra, como todas las Telenovelas que duran mas de 500 Minutos o que estan mal resumidas.