The power of love are the words that come to my mind after seeing Like Water for Chocolate. I loved the movie! It was so powerful! I couldn't believe that they both didn't marry each other when Tita's Mother died, and then when they finally did get together they died.
Tita, this wonderful cook and beautiful woman. All she wants in life is to be with Pedro, but because of the tradition her family has she is supposed to take care of her mother and never marry.
Pedro, is this young, handsome man that would do anything to be close to Tita. Like she said in the film, "You should've just kidnapped me!" That would've been better than him marrying her older sister.
Mama Elena was a selfish, mean Mother. Why couldn't she of just lived with Tita and Pedro. Then I couldn't believe that her mother suggested that Pedro marry Rosaura.
I thought the story of the matches was interesting. When they were younger, I felt like the matches were lit one by one, and then he married Tita's sister, putting them back out. Then when they finally could be together all the matches were lit at once causing the passion to so intense that he dies, and she then kills herself. Didn't the writer know that love story were suppose to happily ever after ending, not a tragedy?
Magic Realism was throughout the whole film. Tita's love for Pedro was expressed in her cooking. She put all her love into her cooking, because she couldn't for Pedro. One being that when she cried into the cake while baking. Every guest at the wedding, cried while eating the cake. Then, there was the rose sauce. The sauce was made from the roses Pedro bought Tita. The rose sauce was so powerful and flavorful, causing Pedro and Tita to make love through the taste of the sauce. Tita's sister, Gertrudia, was in the shower when her love took over her body making her jump naked on a horse and run away with a man. When Tita is depressed and living with Dr. Brown, the bowl of soup magically heals her depression that she has. It was the power of cooking that emotions were expressed by the characters.
Tara McFadden
I agree, Tita was able to express herself through her cooking. Her emotions were transfered to all who ate it. Her abusive relationship with her mother continued even after the mothers death when she would come to Tita in a vision or ghost like appearance. I cant imagine having to follow a tradition of not being allowed to marry just because your the youngest daughter. I agree it would have been easier just to have the mother live with Tita/Pedro. I thought the ending was powerful. When all Pedros "matches" were lit at once, caused by the depth of his feelings for Tita ,then unable to live without the love of her life Tita eats sulpher to ignite her "matches" causing her death also. It certainly wasn't a happily ever after film. I did enjoy this film though.
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