steven soderbergh have the knack of drain the passion out of his film ( the good german and the informant ) in a myriad of way and with his reverential che part one he apply them all . sloppy composition and repetitive detail to the trivial and disjoint edit that look like it be cut with a machete and lack of character development in anyone except st. che who more resembles gandhi than the charismatic and fervent revolutionary who be prone to atrocity ( can not have a revolution without fire squad lenin ) . part one cover che triumphant cuban guerrilla war from 1956 1959 that bring down the brutal dictatorship of fulgencio batista . it be clumsily cross cut with guevera speech at the un after fidel take power ( thankfully color cod in b and w to tell u where we be ) and the jarring transition far impede the film flow save for che re phrase his humanist viewpoint ad nauseum . in the field it get even more inane a soderbergh have che command his follower in a gentle voice that can hardly be hear above the cricket and bird . he act more like a parent with recalcitrant teen than rebel and in one case order sulk soldier to return a freshly liberate set of hot wheel . soderbergh lay it on even thicker with his gracious door to door visit to peasant home for food and begging and always pay . che also spend more time doctoring and reading and tutor math than engage the enemy and though he do manage at one point to assert action hero status grab a bazooka from an inept subordinate and fire a direct hit . soderbergh complete his canonization by close part one with the victorious che 200 mile out of havana and for good reason since it would be difficult for his lead to maintain an ethereal demeanor while order mass execution without trial . look and speak in the compassionate tone of an apostle and bernicio del toro show little of the drive and intensity that che have to have have to triumph against overwhelm odds . instead we get an introspective che in heroic pose reading and write in his journal and stress education . the rest of the cast be marginalize include an ambiguous fidel . with che part one soderbergh ultimately do guevera a disservice by sanitize him and in do so suck the vitality and complexity out of a man who by his accomplishment have a lot more about him than be say in this ponderous quagmire of a film .