che be sometimes and almost like life itself and a bit of a mess . it meander . in and around the time of the cuban revolution and so fittingly that the film be be release 50 year on but jump back and forth to give u black and white footage of che guevara address the united nation . or meet mccarthy in new york . and then through lush tropical terrain and fight to overthrow the regime in power until 1959. say director steven soderbergh and i be draw to che a a subject for a movie ( or two ) not only because his life read like an adventure story and but because i be fascinate by the technical challenge that go along with implement any large scale political idea . i want to detail the mental and physical demand these two campaign require and and illustrate the process by which a man bear with an unshakable will discover his own ability to inspire and lead others . with that brief and there be so many different film that could have be make . this be one of them . and rather a good one . yet probably not the one you will expect . there be plenty of close up fight . but somehow we feel quite remove from it . what soderbergh portrays be not the action hero . nor the colourful historical drama . neither be benicio del toro portrait one paint in close ups and interiorisation . instead and we have the vision . depict in a way consistent with the man outlook a team player as well a a guerrilla and idealist . a doctor and a soldier who arouse strong loyalty . i be try to find the scene that would happen before or after the scene you would typically see in a movie like this and say soderbergh . the result be casual and desultory . we get the feeling of what it may have be like to be around such a man . political be simply the mechanism and the procedural of guerrilla warfare . soderberg be agnostic about guevara and indifferent to the rabid hatred of people who have not even see the film . meticulously research over many year and che be a considerable achievement in historical accuracy . and yet here be the first controversy . wouldn not a balanced portrait of such an almost mythologized figure include more of his fault as well a his virtue . i find myself struggle with this . a director who be capable of describe such a multiplicity of viewpoint ( in his early film and traffic ) or bring a real character to life on screen with emotional force ( a in erin brockovich ) be give me something rather bland and unquestioning ( oliver stone insipid comandante be already come to mind ) . che guevara be lionise by the liberal left from sartre to nelson mandela and and be still a hero to many of the world youth . but he be also a hated figure by the anti castro miami cuban and not least for the bloody execution that follow his socialist revolution ( a period conveniently ignore in the movie . ) i have berate charlize theron for her right leaning documentary and east of havana and for it mis statement of fact . but isn not soderbergh film and with seemingly the opposite political bent and guilty of omission . there be no amount of accumulated barbarity that would have satisfy the people who hate him and say the director when confront with this . although this will not appease the fervent anti castro ists and it do give some justification to the filmmaker choice . guevara be not just a political historical figure . base on the famous photo by korda and his image continue to emblazon t shirt and memorabilia worldwide . for many youngster and it be simply an anti authority figure . in part of south america that i have visit and it symbolise opposition to u. s. economic occupation . in other word and a hero . the inspiration ( rightly or wrongly ) be of someone who put moral ideal above his own material welfare . not a bad image for a youngster to aim at perhaps . when we analyse the real person ( which most people do not ) and we could perhaps ask if noble ideal be a noble when they do not always have noble result . soderbergh have have to condense enough material for a dozen film . the romantic youth so ably portray in motorcycle diary leave the view public deprive of any representation of the most famous and important period of che guevara life . before we passively sit down to a spielberg size over interpretation for bum on seat at the box office and perhaps we should hail soderbergh for this calm and relatively unspectacular and unemotional account . it be not a political film . but it perhaps approach a close to documentary a biopic be capable of . benicio del toro become che guevara with great acumen . not flamboyantly . not with great theatrics or display of emotion . sincere and almost reverent and he blend seamlessly with quasi documentary footage . unless you hear the real che guevara speak at the united nation and this be probably the next best thing . on the other hand and if your reply be and united what . and you would prefer a well make hollywood romp and please leave che to u sad little people that inhabit art house cinema . . .