devinelady66 Love Bomba has been one of my favorite movies since it premiered it told the story of Ritchie Valens his home life his growing up how he had a tough childhood and it's just an all-around wonderful movie.

Ersbel Oraph An elaborate, yet unmemorable piece of propaganda. The problem has its roots in trying to touch all interesting issue of that era. From the first half hour there is the dark skinned no good guy who moves drugs. There is a cute scene ready for the white fundamentalist in which two bad guys with dark skin are doing drugs. Actually hemp. In a small trailer. It suits them, after all they don't have a steady job, right? And in that small space the girlfriends (the bad guy doesn't obey the holy matrimony, right?) are not affected. To make things more obvious, one becomes angry and aggressive like in Reefer Madness. And his girlfriend gives him a nice discourse fit for a white middle class protestant girl. Cliché poverty, cliché romantic scene, and the children popping on and off to suit the artistic desires of the director and writer. And it keeps going like that for almost two hours.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

actionstudiosco Parts of this movie were done very well. They did a great job with the characters especially, and making them feel real and relatable. They built some real, solid, drama in this film, and some scenes were done terrifically. The main downfall is the script. The foreshadowing was handled horribly. It isn't subtle at all, it's just in-your-face, and doesn't really work to the effect it was hoping for...not to mention there's way too much. Another big problem with the movie is I feel like it was almost too focused on Ritchie's death. The very first scene opens with a plane exploding, if that tells you anything. It isn't very historically accurate, and certainly romanticizes the story a lot, too. At certain times the dialogue was really good and emotional, but at other times it was horribly cheesy. For what it is, the film put in a solid effort, and it is certainly an enjoyable film. 7/10

Wuchak "La Bamba" is a really good rags-to-almost-riches story about Ritchie Valens who was three months shy of 18 years-old the day the music died on February 3, 1959. Ritchie is played by Lou Diamond Phillips, his brother Bob by Esai Morales, his mother by Rosanna DeSoto and their friend, Rosie, by Elizabeth Peña. Other than Ritchie's unlikely quick rise to fame, the story focuses on his troubled brother, who both supports Ritchie and resents his success, as well as Ritchie's youthful infatuation with a blond gringo who inspired the hit "Donna" (Danielle von Zerneck). Donna's Dad, of course, is a bigot and doesn't want her seeing a lowly Hispanic. Ritchie needed a connection to stardom and that was smalltime record producer Bob Keane (Joe Pantoliano) who witnesses Ritchie's magic at a Saturday matinée show at a movie theater."La Bamba" is just an all-around entertaining movie. It's got a good (true) story, great music from that era, authentic California locations and quality actors. Morales stands out as Ritchie's brother who's essentially a "dark Fonz" character. I also like how Keane is shown to be a do-it-yourself visionary who's "studio" is in his basement. Keane had a make-a-way-where-there-is-no-way ethic, an eye for talent and a willingness to look for treasure in "nobodies"; and that's why he was successful and is remembered to this day. This is just one example of the gems that can be gleaned from the proceedings.The film runs 108 minutes.GRADE: B+ or A-