Film Review
The Book of Life
The film starts when a class of children are shown into a room full of Aztec remains. Amongst these remains is the mysterious Book of Life which tells everyone's life story. The children's guide picks out one story which is the story of 2 boys and 1 girl (you can see how this gonna turn out). Anyway, these two primordial gods of Aztec myth make a bet to see which one of the boys would grow up to marry the girl. The ruler of the Land of the Remembered chose Manolo, the peaceful one into music and dedication, and the ruler of the Land of the Forgotten chose Joaquin, the strong one into being the hero and protecting the girl (Maria). Everyone wants Maria to marry Joaquin, because he's the only one who can protect the village. He actually proposes, but Maria stalled. Meanwhile Manolo tries his hardest to win Maria over, but in doing so, he keeps disappointing his family.When he gets some alone time with Maria, she gets bitten by a snake. Thinking that she's dead he lets the ruler of the Land of the Forgotten kill him so that he can venture into the world of the dead to find the love of his life