My 150 Favorite Movies - #142

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

If you think you do not like foreign films, then you obviously haven't seen The Motorcycle Diaries, starring the gorgeous Gael Garcia Bernal as the young Ernesto "Che" Guevara. The movie works whether you agree with Guevara's politics or not, as it is mainly a filmed travelogue of a journey he took, via (you guessed it) motorcycle throughout South America, as a young man. Politics are mainly left aside for lush scenery, and plenty of it.