Che can thank the beard, the hair and the beret for his success....that image really resonated with the unwashed in the 60s....and he got killed...that always helps.
I suppose it won't hurt to show these morons as handsome and idealistic, but I would like also to have the results of their idealism (poverty, hunger, death, injustice) to be shown too. I hope that it will cool off some handsome idealists of today.
I saw Motorcycle Diaries. The movie was excellent. It's only too bad that I had to keep reminding people he went on to do exactly what he wanted to fight against in his life. Like going to Africa and fighting with the communists for instance. Look at the wonderful things communism has done for Africans. I'm glad he lost his head.