Horrible.
And for the record I am a big fan of testosterone-laden films. I thought Predators was the 2nd best movie this year, behind Inception.
But Machete was all about killing just to kill and then lets get a close up of Danny Trejo to show how cool he is. Think back to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs...a ton of killing and even more blood and profanity along for the ride. But it was a smart movie with a purpose. The violence was a conduit for a great movie. Mr. Pink was a fascinating character, heck even how he got his name had me glued to the screen. Machete could learn a lesson or two by watching Reservoir Dogs.
The entire movie was incredibly contrived. The dialogue was on the level of a film conceived by third graders. Especially bad were the main female leads, Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba. At one point they actually have a conversation with each other and it will make you want to rip your eyeballs out. They are painfully bad. None of the characters are interesting. I didn't want to anything more about any of them. Some will say that is the "style" of the movie. What...bad acting, bad story telling, bad dialogue? Sounds riveting.
Let me also add that Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Alba are without clothes at times in this movie. Yes, quality nudity. AND I still wouldn't recommend anyone going to see it. Its that bad.
The immigration political commentary really did this movie in more than anything else. They are incredibly obvious when they are trying to be subtle about the value of the Mexican culture. Example...the evil white man killing Hispanics sits down for lunch with his family and goes out of his way to point out he is eating "tacos" and later asks his daughter to pass the "salsa". A very sophomoric attempt at irony. It would have been slightly better if they didn't go out of their way to tell the audience they were eating mexican food. Subtlety is lost on Robert Rodriguez. Earlier in the film they introduce the hero of la raza, "She" (pronounced "shay", a not-so-clever play on the Mexican hero Che Guevara).
The whole movie is about how bad the evil white person from the state of Texas is...feeding an already atrocious stereotype. I'm not sure if I felt more guilt about my inherent racism (?) or the fact that I paid for this movie.
The final kick in the nuts is that the director Robert Rodriguez went to texas. Kill me now.
And for the record I am a big fan of testosterone-laden films. I thought Predators was the 2nd best movie this year, behind Inception.
But Machete was all about killing just to kill and then lets get a close up of Danny Trejo to show how cool he is. Think back to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs...a ton of killing and even more blood and profanity along for the ride. But it was a smart movie with a purpose. The violence was a conduit for a great movie. Mr. Pink was a fascinating character, heck even how he got his name had me glued to the screen. Machete could learn a lesson or two by watching Reservoir Dogs.
The entire movie was incredibly contrived. The dialogue was on the level of a film conceived by third graders. Especially bad were the main female leads, Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba. At one point they actually have a conversation with each other and it will make you want to rip your eyeballs out. They are painfully bad. None of the characters are interesting. I didn't want to anything more about any of them. Some will say that is the "style" of the movie. What...bad acting, bad story telling, bad dialogue? Sounds riveting.
Let me also add that Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Alba are without clothes at times in this movie. Yes, quality nudity. AND I still wouldn't recommend anyone going to see it. Its that bad.
The immigration political commentary really did this movie in more than anything else. They are incredibly obvious when they are trying to be subtle about the value of the Mexican culture. Example...the evil white man killing Hispanics sits down for lunch with his family and goes out of his way to point out he is eating "tacos" and later asks his daughter to pass the "salsa". A very sophomoric attempt at irony. It would have been slightly better if they didn't go out of their way to tell the audience they were eating mexican food. Subtlety is lost on Robert Rodriguez. Earlier in the film they introduce the hero of la raza, "She" (pronounced "shay", a not-so-clever play on the Mexican hero Che Guevara).
The whole movie is about how bad the evil white person from the state of Texas is...feeding an already atrocious stereotype. I'm not sure if I felt more guilt about my inherent racism (?) or the fact that I paid for this movie.
The final kick in the nuts is that the director Robert Rodriguez went to texas. Kill me now.
