Movie Details
| Title: | Machete | |
| Director: | Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis | |
| Year: | 2010 | |
| Genre: | Exploitation | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 09.11.10 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (0)
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 09.11.10 | Galaxy Highland | Molly's parents were in town this weekend so I snuck out of a lunch to see this with my buddy Ross. To be perfectly honest, it was better than I thought it would be. The disdain I have for Planet Terror made me think this would bring up all those old feelings again, but it seems like Rodriguez learned a few lessons since then; either that or he mixed in enough of his El Mariachi sensibilities to make it work. The film grain and cut frames are still pretty gratuitous and noticeably absent after the first 15 minutes, almost like he started using it then got bored so decided to drop it. I appreciate the humor in the movie though and he wrote all the characters so they get to chew scenery pretty much through the entire film. Plus the plot is quick enough and complicated enough that following all the characters is enough to make up the movie and let Danny Trejo not say much. The porn music is funny the first time but gets a little tired when none of the sex scenes actually contain sex. At least they got Lindsay Lohan naked(ish) and showed a few breasts this time around... All in all I had fun with it and think it's a pretty good movie. |
