Posted: 7/9/2011 4:18:59 PM EDT
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On Cinemax tonight 2000 mountain time. |
| I was actually looking forward to seeing it. I put aside the whole left-wing, pro illegal immigration slant and tried to see it as just mindless fun, and still thought it sucked. It had plenty of hot chicks and needless violence, but I just didn't find it very entertaining. |
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Didn't this start off as a parody "commercial break" in some other movie and wasn't originally supposed to be a real movie at all? Started out as a gag trailer in Quentin Tarantino's PLANET TERROR. Movie was built around the gag trailer (instead of the trailer being taken from an actual movie). They incorporated all the gag trailer stuff into the actual movie. |
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Machete is one of those movies where if you look into the real world messages that are being made, you probably won't enjoy the movie. If you just want some mindless fun, you will probably enjoy it. That was kind of my take on it. Ditto. I enjoyed the shit out of the naked chicks. |
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You may not look for the politics in a stupid movie but the message is always there. It's meant to influence your thinking. Then it doesn't work... This. Yes, I "got" the heavy left wing message on immigration loud and clear. But I just realized it was completely FOS, ignored it, and concentrated on enjoying the humor and the action in the movie. Cheech Marin as the shotgun wielding priest = priceless! |
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You may not look for the politics in a stupid movie but the message is always there. It's meant to influence your thinking. Then it doesn't work... And after 15 years or more of this shit, it becomes a part of american psyche, just like the white successful businessman/executive is the badguy in every movie... And it leaks into grand juries and journalism. |
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You may not look for the politics in a stupid movie but the message is always there. It's meant to influence your thinking. Then it doesn't work... I liked the movie. What's not to like. Mindless violence, nude chicks and when what's his name twists the sword around in his own gut without even flinching was great and I still have not changed my mind about illegal immigration. |
