Machete

jennontheisland · Aug 10, 2010

It's real!!

It's really real!!

For the longest time I was convinced that actual production was some kind of elaborate hoax, but my local theatre has an opening date of September 3. And the one person I want to watch it with will be visiting me at the time.

I'm so going.

And if all that comes up on the screen is a big old HaHa (a la Nelson of the Simpsons) because it really was just a joke on those of us who live for sex, drugs, boobs, and completely excessive gratuitous violence in our films, I'm going to pee myself laffing.

Zoombie · Aug 10, 2010

They call him...MACHETE.

You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Father, aren't you a man of peace?

God forgives. I don't. BANG!

jennontheisland · Aug 10, 2010

*gigglebounceclap*

Wayne K · Aug 10, 2010

Boobs?

I'm in

Zoombie · Aug 10, 2010

The only advertisement this movie needs.

jennontheisland · Aug 10, 2010

Danny Trejo was all I needed to see.

But the boobs are nice too.

YukonMike · Aug 10, 2010

I love that line "They just fucked with the wrong Mexican."

I can't wait to see this flick.

YukonMike · Aug 12, 2010

The movie hasn't hit the theaters, yet the reviews are in.

The website I'm associated with -- Four Word Film Reviews -- already has written about it: http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=22576

jennontheisland · Sep 6, 2010

I saw it on opening night and OMG it wasn't a joke! It's a real movie!! (I got some srs Pinocchio real-boy happiness going on here)

It was fucking awesome! Amazing! Best movie I've seen in a long fucking time. I'm going to see it again tomorrow.

And.

I thought long and hard about saying this, but .... I think it's better than Evil Dead.

Srsly.

Zoombie · Sep 6, 2010

Better than EVIL DEAD!?

HERESY, OR THE SECOND COMING!?

Smileycat · Sep 6, 2010

Machete is the nickname Danny Trejo's character in the Spy Kid movies had. He was Antonio Banderas' character's brother, the uncle of the Spy Kids. In the Spy Kids movies he is an inventor.

I did see the movie Machete. It is very bloody, almost Tarrantino-ish. I didn't really like it, sorry to say. I actually dozed off toward the end.

Lindsay Lohen and some other actress with very large fake boobies are completely naked in this movie, so you guys should like it.

jennontheisland · Sep 8, 2010

Zoombie said:
Better than EVIL DEAD!?

HERESY, OR THE SECOND COMING!?

Dude, I thought long and hard before I said that out loud. And nothing appeared to swallow my soul, so I'm going with second coming.

Next up: Hobo With A Shotgun!

Second theatre I went to had the trailer! It's like cotton candy for my brain.

Smileycat said:
I did see the movie Machete. It is very bloody, almost Tarrantino-ish. I didn't really like it, sorry to say. I actually dozed off toward the end.

Lindsay Lohen and some other actress with very large fake boobies are completely naked in this movie, so you guys should like it.

Girls too!

Did you catch Tarantino's cameo in the final standoff??

Oh, and Trejo was in a LA gangster flick in the early 90s called "Blood In Blood Out" with a gang called La Onda. The license plate of one of the low riders in the battle climax was La Onda.

I love this shit.

Zoombie · Sep 8, 2010

Are there any sexy naked guys too?

jennontheisland · Sep 8, 2010

Zoombie said:
Are there any sexy naked guys too?

Trejo topless?

There are a couple of pretty-boy-ish home boys, if that's more your thing.

Zoombie · Sep 8, 2010

Hmmm

I dunno if I'd call Trejo "sexy" but he definitely has screen personality.

And lots and lots of machetes.

jennontheisland · Sep 8, 2010

I love this interview with him. His response to the question about his first leading role is priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-udVlW3NGw

SPMiller · Sep 11, 2010

Even if this is a cult movie, it needs more attention.

Smileycat · Sep 13, 2010

jennontheisland said:
Dude, I thought long and hard before I said that out loud. And nothing appeared to swallow my soul, so I'm going with second coming.

Next up: Hobo With A Shotgun!

Second theatre I went to had the trailer! It's like cotton candy for my brain.

Girls too!

Did you catch Tarantino's cameo in the final standoff??

Oh, and Trejo was in a LA gangster flick in the early 90s called "Blood In Blood Out" with a gang called La Onda. The license plate of one of the low riders in the battle climax was La Onda.

I love this shit.

By then, I had dozed off, so I missed Tarantino. Go figure. lol

mario_c · Sep 14, 2010

It didn't seem possible, but the movie not only lived up to both trailers*, it exceeded that promise. Danny Trejo is simply an amazing action lead, and funny in a deadpan way too. The cast is such a glorious trainwreck too - Lilo, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson (as quite a scary baddie) and Deniro living it up with his fake accent. I'm still amazed at the whole hospital scene, not to mention the apocalyptic final showdown.
And it dusted off all the ridiculous over the top action movies this summer, living proof of what a cheap filmmaker with a lot of heart and guts can do.
And no, I did not see Tarantino! Why, I might have to watch the movie again, from the beginning to see all the fanboy jokes in context of course...

*BTW the original Grindhouse theatrical presentation including the original Machete trailer (and Hobo W A Shotgun?) is coming to Blu-Ray, not regular DVD. Might be time to buy a Blu-Ray machine...

SPMiller · Oct 1, 2010

I'm a staunch liberal, a progressive with socialist tendencies. However, nearly all of my closest friends are about as opposite as you can get. So imagine my surprise when, upon asking a couple of them about whether they had seen Machete, they told me they hadn't seen it because they heard it was "political". When I asked how they'd heard, they simply said word got around in their conservative social circles.

Which confuses me. I watch movies all the time with content I find offensive to my worldview and my political ideology, and they can't handle one?

Bullshit. This explains why the movie didn't do as well as expected.

mellymel · Oct 1, 2010

I'm surprised to hear so many people liked it. Hmm...I was actually pretty disappointed with this film. Not that you probably care, but here's my review I did on it on my blog.

http://melanieksantiago.blogspot.com/2010/09/movie-review-monday.html

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