Desperado - At 'Dem Flicks with Malcolm

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:41 am

I would've reviewed "El Mariachi" as well, but it seems the director's commentary was stuck permanently in the "on" position & I had no intention of listening to Robert Rodriguez wax poetic about how he made a flick for $10K.

Synopsis :
Some gun-toting musicians decide to take on a drug dealer in order to pay him back for killing the lead guitarist's chick.

Review :
Not exactly heavy on thought, though there's a couple places that require at least a minimum IQ so as not to be shocked by some minor plot twist.

Antonio Banderas gets to look & act bad-ass for the entire film. Plenty of explosions, gun fights, violence, blood, etc. Since Rob did much of the camera operating, the editing, the directing, & the writing himself, shit seems more coherent (as opposed to instructing people how to shoot a script, he got to shoot his script himself) than a typical action flick. However, that's really all this is.

Verdict : 6 of 10. Renter. Mindless entertainment.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:52 am

You must be gay.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:54 am

How many pairs of shoes do you own again?

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:02 am

Hah! Little did you know I threw them out.

I now only have:
2 pairs of work shoes (1 brown, 1 black)
Tennis shoes
Hiking boots
Flip flops (at the beach condo)

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:02 am

Seriously, you're gay.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:05 am

Yeah. No mention of naked Salma Hayak.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:08 am

GORDON wrote:Yeah. No mention of naked Salma Hayak.

Y'all really need me to point that out?

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:13 am

GORDON wrote:Yeah. No mention of naked Salma Hayak.

EXACTLY.

Gay.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:14 am

A proper review of this movie is:

"Robert Rodriguez kicks ass cuz he got Salma naked. Salma naked. Salma naked. Salma naked. Salma naked. Salma naked. Salma naked. Salma naked. "

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:15 am

And then perhaps a few pics.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:16 am

Oh yeah... pics are a must.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:02 pm

TheCatt wrote:
GORDON wrote:Yeah. No mention of naked Salma Hayak.

EXACTLY.

Gay.

I was the first to think of Salma Hayek naked!

Uh... when did she get naked anyway? I don't remember any actual on-screen nudity on her part.

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:17 pm

Paul wrote:Uh... when did she get naked anyway? I don't remember any actual on-screen nudity on her part.

Were you high during the sex scene right in the middle of the film?

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:26 pm

He was focusing on Antonio Banderas - also gay.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:10 pm

Man we're knee-deep in gay around here.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:21 pm

TheCatt wrote:He was focusing on Antonio Banderas - also gay.

In my defense I imagined that he had a vagina.

...too.

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Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:35 pm

I stand corrected.

But wasn't it a body double? (Unlike Frida and Ask the Dusk)

I checked and she implies that it was really her here. I don't believe her though. She's a liar. A dirty dirty lying tramp who can't be trusted. A nasty dirty liar who needs a good spanking!

Comparing pics... oh what I do for research... they look like hers.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:04 pm

She was real in that movie, and used a body double in parts of Frida, but not most of it.