Posted on 09/02/2010 3:55:42 PM PDT by VU4G10
ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – In Robert Rodriguez's new grindhouse feature "Machete," the vengeful title character uses vicious cutlery to butcher his enemies. Could something similar happen to the movie when it's released next week?
"Machete's" convoluted story explicitly takes place amid the current powder keg of an immigration debate and on the heels of Arizona's controversial anti-illegal immigration legislation.
FoxNews.com wasted no time in posting an article, "Violent Movie Declares War on Arizona for Immigration Law," that linked the trailer to an incident the day before in which an unidentified white powder was sent to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who had signed SB 1070 into law. The article, which was quickly removed from the FoxNews website, declared the trailer "just the latest development in a debate that is growing more rancorous by the minute."
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He also contributed to some of the more nasty aspects of the debate about SB 1070. I'll forgive him because I like his movies plain and simple, but I'm disappointed in him.
Regardless of how good his movies are, the damage he seeks to do to this country is far more significant than anything he might contribute entertainment wise.
Wondering how long it will be before some nimrod comes on this thread and only says:
“Never heard of him”.
or
“I don’t see movies from Hollyweird”
Still, IMO he can go p*ss up a rope from now on.
Enforcing the law is unfashionable in the post-American world.
Tarantino wrote it but wanted someone else to direct. He and Rodriguez are tight so it was an easy choice for him I guess.
As far as zombie movies go, “Shawn of the Dead” is more my speed.
boycott.
Actually "From Dusk To Dawn" was a vampire movie. But I liked "Shawn of the Dead" too. :)
or this thread is useless without Jessica Alba pictures
or this thread is useless without Jessica Alba pictures
That’s kind of the point of the movie, it almost entirely lacks anybody that deserves the title “good guy”, and kills almost everybody. It’s a gore fest not unlike Machete, you’re supposed to root for the quality of the kill.
when Spy Kids goes horribly wrong...
Gore for gore sake then? If that’s the goal well then we are talking Cinematic Masterpiece, sorry I’ll pass and with no regrets.
It’s an action-horror-comedy. Nobody involved was trying to supplant Shakespeare, they were just trying to have some fun with 2 genres that at the time were taking themselves far too seriously. It’s a fun movie, and accomplishes its only real goal: entertainment. If that’s not enough for you fine, but understand there’s a lot of fun stuff out there that has no pretensions of ever being a masterpiece, lack of pretensions in both item and audience can be a nice thing.
‘Inglorious Bastards’ is another of such work. If I could only get those two hours of my life back!
Folks, It’s just a movie .....
Although I have no doubt that the same people who defend hollywood movies as art would be screaming Racism!! if a movie was made about illegals and Sheriff Joe upholding Arizona law..
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