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[movie] Machete

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by AGBee, May 5, 2010.

  1. Dave_78

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    Totally lived up to the trailer.

    My thoughts regarding the women of Machete:

    1. Michelle Rodriguez blew Alba out of the water (who would have ever thought that was possible...and I'm not even an Alba fan).

    2. Alba did the nude scene (that didn't really show anything) ONLY to prove she has her body back after having a kid

    3. Lohan had a body double for the pool scene yet she shows some nipple slips later in the church (wtf?)

    Again, awesome movie. My hopes were so high for this one that I went to Austin to watch it at the 6th Street Alamo Draft House with some friends.
     
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  2. conquistador#11

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    A part me believes he knew when it was released, just wanted to use the joke/reference. =/




    I do enjoy some or robert's films like desperado and dusk til dawn. I like how he uses the same cast in many of his movies. one of the reasons I love Judd apatow is because he stays true to freaks and geeks . =)
     
  3. ryan_98

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    saw it last night, i thoroughly enjoyed it

    how did it manage to only pull in $11M this weekend?
     
  4. B-Bob

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    Very limited release. Not showing at mall megaplexes for the most part.
     
  5. ryan_98

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    just saw that, only 2600 theaters

    side note, mayra leal (the naked girl at the beginning) is a former UH student.
     
  6. weslinder

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    This doesn't count toward those numbers, but I watched it in Calgary on Friday, and the theater was maybe 1/4 full. It was a matinee, but it's a really busy theater. I think it's just that Robert Rodriguez isn't as big a deal outside Texas and the Southwest.
     
  7. fredy

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    She went to Austin high school in southeast houston too so she's from my hood. Hottie!
     
  8. Hilltopper

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    1. I've tried to give Alba the benefit of the doubt in several movies, she's just not that good of an actress. Still fun to look at.

    3. My buddy and I noticed the same thing...how weak was that?

    Trejo is a rough looking dude. (click to play video)

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  9. VanityHalfBlack

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    Machete was good.. Enjoy the first act more than the last 20 mins of it... Michelle Rodriguez didn't do **** in the movie except in that damn taco truck and in the last scene with the eye patch.. I was hoping for a big fight scene with her and lindsey lohan or something... I wanted to see more bloodshed with the rednecks and the immigrants, maybe RR is saving it for Machete Kills movie... Oh and if any Hollywood producers are thinking about making a hard R comic book movie, then they should get Robert Rodriguez to do it.. Machete felt like a comic book movie to me, the way it was shot, the use of text, the story and villains, very well polished!!!
     
  10. GRENDEL

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    Actually it's very much in the vien of classic Blackplotation movies with everything you mentioned, go check out Shaft or Foxy Brown or even Black Dynamite and you'll see what I mean.
     
  11. rrj_gamz

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    Haven't seen it yet, but will this weekend...can't wait...
     
  12. GRENDEL

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    I think you'll enjoy the eye candy man, it's strong! Michelle Rodriguez looks amazing, even the wife mentioned that after we watched it.
     
  13. VanityHalfBlack

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    Yeah I get what you're saying.. But i felt it was too well made though/ a little hollywood to me with all the big stars and whatnot... I guess this would be called MEXPLOITATION...
     
  14. RocketsPimp

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    Saw it last Friday at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz on 6th street in Austin. The movie was fantastic! It was everything I expected. Pure entertainment!

    Michelle Rodriguez is sooooo friggin hot!
     
  15. GRENDEL

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    She seems to be getting better with age, I never gave her a second look in her earlier movies but in Avatar and this she just looks kind of impressive.
     
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    Anyone know if she is still with the chick from Terminator 3? Amazing what a little less cocaine can do for a girl.
     
  17. GRENDEL

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    Doubt it, think that was going on when they were filming that Bloodrayne movie years ago.
     
  18. trueroxfan

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    I never thought I would want to see a movie with Steven Seagal in it.

    By far my favorite quote from Seagal, "I'll take you to the bank Senator soandso...to the blood bank." classic
     

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