ColinFarrellFan
08-29-2003, 02:17 AM
My review:
(was also posted on aintitcool... i u better tho =D)
I got to see ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO last night at the kips bay theatre in NY.
Let's call this Once upon a movie that could have been better,
I was extremely stoked to see this movie when I 1st read about it, I mean come on, the cast, Rodriguez, etc... it looked awsome. Then came that cool poster, then came the trailer, and it just got me more excited to see the film. When I came out of the film I couldn't believe how disapointed I was. I mean certain scenes of the movie rocked, but all in all I think I went in expecting to be given a virtual blow job or something, because I left less then satisfied.
So anyways, 1st I run into my friend in the mall and he says he has tickets for this thing, it's all to good to be true. Some movie research group or something was doing the screening and the line was all the way down the block.
So I walk into this thing, and after an entirnity for it to start, it comes on and the sound is off, Johnny Depp is talking and nothing is coming out of his mouth.
So they restart the film after a huge amount of boos from the front, and the game is on.
1st of all Entertainment Weekly was right about the buzz that depp steals this movie, he does. Every scene he is in the audience kind of perked up from there seats to see what he was going to say. Rodriguez wrote the part kind of like he was the main character even, he starts the movie with him, and almost ends the movie with him and all the comedic parts are with him, so why the hell wasn't this movie the johnny depp walks around mexico movie? Because that would have been entertaining. I really liked depp in this movie, he has a good time and you could see it, his character is a blast to with his
#SPOILERS....
Whole notion that you have to shoot the cook that cooks the best pork in mexico to keep the country level was fucking hilarious and his "skull fucking" comment to cheech marin was funny to. But the thing that really bothered me was the scene after Mr. Depp gets his eyes gorged out, by his double crossing girlfriend Eva "sugar butt" Mendes, and is walking around the street blood pouring out from under his sunglasses and he is just like "oh, i can't see." People are going to be arguing over this scene and it's believeability. But, that's when i said this is kinda stupid, that would hurt right, and he is just walking around the street like la dee da? But then again to take this seriously would be a crime. I think i wanted this movie to be a serious action flick and what i got was a fantasy movie with unbelieveable scenes to go with unbelieveable characters.
End SPOILERS.#
But moving on from my complaints which are small, but are there...
MORE SPOILERS
The action scenes are GREAT!
With Antonio Banderas looking great as ever as El, shoots a mother fucker, he shoots them! They fly across the screen. The scenes with Antonio and Salma are good to, but those are all flashbacks anyway, which bring me to my next complaint which is Salma is advertised to be in this movie as a main character bull shit!
She's only in flashbacks! For like 15 minutes of the thing she's there and she's beautiful but fuck i wanted more of her.
Antonio's whole story was kind of weak to, it's a basic revenge plot to kill the general that killed his daughter and his wife, but we never see the general that much anyway, but loved when antonio shot both his knee caps and bop, his legs break off, loved that shit.
Rodriguez you're the man, but I felt this was kind of a let down, loved certain parts of it, was bored during others.
Thanks for an ok night out though.
It's still worth seeing, but I had my hopes WAY WAY to high.
(was also posted on aintitcool... i u better tho =D)
I got to see ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO last night at the kips bay theatre in NY.
Let's call this Once upon a movie that could have been better,
I was extremely stoked to see this movie when I 1st read about it, I mean come on, the cast, Rodriguez, etc... it looked awsome. Then came that cool poster, then came the trailer, and it just got me more excited to see the film. When I came out of the film I couldn't believe how disapointed I was. I mean certain scenes of the movie rocked, but all in all I think I went in expecting to be given a virtual blow job or something, because I left less then satisfied.
So anyways, 1st I run into my friend in the mall and he says he has tickets for this thing, it's all to good to be true. Some movie research group or something was doing the screening and the line was all the way down the block.
So I walk into this thing, and after an entirnity for it to start, it comes on and the sound is off, Johnny Depp is talking and nothing is coming out of his mouth.
So they restart the film after a huge amount of boos from the front, and the game is on.
1st of all Entertainment Weekly was right about the buzz that depp steals this movie, he does. Every scene he is in the audience kind of perked up from there seats to see what he was going to say. Rodriguez wrote the part kind of like he was the main character even, he starts the movie with him, and almost ends the movie with him and all the comedic parts are with him, so why the hell wasn't this movie the johnny depp walks around mexico movie? Because that would have been entertaining. I really liked depp in this movie, he has a good time and you could see it, his character is a blast to with his
#SPOILERS....
Whole notion that you have to shoot the cook that cooks the best pork in mexico to keep the country level was fucking hilarious and his "skull fucking" comment to cheech marin was funny to. But the thing that really bothered me was the scene after Mr. Depp gets his eyes gorged out, by his double crossing girlfriend Eva "sugar butt" Mendes, and is walking around the street blood pouring out from under his sunglasses and he is just like "oh, i can't see." People are going to be arguing over this scene and it's believeability. But, that's when i said this is kinda stupid, that would hurt right, and he is just walking around the street like la dee da? But then again to take this seriously would be a crime. I think i wanted this movie to be a serious action flick and what i got was a fantasy movie with unbelieveable scenes to go with unbelieveable characters.
End SPOILERS.#
But moving on from my complaints which are small, but are there...
MORE SPOILERS
The action scenes are GREAT!
With Antonio Banderas looking great as ever as El, shoots a mother fucker, he shoots them! They fly across the screen. The scenes with Antonio and Salma are good to, but those are all flashbacks anyway, which bring me to my next complaint which is Salma is advertised to be in this movie as a main character bull shit!
She's only in flashbacks! For like 15 minutes of the thing she's there and she's beautiful but fuck i wanted more of her.
Antonio's whole story was kind of weak to, it's a basic revenge plot to kill the general that killed his daughter and his wife, but we never see the general that much anyway, but loved when antonio shot both his knee caps and bop, his legs break off, loved that shit.
Rodriguez you're the man, but I felt this was kind of a let down, loved certain parts of it, was bored during others.
Thanks for an ok night out though.
It's still worth seeing, but I had my hopes WAY WAY to high.