Once Upon a Time in Mexico

suppafly · 10-10-2003 10:46pm #1

Jaysus this has to be one of the worst movies i have ever had the misfortune of watching! It seems like it was either kind of a squel to Desperado or a really ****e remake of it. It had most of the same characters with a few more well known actors in it. Johnny Depp was pretty good in it and sort of held it together, cuz everything else was all over the place. The plot was soo messed up and jumped around the place, i can't stress how ****e this movie really is!

eoge · 11-10-2003 12:13pm

Yeah, it really is a load of t1ts! All over the place is right, just really really sh1t. One of those films that makes you angry at how rubbish it is. And I hate Enrique Iglesias.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS PIECE OF SH1T!!

smiaras · 11-10-2003 6:42pm

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Kold · 11-10-2003 7:07pm

Well did u guys think desperado was any good? i liked that movie

tman · 11-10-2003 8:07pm

Originally posted by Kold
Well did u guys think desperado was any good? i liked that movie

yeah, great film.
tarentino's best cameo imo.
hmm, must re-watch it soon

smiaras · 11-10-2003 9:21pm

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Caesar_Bojangle · 11-10-2003 9:44pm

Whats el Marachi(?) like?

smiaras · 12-10-2003 8:56am

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spooiirt!! · 12-10-2003 2:20pm

el mariachi is good. to be honest im never gonna watch desperado ever again. its on every two minutes on tv3!
ive seen that film as often as total recall!

smiaras · 12-10-2003 7:29pm

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suppafly · 12-10-2003 8:45pm

Yeah total recall is class!! I love that movie and Sharon stone looks well fine in it too!:) Also i though desperado was an alright movie, but this movie, as eoge said, was one of those movies that really pissed u off cuz it was sooo ****e!!! I just couldn't think of that when i first posted cuz i was soo pissed off that it was such a ****e movie!

smiaras · 12-10-2003 9:00pm

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Ste.phen · 13-10-2003 12:08pm

We got up and left just after this church scene, making this the only film i've walked out on, ever.
though the prescence of a bar in UGC may have influenced that somewhat...

spooiirt!! · 14-10-2003 4:31pm

the only flick ive ever walked out was george clooneys solaris!!
it was too " artistic"
(boring)

ixoy · 14-10-2003 5:23pm

I enjoyed both "Once Upon A Time In Mexico" AND "Solaris". Sheesh, I'm beginning to feel tolerant once more! "Solaris" was prettty and gentle and "Once Upon A Time.." was brainless fun. They're nowhere near as ****e as stuff that fools people into thinking it's good like the dire "A Beautiful Mind" (I really hate that movie).

smiaras · 14-10-2003 5:52pm

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ixoy · 14-10-2003 6:14pm

Yeah he explained.. but in simplistic terms (or "layman's terms"). I wanted detailed analysis and appplications - nerd alert

smiaras · 14-10-2003 6:24pm

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sceptre · 14-10-2003 10:56pm

Originally posted by smiaras
I used to study economics so I thought Beautiful Mind was pretty cool when it explained how the Nash equilibrium came about.

I tried to explain co-operative game theory to someone a week before going to see the movie. I got a nudge and a whisper asking me if that was what I was trying to explain. yes... why didn't you explain it like that then?. Edutainment = economic theory part-presented by Jennifer Connelly. I approve.

This very evening I explained Von Neuman's minimax theorem on the phone to the same girl in an attempt to explain how to deal with a troublesome housemate. I really should get out more:)

On topic, I didn't think Once Upon A Time In Mexico was that bad. Not the best movie I've seen this year by a long way but far from being the worst as well. Enrique should stick to whatever his real day job is though.

TheDuke · 15-10-2003 8:53am

firstly 'el mariachi' was Rodrigez first film made on an absolute shoe string, Holywood (I think it was HW) then got all exited and gave him a 'big' budget and he made Deperado which is 'el mariachi' with a budget.

After that Rodrigez went on to make Spy Kids (what a load of sheit man).

The only realy cool thing about this movie is that it was made with high definition cameras (some one help me out here, I continually forget the 'propper' term). Anyhow, not a role of film was used in the making. The movie may be crap but I really want to figur out how he got such colour richness in the movie and at what cost (the flexilbitiy that should give is something else).

Hope some else add something on the more 'interresting' elements of the film.

The Duke : ))

ixoy · 15-10-2003 12:27pm

Originally posted by TheDuke
The only realy cool thing about this movie is that it was made with high definition cameras (some one help me out here, I continually forget the 'propper' term). Anyhow, not a role of film was used in the making. The movie may be crap but I really want to figur out how he got such colour richness in the movie and at what cost (the flexilbitiy that should give is something else).

Was it not just recorded using digital cameras? "28 Days Later" used this, as well as "Changing Lanes". It's apparently cheaper to film and process but a lot of directors ain't used it. It's then, I assume, transferred to traditional film reels rather than projected digitally as well (as avowed by George Rubbish Lucas).

TheDuke · 15-10-2003 2:56pm

I think that's it "high defintion digital cameras"... didn't know 28 days used it.... never got arround to watching it but will now. I read up on all of the colour depth and pixel, ect stuff but can;t remember a thing right now...

And you're right, once the film is complete it is transfered to reel for cinema viewing (as digital cinemas are slow in the comming - ironically people find the picture too crisp and a little flat (read that in a few reviewed - never seen it for myself)).

The benfit of getting near photo quality digitally is major. With reel you need to shoot, scan, tweak electronically and re-transfer. Not to mention the pain of trying to cut a film.

The reason I am big into this is that I have a film to make at some stage of my life ala 'el mariachi' style but it has to be like brill baii...

Anyhow, loosing the plot of the thread....

The Duke : ))

suppafly · 16-10-2003 12:20am

Originally posted by TheDuke
Hope some else add something on the more 'interresting' elements of the film.

i thought Johnny Depps contributions were pretty humourous at time and oh course Eva Mendes for a bit of eye candy was also nice too. They still couldn't manage to keep it togther though

What was you worst bit in the movie everybody. Think mine was the church scene when every1 that got shot seemed to do an obligatory triple somersault backwards

that was indeed very lame! i can't really pick out one part that i thought was worst that the others.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

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