Posts Tagged ‘Once Upon A Time In Mexico’
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Sep12
I gotta say I’m pretty pumped to see Once Upon A Time In Mexico. I’m a big Robert Rodriguez fan and I’m looking forward to his return to more kinetic, adult storylines. Hey, the Spy Kids movies were fun, but how about something for those of us who don’t eat Happy Meals these days?
I think the fact Rodriguez scored Johnny Depp is some kind of gift from heaven. Even though filming was completed in 2001, Depp couldn’t be hotter right now. I see his portrayal of psychotic CIA agent Sands as another in a long line of fun and interesting characters.
I was watching IFC last night and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Jared’s favorite movie) happened to be on. That movie is so weird, Depp’s performance as Hunter S. Thompson sometimes gets buried under all the craziness. But watching it just reminded me how awesome he really is.
Has anyone else noticed that all of the ads for this movie almost entirely feature Depp? If you didn’t know the history of the franchise, you totally wouldn’t know Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek are in it, too! I guess that’s just the studio trying to milk a little interest off of Depp’s turn as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.
As excited as I am for this movie, I was also pumped to learn Thursday night that Christian Bale has been tapped to be the new Batman in the film being lensed by former Memento director Christopher Nolan.
I think Bale is a really good choice. He can be very polished and W.A.S.P.y on the surface, but underneath, you can see the cogs turning. And when he erupts, it’s brilliant to watch. I think physically he’ll be the closest to Batman we’ve ever seen on screen. That’s good news for the comic book geek community.
I’m looking forward to the weekend. I’m planning on catching up on some films. It seems like forever since I’ve been to a theater!
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I found today’s strip to be very funny. I for one will definately check out the strip tomorrow (as if I am not checking it daily anyway.)
I am looking forward to seeing Underworld. If Kate Beckinsale looks half as good in this movie as she was in Serendipity, then I know the movie will be sweet. (I know looks aren’t everything, but she is obviously cool and that is the most important thing.)
If I am not making any sense, it could be the cold medicine.
Anyway, I rented the movies Scratch and Dead Calm. Scratch is a documentary about turntablism. It was pretty cool. It inspired me to dust off my 1200’s and spin a few tunes before remembering why I gave up the dream of becoming a turntablist myself. #1 I suck at it.
Still fun though.
Dead Calm was dead cool. I liked it a lot, though I wanted to know more about Billy Zane’s experiences before hooking up with Nicole Kidaman and Sam Neill.
I also watched City Slickers 2 and was entertained. It was quite a bit better than I had envisioned, but still not as good as the original. Every time I look at Billy Crystal I think of his character in Monsters Inc.
I went to see Once Upon a Time in Mexico last Saturday. I was again entertained, but I am unsure if I really liked it or thought it was good. It definately had good parts, but as a whole the movie was a little jumbled. This would not be a good film for someone who can’t apply suspension on disbelief. A great (as usual) performance from Johnny Depp helped this movie greatly.
Stick around for the closing credits. There is a lot of crazy guitar music which takes advantage of the surround sound.
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