Once Upon A Time In Mexico

[prillalar]

Very violent, very pretty. I liked.

The violence made me think of Sonatine for some reason. But Once Upon A Time In Mexico didn't have the sudden silences that Sonatine did.

I couldn't quite follow the plot, such as it was, but that didn't really bother me. I haven't seen either El Mariachi or Desperado, so I didn't have any background for the story -- I'm not sure if that would have made any difference.

It was more about the editing anyway. I liked Rodriguez's frenzied style very much. I hope to read more about the making of this film, the digital cameras especially. According to the IMDb, the movie was completed in 2001 but not released until now. Anybody know why?

I have never before thought Antonio Banderas was hot, but hot he was. Pretty and impassive. Plus there's just something about a man playing a guitar. Oh, and the spurs.

I felt cheated by the amount of Salma Hayek we got -- hardly any! Bah! But Eva Mendes was great.

And, of course, Johnny Depp. There's nothing he can't do, that man. Who else could be that pretty with both eyes gone and blood crusting his cheeks? And that fake arm -- all I could think of was Zaphod Beeblebrox. Sands was as charming as he was psycho. The t-shirts and the lunchboxes and and and. Want more.

I was tempted to go see Pirates again right after, but I didn't think I had the stamina. Maybe tomorrow.

And now nothing to do but wait for Kill Bill. Mmmm....Uma.

Comments

[zarahemla.livejournal.com]

I have never before thought Antonio Banderas was hot, but hot he was. Pretty and impassive. Plus there's just something about a man playing a guitar. Oh, and the spurs.

And didn't you love the way he kept flipping his hair out of his eyes? That was me in ninth grade. LOL

[prillalar]

Lovely icon. :) And I had hair sort of like that too, only it was a lot more recent than 9th grade. *g*

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

We must have been in the same mental space, because I saw it tonight too! Just got back, in fact. I found it absolutely incomprehensible with regards to plot (although that follows well from El Mariachi and Desperado. The thing is, I cannot abide permanent damage like having eyes . . . you know, I can't even write it. So I spent the last third of the movie wincing any time Johnny Depp was on screen and looking away whenever he took off his sunglasses.

This made me remember why I thought Antonio Banderas was so fucking hot in the early '90s. I think I need to buy Desperado on DVD.

[prillalar]

I couldn't watch the actual scene where you-know-what happens, but I didn't have any problem with the aftermath. Actually, I found it rather compelling.

I think you can get a DVD with both El Mariachi and Desperad on it. I might have to pick it up.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

Antonio used to be hot in the old days. When he was in Spanish movies. Like "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down". I don't know if you've seen those, but DAMN! That's when Madonna sweated him (if you've seen 'Truth or Dare' then you saw the whole debacle where she tried to sex him up and he rejected her because he was married. His first marriage.) I used to love him so much.

You need to see "Starring Pancho Villa as Himself". Antonio is making a comeback to cool.