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Finally got around to watching "Machete"

posted 6 years ago by Arghhhh (804)
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And I was impressed that they actually managed to fit in all the ridiculous scenes from a fake trailer into the movie (including a threesome with the villain's wife and daughter and a mini gun strapped to a motorbike...). Then it struck me: "Machete", an insanely over the top Grindhouse homage had more respect for its origins than any of Disney's Star Wars films... they didn't just make the effort to include the scenes from the trailer (which was made 3 years before filming began for the film) they actually made them make sense. Contrast this with Disney:

TFA does not follow on from the RotJ and makes the events of the previous 3 films meaningless
R1's ending does not fit with ANH's beginning
TLJ abandons most of TFA's plot points and directly contradicts some of them

So congrats Disney on turning Star Wars into something that makes less sense than a fake trailer to a fake movie from a fake grind-house double bill.

[–] AndyKing (300) 6 years ago

I LOVE Machete.

[–] Arghhhh (804) 6 years ago

Yeah, it was great, and my enjoyment of the violence was only magnified by my wife's horror.

[–] AndyKing (300) 6 years ago

Machete Kills is hilarious too!

[–] Arghhhh (804) 6 years ago

Well I'll be sure to check it out.

Oh, and just to keep this thread Star Wars related: The Star Wars sequels are still terrible films. If only they'd asked Roberto Rodriquez to direct them?

[–] AndyKing (300) 6 years ago

I'm not sure the Blu-Ray kids would go for the whole retro grainy effect. The jokes would've been better though.