So this weekend we went to a wedding shower down in Birmingham. And while the girls were out and about me and another husband of one of the girls went out and bought some dvds to pass the time. I bought Once Upon a Time In Mexico... and let me tell you how the story goes...
Once Upon a Time in Mexico, a terrible movie was made by the same guy who did Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2: Spy Harder, and Spy Kids 3: Why not? This Mexico movie was the third installment of the Desperado/El Mariachi series and was probably the worst... though I never saw the first but it can't be as bad as this one. It had Johnny Dep as a CIA spy who was more comic relief than bad A spy. It had Willam Dafoe, who should never ever play a man South of the border, i'm sorry just cause you get a tan doesn't make you a mexican. It also Enrique Igloosias who was by far the worst part of the movie, that guy can't act worth a nickel. Then there was the lead, El Mariachi himself, Antonio "I'm not always Zoro" Banderas.
Now, Desperado wasn't half bad, this was. The best line of the movie by far was Johnny Dep asking a mexican thug, "Are you a Mexi CAN or a Mexi CAN'T?" Now that was so cheesy I just had to laugh. And Johnny Dep did have some great humor in the movie, sort of a Fear and Loathing in Mexvegas Character, just off the wall insane and possible on drugs.
I think Crabb hit it on the head when he said it felt like the movie was on ADD. "Uh oh we're losing the attention of the audience, quick shoot someone and have his carcas get blown across a town square." "Uh oh we're losing them again, have Johnny Dep kill more innocent civilians."
The movie really had no interest in making sense... and I wonder if it wasn't the prequel to Lava Boy and Sharkgirl or whatever that movie's called. I really think they dropped the ball though on the third Mariachi. They have Enrique, Antonio, and then some other guy, they really should have gotten George Lopez... because he's funny... and more mexican than Willam Dafoe.
Anyway the movie was terrible but i figure it cost 10 bucks to watch, i'll sell it to mckays and probably make at least 5 in return credit and I'll come out even for a rental fee.
Oh and to answer Dep's question, I'm a mexi maybe.
Posted by holtonian at August 1, 2005 11:26 PM | TrackBackYeah, but you didn't catch the fact that there never was a 2nd installment made. They put in those flashback scenes to refer to stuff that happened after Desperado but before this one. Also, you didn't mention the scenes where Johnny Depp's character shoots em up in gunfights while having both eyes plucked out. Those were the best!
(As you can tell, I've seen this movie a couple of times.)