The Oscar race is over.

[Joshua Smith]

To call "Machete", the latest offering from Robert Rodriguez, a cinematic masterpiece would be to damn it with faint praise. Phrases such as "move over Coppola!" and "Greatest Movie of this, or any other, time" are not misplaced. If you see only one revenge-fueled, campy, over-the-top Mexican gore-fest this year, let it be this one!

Seriously, it's freaking great. And everything you hoped it might be.

[Sockmonkey]

To call "Machete", the latest offering from Robert Rodriguez, a cinematic masterpiece would be to damn it with faint praise. Phrases such as "move over Coppola!" and "Greatest Movie of this, or any other, time" are not misplaced. If you see only one revenge-fueled, campy, over-the-top Mexican gore-fest this year, let it be this one!

Seriously, it's freaking great. And everything you hoped it might be.

What's the word I'm looking for here... oh yeah... hyperbole.

Now... I'm as big a RR fan as the next guy... I HEART From Dusk till down, Sin City and all things Desperado/El Mariachi related (I loved Once Upon a Time in Mexico because CIA t-shirt = hilarity) But lets be real as much as I enjoy it, Once Upon a TIme is a mediocre movie.

The litmus test... is this movie good enough for my wife to like it? She'll watch action and rounds fired if it is wrapped up in a decent flick.

I'd hate to drive an hour to the movie theatre for it to suck for her.

-Eric

[Joshua Smith]

To call "Machete", the latest offering from Robert Rodriguez, a cinematic masterpiece would be to damn it with faint praise. Phrases such as "move over Coppola!" and "Greatest Movie of this, or any other, time" are not misplaced. If you see only one revenge-fueled, campy, over-the-top Mexican gore-fest this year, let it be this one!

Seriously, it's freaking great. And everything you hoped it might be.

What's the word I'm looking for here... oh yeah... hyperbole.

Now... I'm as big a RR fan as the next guy... I HEART From Dusk till down, Sin City and all things Desperado/El Mariachi related (I loved Once Upon a Time in Mexico because CIA t-shirt = hilarity) But lets be real as much as I enjoy it, Once Upon a TIme is a mediocre movie.

The litmus test... is this movie good enough for my wife to like it? She'll watch action and rounds fired if it is wrapped up in a decent flick.

I'd hate to drive an hour to the movie theatre for it to suck for her.

-Eric

My wife laughed her ass off. I guess we should define "decent movie" though- this is, pure and simple- a comedy. It's SO FAR over the top, that you really lose track of where, or even what, the top is. It helps if you've spent any time at all in a border state, too. If the idea of rappeling out of a tall building using the guy you just gutted's intestines, or jumping out of a fireball on a chopper with a gattling gun mounted to the handlebars, mowing down bad guys, appeals to you on any level, then, yes, by all means, drive an hour to see it. (Also, if you want to see Jessica Alba taking a shower.....)

[Dusty2]

Blood and gore just ain't my thing. now Jessica Alba??? That's a total different subject!

[Sockmonkey]

My wife laughed her ass off. I guess we should define "decent movie" though- this is, pure and simple- a comedy. It's SO FAR over the top, that you really lose track of where, or even what, the top is. It helps if you've spent any time at all in a border state, too. If the idea of rappeling out of a tall building using the guy you just gutted's intestines, or jumping out of a fireball on a chopper with a gattling gun mounted to the handlebars, mowing down bad guys, appeals to you on any level, then, yes, by all means, drive an hour to see it. (Also, if you want to see Jessica Alba taking a shower.....)

Understood.

-Eric