It was one month ago today
That I started blogging every day
Anyways, to celebrate Blog's one month birthday, Blog and I went to go see Once Upon a Time in Mexico, aka Desperado 2, aka El Mariachi 3. Or, as I like to think of it, the Saga of the Third Arm. You'll have to see it to understand that last one, I'm afraid.
Blog was more interested in seeing Cabin Fever ("Catch it!"), but we got to the theatre about 10 minutes late for CF, and 5 minutes early for OUTM, so our decision was made for us by the fact that I showered before we left. Not a great choice, as it turns out.
OUTM is one of those movies that helps demonstrate the fact that more money doesn't necessarily make for a better movie. Rodriguez made El Mariachi for something like $7000; I suspect that OUTM budgeted more than this for Antonio Banderas's hair stylist. There were a lot of characters, most of whom die, sometimes for reasons that actually make sense in the plot. Salma Hayek receives this year's Golden Cameo award--I think every scene she appeared in already appears in the trailers, and yet she was 2nd billing behind Banderas. Every once in a while, there appears to be the makings of a plot, but then a gunfight breaks out. Don't get me wrong: both Blog and I like a good action scene, but we also prefer that characters exit the fight with the same number of arms they started it with. I don't mean guns; I mean literal shoulder-to-wrist arms. Except for that, Johnny Depp's character was not utterly unwatchable. Willem Dafoe, however, was. So was Mickey Rourke.
It wasn't a completely horrible movie, but it was disappointing--I was hoping for better. I felt like matinee price was a little steep for what I eventually got from it. If you liked the first two, OUTM was maybe worth a matinee. Blog rates it a rental, though, and I find it tough to disagree.
On top of all that, they were out of Junior Mints. Blog was not pleased.
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