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Capone is wildly amused by the immigration blood bath that is MACHETE!!!
Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here.
I'm sure writer-director Robert Rodriguez would say that he loves all of his films equally, but when I watch one of his uber-violent exercises like the MARIACHI films, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, SIN CITY, PLANET TERROR, or his latest, MACHETE, I can feel the smile on his face as he invents new and glorious ways to portray slaughter. Do I think it's all he can do well? Absolutely not. The first two SPY KIDS movies are well worth watching. But when Rodriguez covers his lens in blood, his films spring to life. The bonus feature of Machete is that Rodriguez (credited as co-director with Ethan Maniquis) gets to take his faithful companion in most of his works, Danny Trejo, and place him front and center among one of the most eclectic casts of any film in recent memory.
As most of you probably know, MACHETE began its life as a storyless trailer that Rodriguez pulled together to go between features during his GRINDHOUSE double-feature with Quentin Tarnatino. And for reasons that I think are understandable, fans of both Rodriguez and Trejo wanted to see that film go feature length. So rather than create a story from scratch, Robert and his cousin Álvaro Rodríguez devised a story using each and every scene from the trailer, as well as the ripping themes from the headlines involving illegal immigration, migrant workers, day laborers, packs of roving vigilantes patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border, building a fence the length of said border, and politicians running on a campaign of tossing illegals back to Mexico. It's an impressive exercise, and the resulting film is loads of fun, even if it is a little light as social commentary.
The film opens with Trejo's Machete when he was a Mexican Federale attempting to save a kidnapped woman from the country's most notorious drug dealer Torrez (a bizarre but smile-worthy performance by Steven Seagal), who turns the tables on Machete and leaves him for dead in a burning building after killing the man's wife. But since the film is called Machete, of course the man didn't die. Three years later, he winds up in Texas doing day labor. A man named Booth (Jeff Fahey) claiming to represent the cause of immigrants pulls up in a fancy car and offers Machete $150,000 to kill a senator (Robert De Niro) who is running on a platform of kicking immigrants out and keeping them out with an electrified fence. Booth says the state's dirty little secret is that it can keep costs down because of illegal workers, and they are needed to keep things running. Machete agrees, but things go south when another shooter attempts to take him out, and he realizes the whole thing was a set up with him as the patsy. The senator is shot in the leg, and the entire incident turns out to help his campaign.
On the side of good, Machete finds assistance in the guise of two beautiful women. Michelle Rodriguez plays Luz, who runs a taco truck but also is a leader in something called The Network--a group of illegals who secretly keep on eye on the entire state and report to each other, as well as help find jobs for new immigrants. The other babe in the mix is immigration officer Sartana (Jessica Alba), who sympathizes with the immigrants and especially Machete's plight since he was once a part of law enforcement. Other bizarre casting choices that add flavor to the mix are Don Johnson as a ruthless racist of a cop who kills immigrants crossing the border, Tom Savini as a hired assassin, Cheech Marin as a local priest whose vows are "flexible," and Lindsay Lohan as Booth's junkie daughter. Sure, it's stunt casting, but Rodriguez has always had fun with his cameos and supporting players, and he knows how to give someone one or two great scenes before killing or otherwise dispatching them.
The plot is a little thin, the performances--especially by the villains--are a little too blatant, and nothing about the fight sequences is particularly realistic. But who says they need to be? Much as he did with PLANET TERROR, Rodriguez has set MACHETE in the b-movie/drive-in world where nudity and violence are a necessity, plots don't need to be complicated, and performances are secondary to action and revenge. That said, I was especially impressed with Fahey's whispery work; he even manages to out-act De Niro, who has chosen to play the senator almost like Yosemite Sam. And it's good to see Michelle Rodriguez really get to sink her teeth into a role while still looking sexy as hell. She gets to do a lot more here than she did in AVATAR or either of the FAST & FURIOUS movies she's in, and it suits her. The woman can act, and not just as a badass, although when she turns on the badass, step back about 20 paces. And even Alba is solid in a less glamorous role that allows her tackle some of the film's heavier moments.
MACHETE has its dead spots, but whenever Trejo puts on his patented scowl, lets his hair flow, and loads up with every sharp object in a five-mile radius, he's unstoppable and utterly ruthless. At its core, MACHETE is a revenge film with a social-justice undercurrent, and on that level the film works beautifully. It's also a rip-roaring gore explosion, and features more blood and guts than just about any horror movie you'll see this year. Just before the end credits roll, the film promises us two sequels. So what are they waiting for?
-- Capone
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This movie came out in my hometown theater, and I'm coming home from college this weekend. Best part is that I get to see it with my dad, whom I went and saw grindhouse with. SO. PUMPED!
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Yes let's get overrun by dirty illegal Mexicans with 10 kids each.
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Want To See This NOW!
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Then I remembered that this is Danny Trejo's first movie as a lead, and I couldn't do that to him. I'll be there next week.
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It's gonna be ri-fucking-diculous.
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I can't wait to see this movie... and if I ever see you I'm gonna carve you up like a Thanksgiving Turkey. Arriba! LOL!
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She can certainly perform. She's entertaining in her own way, I suppose, but I'll eat my hat if she's playing a different character than she's played in every movie she's ever been in. Only the name changes.
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You know, kinda sorta like what undocumented workers do here! Kinda. Nyuk, nyuk.
Anyways, I'm sure it will be fun like AVATAR and THEY LIVE as a schlocky "left-wing boogeyman gets his" sort of way. Funny thing though: you have drug gangs literally killing (among other things) 100s of mexicans and their own police force are setting their politicians up for assassination.. aaannnd we're the bad guys because we want them to follow the same laws everyone else has to follow.
BTW, did you all know that in Louisville, KY. an illegal undocumented worker alien can rear-end you, launching your car across a 3 lane intersection, get out of their car, look at the front, AND WALK AWAY WITHOUT THE COPS PROSECUTING THEM? I do, because it happened to me. Wish I could do that...
Anyways again, what I am REALLY interested in is how this movie will end... you know, AFTER all the evil white people are dead. -
Get the salt and pepper ready... just in case.
And make sure to wear a small or tasty hat. -
Die choking on cock, you ignorant motherfucker. This movie is awesome.
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Sep 03, 2010 1:50:38 AM CDT
(laughing and shaking head).. Holeman, Holeman, Holeman...
by monroville
That must be that open-minded compassion that I hear so much of. Can't we all agree to pisagree?
And I think Rodriguez is making a (as Jack Slater would say) big mistake... if he wanted this movie to make a LOT of money, he should release it at Christmas. Or Easter. -
I plan to walk into a hispanic-run theatre and tell them my name is Pedro and I demand a free ticket and free popcorn and a free drink. Then I'll take a dump on the bathroom floor and bathe in the sink and sue them when I get tossed out.
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Glad someone enjoyed it.
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Just wonderin'.
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That's funny. . .cos they don't trust you.
I also trust adismith - man I'm going to get me one of them black ladies from that website...surely, it must be true! -
I thought it was gonna be a review, not a transcript.
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for Christ's sake! Can't we just read a review without all the racist conservative douchebags coming outta the woodwork? Fucking tools
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Shame my local Cineworld only shows sanitized , watered down kiddie fare though.
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That said, I need only point out that since the health department dropped by, there's no longer any hair on Michelle Rodriguez's taco, so dine and enjoy!
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Sep 03, 2010 4:51:38 AM CDT
I'm sure this movie won't bomb too hard at the box office
by flandersbum
Good thing it didn't cost much to make!
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...I knew that when I saw her in 'Girlfight'. Blame the script, not the actor ;)
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And how are the sex scenes and nudity? I saw a trailer on TV last night and they made a point of mentioning "Rated R for violence, sexuality and nudity".
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That shit is funny. And true. So sad.
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Sep 03, 2010 8:05:04 AM CDT
Jehovah, my ads said same thing. Never had that happen before
by leo54304
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Just remember folks, everything that comes out of Hollywood is fantasy including documentaries. As a native-born American citizen, what law am I allowed to break?
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the pro-illegal immigrant "social commentary" is a total turn off and I'll skip it or just sneak in if I have to see it.
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Will NEVER trust another review from Capone after the intentional sell-out pimping of a piece of shit flick like MACGRUBER.
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Sep 03, 2010 8:46:41 AM CDT
Glen Beck goes apoplectic in 5... 4... 3...
by harryknowlesnonexistentinceptionreview
... You just know the teabaggers are gonna blow a gasket over this movie.
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Have you seen exploitation, Night of the Living Dead, Assault on Precinct 13, hell even the Toxic Avenger are all political screeds, it's inherent to the form! Uptight Conservative fuckwads need not apply!
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"The worst culprit of all, though, is Robert De Niro, whose performance is, quite frankly, abysmal. The enjoyment of seeing him mugging and quipping soon fades when you realise he's going to be in the movie a LOT more than anyone had any reasonable right to expect."A quote from Empire's blogger for the online site at the Venice Film Festival. So, so sad that de Niro is now just phoning his performances in. Maybe he can blame it on the Grindhouse genre, but this man should be a legend, not a fond memory.
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will cost 10x if you hire an American.
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Pile all the blame on the poorest, most marginalized members of society. Blaming Mexican workers for stealing jobs and/or putting undue burden on social services, while turning a blind eye toward buisnesses paying below minimum wages w/ no health benefits to increase their bottom line profits, while reducing taxes on the income made by the owners of said company. Then as a capper let's pit the middle-class work a day citizens against the evil, invading aliens, and laugh in their gated communities...that about cover it?
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I just want to sneak across the ticket-taker's velvet rope line and into the theater to watch it for free. I might even grab a handful from the nearest Mexican family's popcorn tub, just to fit in. You think they'd get pissed? But let's be honest: not all illegal immigrants are Mexican. I should look for the nearest Canadian family's popcorn tub. I wouldn't want to come across as racist.
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You know, the Pedros? I hear Danny Trejo is running for President. If he waits until 2016, he'll win in a landslide. Just make sure to put George Lopez on the ticket.
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Rodriguez lost me at Predators. Machete will suck ass.
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Illegal immigrants need to be stopped/returned to their home countries. Yeah, we need cheap labor, but their kids will have the benefit of an American education and won't want to scrub toilets for 40 straight years. NPR and CNN keeps airing reports about the unfortunate illegals that came here decades ago, and now they can't work anymore/new immigrants are taking their jobs for less money. This has to stop, people. Illegals taking to the streets yelling for equality just makes things worse.
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if everyone wants, but we have to send the Irish back to Ireland first! Damn the Irish! Bless their beer! Mmm.
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What the fuck does that even mean? Sure, a take-off on the "Plymoth Rock" line, but... America dragged you across the border and forced you to work here? If you want a pithy line, how about: "If you don't like it, get the fuck out!"? What you mean to say is: "My country of origin is so fucked up I had to crawl over here under the cover of night so I can pick strawberries, but it's cool because I'll get some free shit, and my kids will leech of the system for decades!"
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The ONLY way to see this film is to sneak in without paying.
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Funny how Alba says this and she's not even Latin. And apparently get's mad when she plays Latin characters. So the real question is why are you in this movie then retard?
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Unfortunately, no, the racist conservative douchebags never miss an opportunity to rear their ugly, empty heads. Can't even enjoy a discussion of a silly B movie without that bullshit!
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Jessica Alba's dad is Mexican.
And I love it when the libtards get fucking apeshit. Don't worry your wounded little asses about a conservative backlash, fellas. If the performance of Grindhouse is any indication, this thing'll be out of the theaters so fast Glenn Beck won't even notice. God I love political discussions in talkbacks. It's like watching an epic battle between two armies of the dumbest assholes ever assembled. -
Danny Trejo finally is getting the recognition he so richly deserves. I've seen him in dozens of bit parts/minor roles, and he always brings it to the shoot...I can't help but smile when I see him and hear him speak in that bad-ass gravelly voice. Bring on the sequels, and all hail the new Charles Bronson!
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it's just she's being a hypocritical bitch. I've seen articles where she vehemently says she is not Latina. She acts ashamed of it. Obviously she doesn't care too much about her Mexican daddy then.
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Anybody know? Is it any of the lead actresses, or just background ho's...
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The more I hear about this movie, the less I want to see it. I wonder if it's like a lot of grindhouse movies: A fun trailer, but sure to disappoint when you finally see it.I'm going to wait for Redbox.
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I'm betting it's going to be the nobody actresses playing the senator's wife and daughter (the two topless girls in the trailer) because Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba would never disrobe. And nobody wants to see Lohan nekkid. She's 23 and her body looks 45.
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Sep 03, 2010 10:51:15 AM CDT
"Illegal immigrants need to be stopped/returned to their home co
by kaitain
Starting with all the descendants of the assholes who rocked up uninvited on the Mayflower.
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I'm a little fuzzy on the history, but all those dudes on the mayflower, they had their immigration papers in order right? Would the mexican illegals be more tolerable if they were loaded onto slave-ships before they came to america to earn their slave-wages? You guys seriously need to give up these retarded notions of nationhood and birthright. One of the major causes of the mexican-american war, was americans illegally immigrating into texas. A war you used as an excuse to steal half of mexico. Really, the mexicans are just taking back what you stole from them.
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Probably refers to any of the multitude of wars that the US started deliberately under the guise of a defensive war or a reaction to a staged provocation or false flag, in order to annexe territory. Has been their MO from the get-go.
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Amen brother
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if the whole immigrant controversy over this will be limited to this Talk Back, and of course where it's already happening previously to this movie.
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Nah, this thinly veiled racist bullshit makes its way into every talkback. Most of these anti-illegals types don't see a distinction between mexical illegals and mexican immigrants. They just hate mexicans.
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The controversy over this film. I'm sure foxnews will have there way with this. They went nuts over a female judge playing softball after all.
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Agreed. This is fodder for the foxnews folks. Now check out that sweet alliteration!
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Putting the controversy aside for a moment, I haven’t really made up my mind whether I’ll see this or not. At best I’ll wait to see it on DVD, but I just can’t justify watching any more of Robbie’s films in the theaters; He’s just soured for me over the years, becoming increasingly more and more cartoonish and peculiar in the very bad sense of the words.
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this should be Danny's new film!
A Latino Escape from New York
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Always let down when I leave a Robert Rodriguez film but I keep going because the guy has potential. I like PARTS of a lot of his movies. Never like his films as a whole but he does has some cool shit sprinkled in here and there. And this cast will never be in the same film again (DeNiro, Lohan, Don Johnston and Steven Seagal in the SAME FILM? Amazing.
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This movie seems to be a straight up rental.
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you are outraged by illegal immigration but you're going to sneak into this movie to watch it free. ok.
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But he gets points for style. He's like kevin smith: I like the idea of him, and his passion for cinema, but I don't really like his films.
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...with the red and blue glasses. That would have rocked in a cheesy yet magnificent way!
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But I thought Kevin Smith started out strong, peaked with Chasing Amy and went way downhill once he started getting money for commercial films. Kevin Smith is like John Carpenter in the sense that his best work is done on a shoestring budget. Rodriguez just can't seem to nail it with or without money. From Dusk Till Dawn is his best film to date and Tarantino was on set everyday co-directing that one. And NO, I don't love Sin City. It was ok (and co-directed by Frank Miller, right?)
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Never Talkback: And what are you doing with your foul insults, proving that liberals are above being hateful and hypocritical? This is a movie drenched in political statements. Of course people are going to express their views on the matter. But of course, all you can do is be vulgar and sling mud. If someone put out a movie portraying illegals as criminal, dishonest leeches, you would be the first to whine about it. But since this is a movie insulting conservatives and people who (gasp) expect something called "the law" to be enforced, you demand everyone else shut up.
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illegal activity I'll be sure to download this one and skip it in the theater. The politics here have turned me off of him completely. I'm glad Preadtors came out first.
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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81087078/
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and sort all this out. Illegal immigrants? Mexican nationals, I'd say. It's those rebels from the Thirteen colonies we'll need to deal with!
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...by Jan Brewer. She was either having a stroke or pooping her pants at the time. I can't figure out which: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUPKKbmWMZ8
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I'm a liberal and I have a lot of compassion. I will also punch the face of a dumb motherfucker who refers to desperate people as "dirty illegals with 10 kids", you fucking worthless right-wing shitbird. That's not a contradiction.
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The authoritarian streak of the right is on full-display here. If it's "The Law", it has to be obeyed without question, no matter what the consequence. This is the kind of elementary-school thinking that's dragging our country into the toilet. Sad.
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as an act of solidarity with our illegal brothers and sisters!
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Shut your worthless Canuck mouth unless you want us rebels from the 13 colonies to send your pussy asses a bill for the billions in free national security you've received by virtue of sharing our Northern border....worthless Canadian Bacon eating fucktards whose only worthwhile exports are Rush and the TrailerParkBoys.,...
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The right-wing is going to have a banner election year because our worthless president and worthless Senate fucked over their liberal base for the sake of "bipartisanship". Guess what, the right-wing pretty much thinks elections are bullshit and liberal government is illegitimate. They are never going to agree with anything you do, even if it's an awesome right-wing healthcare bill (and it totally is an AWESOME right-wing bill, with the exception of expanding government coverage for children and eliminating pre-existing conditions, it's the exact same bill that the Republican party tried to pass in the mid-90s), and are now going to get ass-pounded for it when those people don't support them and they pissed off their supporters. Great job guys.
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Is the BESTAH.
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She has to be the WORST public speaker in history. I know 3rd graders who are better at public speaking. She won't even answer questions directly when asked. Ever. Not a single question. She's like Obama (stick to the speech, don't distract me from the teleprompter! I know nothing that's not written down!) Not sure what her deal is but I think she's certifiably insane. I didn't even know who our state Governer was until the whole SB1070 bill controversy. It seems a lot of Governers are a bit crazy though. Is that like a requirement or something?
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It's just a fucking movie. No need to get all liberal-shove-a-dick-up-my-ass about it. I suppose next you'll all be bitching about how the Shaft movies should be the next wake up call? And Ilsa the She-Wolf shows America how Germans aren't that bad and we all should have horific sex with them? Please. Just watch the fuckin movie for the sake of Trejo and the Grindhouse experience.
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I'm a fucking cnoservative asswipe. I wasn't directing anything at you, I was directing at the fuckheads who were defending illegal immigration.
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Machete starts off great, but the joke wears thin. Most of the fun is in the stunt casting. Still, some great scenes sandwiched between tedium.
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total win.
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He could be Jet Li's long lost brother.
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Sep 03, 2010 2:29:52 PM CDT
Michelle Rodriguez was great in Avatar...
by turd_has_risen_from_the_grave
Her big, jiggling 3D tits, crammed into that tight white sweater, were a delight.
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she's pissed off at something. Like she annoyed by everything.
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And is not sexy. SORRY.
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How do you reconcile your hateful bigotry towards Mexicans with the fact that you've been married to--what--two Asian women and at least one African American woman? Jesus. I bet you're a JOY to love with. Shit. No wonder you can't keep a wife for very long, you insufferable prick.This one's for you:CHOPPED.
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He must be a Mormon.
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Besides after hearing W stumble of his own words without a teleprompter and sounding like an idiot, a teleprompter isnt a bad thing.
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I warned you weeks ago to keep your filthy, inane politics to yourself.You've really lost it, man. Get help.Hell. I don't even know you anymore.
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First off, as a Mexican legally living in Canada, I do have to say that I'm opposed to illegal immigration, but I also understand that sometimes people get desperate and do certain things.
That said (haha), big props to the Americans here who have compassion and logic behind their comments, and the racist little pricks spewing hate? LOL I doubt you'd ever say something like that outside your parents' basement, when you're not hiding behind the anonymity of the Internet. One of my best friends is one of the biggest Kentucky rednecks you'll ever meet, and you'd never hear that kind of shit pouring out his mouth, in fact, he's completely against it.
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Why is wanting people to follow our laws considered racist? Especially if it's not directed towards just illegal Mexicans, but illegals from all countries all around the world.
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Look outside. I'll be all around in the dark - I'll be everywhere--wherever you look. Wherever there's a TB fight and you're trying to chop, I'll be there. Wherever there's a uber-conservative shithead choppin' up a liberal guy, I'll be there... I'll be in the way AsimovLives yells when he's mad an' I'll be in the way Harry laughs when he's hungry and he knows supper's ready. An' when The_Choppah raises hell an' realizes he's laying in the grave he's dug himself--why, I'll be there. I'll be there, Choppah.
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You've been WARNED
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here's a list of Obamas' accomplishments so far as president:
1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
6 Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
7. Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier’s family
8. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act
9. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible
10. Limits on lobbyist’s access to the White House
11. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration
12. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
13. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren’t even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan
14. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research
15. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research
16. New federal funding for science and research labs
17. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards
18. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
19. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools
20. New funds for school construction
21 The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out
22. US Auto industry rescue plan
23. Housing rescue plan
24. $789 billion economic stimulus plan
25. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying
26. US financial and banking rescue plan
27. The secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed
28. Ended the previous policy; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with the Geneva Convention standards
29. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops
30. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010
31. Restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols
32. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic
33. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions
34. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office
35. Successful release of US captain held by Somali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job
36. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast
37. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
38. Cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulated auto sales
39. Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government
40. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children
41. Signed national service legislation; expanded national youth service program
42. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return home to visit loved ones
43. Ended the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions
44. Expanding vaccination programs
45. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters
46. Closed offshore tax safe havens
47. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals
48. Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back
49.. Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry’s predatory practices
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I've been "chopped" by some idiot who has his/her own catchphrase for an internet forum. Eat shit, waste of semen.
And MovieLover: There's nothing wrong with following the rules. I was the first one to speak against Mexicans abusing the "refugee" status here in Canada, because it makes it harder for people who actually want to come here legally, but there's also such a thing as having compassion for a fellow human being when they need it, something that's severely lacking in many people today. -
You should have never crossed me, Choppah. You had a friend in me--the best friend you'll ever have. We had something special once.And you blew it, buster. You blew it all to hell.
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I respect your movie knowlege, everything else --ehhhh.
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I hope you're being facetious. What free security are you referring to? Norad? If anything, sharing a border with you guys has only made us a target. Canadians are dying for americans, not the other way around. See: afghanistan.
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Sep 03, 2010 3:58:54 PM CDT
Substantive Political Issues ain't Choppah's game...
by le vicious fishus
Which makes him perfect tea bagger material. Rot in hell, Choppah.
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Only douchebags go to tanning salons.
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What was the last comment that was actually about the movie? I know I haven't made one in a loooonnngg time
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The whole right-wing thing is all braggadocio. He listens to old jimmy carter speeches on his ipod while he aborts tranny-crackwhore third-trimester babies.
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Just wow.
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You've lost your mind, Chop.But you're still pretty funny.
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Sep 03, 2010 4:28:36 PM CDT
JAN BREWER SAW THIS RIGHT BEFORE HER DEBATE
by total fucking destruction
it wiped her mind clean and left her embarrassed and quivering in a partisan pool of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION.
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Yeah, she's strategically posed to cover her tits, but you see the curve of her ass, and that's good enough for me if that's the most we'll see of her smokin' bod. Plus, there's the nude chick at the beginning who pulls a cell phone out of...herself.
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Read Pinkfloyd7 post: Eat it republican haters detailing Prez Obamas 50 achievements. Compare that to CHOPPAHS response under post: Sound and Fury.
One is detailed, calm and reasoned while the other is that of a child throwing a tantrum.
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********SPOILER ALERT******You see Jessica Alba's naked profile in the shower (side boob and ass crack, no nip, no pussy).
You see Lindsay Lohan's nipples when she wakes up in the church and finds the nun costume.
Cheech gets nailed to a cross (for real)
Steven Seagal commits Seppuku
Machete smokes a fat ass joint with Cheech (before he is crucified)
Robert DeNiro drives a fucking taxi, again
You see a bunch of other hot ass chicks naked who aren't famous.
Machete pulls some guys intestines out of his stomach and fucking uses that shit to jump out of a fucking window and swing to the bottom floor of a building (this was already seen in the red band trailer. Some dude gets killed by getting curb stomped by the wheel of a monster truck on hydraulics. MACHETE DON'T TEXT!Fuck you if you don't want to see this movie, it fucking RULES. -
And Wilhelm Scream when the guy gets curb-stomped to death.
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I don't care where anyone stands on immigration reform, illegals should NEVER be glorified for what they do. Legal immigration worked fine for 200 years until we quit enforcing it. Illegals are breaking the law plain and simple no matter what their motivations are for coming here. Every country on Earth only has a finite amount of land and we simply cannot have, or afford, to allow anyone who wants to come here to just walk over the border. I know I'll get slammed as an ignorant racist (ironically it will come from those who are most ignorant), but so be it. Here I may be in the minority, but in the real world, I know my thoughts are the majority.
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It crossed me!" As the cops pull me out of the theatre for sneaking in without paying...
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I want to see this so that Danny Trejo gets more work. Steven Segal,Lindsey Lohan, Sunny Crockett,Jeff Fahey.....these people need to be back in big budget movies full time. I don't blame people coming over here to get away from a corrupt goverment and poverty. I just wish we could make the screening process better and focus on getting the crazy ass drug cartels as far away as possible. You just wait, with in the next year or two Texas will have atleast one or more major shoot out's with tons of people dead or wounded due to the drug cartel shit.Not the people doing day labor.
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Your exhaustive list on "The One's" achievements can all be counterpointed and shown how they negatively impact America. But I believe you are all glassy eyed about our Marxist-loving, Mao-pounding, Socialist President that you can never be able to fathom any other points of view. So go back to your BHO shrine and rub another one out.
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Piranha 3D isn't even playing anymore, is it?
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Seemed more like DeNiro was playing George W Bush than Yosemite Sam, and I thought he was great. I enjoyed most of the performances, except Lindsay Lohan, though at least she wasn't in it a lot. I even liked Michelle Rodriguez, which is a first.
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I was bored watching it. The whole "Grindhouse" thing feels very old by now. The fun I had watching the Grindhouse Double-Bill wasn't there. And I wanted to vomit seeing Trejo make out with Alba. I hope they paid her well for that...
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If it is attracting this much attention in this talkback then imagine how many racist ass holes will fall in to the media spreading negativity about it. The movie is perfect to launch stories for ratings. And the more ratings they get, the more they will talk about it. Its like free publicity for the film.
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Sep 03, 2010 6:22:34 PM CDT
Without illegals who would clean unemployed people's houses?
by darth_inedible
...Without a constant stream of imported illiterate peasantry this country would utterly collapse, as millions would have to stop watching TV and eating Ruffles long enough to mow their own lawns every third weekend.
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not a liberal movie. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox, a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch. If anything, it is, what it set out to be, an exploit film. Bill O'reilly can't go without something to talk about on his show guys. AND Rupert Murdoch gotta eat!
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They loved the movie. They screamed "mamacita" at every titty shot in the film. And one guy in a thick accent practically came in his pants and screamed "Lindsay Lohan" when she appeared for the first time.
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... than I suggest you all gather your recources together and build a TIME MACHINE to prevent your ancestors from moving from Europe, across the Atlantic, and plopping down in land that was either next to Mexico or that was actually part of Mexico. Imagine how much better your pointless lives would be right now if your dumbass forefathers had just stayed in Europe where they belonged. As for the movie, got to support Trejo!
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...just come here to be assholes because their lives suck ass so much. I stopped coming here a while back because of the trolls but it's gotten worse. The guys that actually care about film are actually out there making movies not sitting their fat asses in their rooms being trolls on movie websites. MACHETE was over the top fun. Just saw it.
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... your some stupid angry teenage kid. If you're a grown ass man who's acting they way you are then I feel bad for you. You should know better. A grown man with a life wouldn't spend his time online spreading the anger in his life on movie websites. If the victories in your life are winning online battles, then you sir have a pretty piss poor life. Do something with yourself. You might stop being so angry.
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I had no idea that the film was co-directed by someone else and co-edited as well. Heck, RR didn't even shoot it! What exactly was his involvement in this film?
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Good times. I wanted to see more Tom Savini though.
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My god I forgot how fucking stupid the right/left paradigm is. The liberals are jerking it to everything Obama says while the conservatives are jerking it to everything Glenn Beck says.
I think the liberals are forgetting what the first word in "illegal immigration" means. You care more for murderous, thieving, raping individuals than you do normal, everyday people? Yes, there are illegal immigrants who are looking to escape the hell-hole that is Mexico right now and I agree that they should be supported. Immigration needs reform, but the left-wing way and the right-wing way are completely retarded and neither will work. -
This summer sucked
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One reason those on the Left can trot out cliches about "Its just a movie, relax" and "Lighten up, its just for fun" is that it is NEVER their ox being gored. 99.9% of the time, if a political joke is made, if a point of view is represented as being stupid or bigoted, if someone is being stereoptyped or ridiculed, it will be someone "on the Right". I would LOVE to see those on the Left given a chance to demonstrate some of their oh-so-sophisticated tolerance and above-it-all sense of humor when THEIR fundamental beliefs are being mocked, attacked, ridiculed in movie after movie after movie, TV show after TV show after TV show, "news story" after "news story" after "news story". But given that Hollywood celebrates diversity in everything but THOUGHT (the only diversity that really matters), don't hold your breath.
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would like to extend a huge fuck you to everyone followed with a giant helping of all of you get the fuck out of my country. If you fucking morons hadn't come along I'd be living in an elaborate treehouse carved into living redwood trees on the most beautiful continent imaginable.
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I am Mexican and anonymous internet cowards don't offend me, so you all can stop your white knighting. That being said I can't wait to see this movie. The idea of Danny Trejo as a leading man is hilarious. They could have left the politics out and just made it a straight splatterfest and I would buy a ticket just the same.
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i really like RR (he is one of my favs for his style and creativeness) but this was kinda borin. i did sorta enjoy it, but i wouldnt revisit it. easily the worst movie he made (not includin spy kids cuz...cmon, its a kid movie).
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This summer did kinda suck. But Machete did NOT suck.
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Well, I'm glad someone liked it. Too me it looks like a DVD Rental at best.
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Although I may not agree with the politics of the film I still do enjoy me some Rodriguez film! "Are you a Mexi-can or Mexi-can't?" OK that was Tarentino but still I am in the mood for some grindhaus.
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solely for the sake of trejo, who is one of the best character actors in the biz and deserved a leading role
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Sep 03, 2010 11:47:28 PM CDT
Can we please ban all these racist, teabagger scumbags?
by napoleondynamite
I didn't fight for my country so peckerwood, cracker, white trash, meth pipe sucking, hillbilly, trailer park, welfare sponges like these Palin fapping, Fox News loving, Noah's Ark believing retards could fuck up my movie revew reading experience with their shit-scared fear of brown people. Fuck off, you fucking Fox News loving peckerwoods. Suck Obama's black dik you fucking sknheads. get the fuck out my country, you fucking traitors. Get out before I fucking slap you out.
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Trejo is a MASTER.
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Sep 04, 2010 12:42:54 AM CDT
Stats prove that 70% of Americans are racist scumbags...
by darth_inedible
...Because they'd like to keep illegal immigrants out. This country is clearly too evil to be allowed to have borders. Oh how I hate this awful racist teabagger country!
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It means all of western United States used to be Mexican territory. When Mexico lost that territory to the U.S. the Mexicans stayed. Ergo they didn't cross the border, the border crossed them. As for you people bitching about this so-called "liberal agenda", lighten up. MACHETE is a loud, dumb, fun movie. Enjoy it for what it is and stop thinking you're being told what to think.
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And I had a blast! I admit I was an adamant nay-sayer. In fact I remember posting something along the lines of "Fuck you Robert Rodriguez” or something along those lines. However I was wrong. I ate some humble pie and went to see for myself and I have to admit it was entertaining as hell from start to finish. There are some holier than thou overtones but I would say that it doesn’t matter because the whole damn film is blown out of proportion. The audience consisted of about 70% Mexican and 30% other and we all had a blast. There is one message that I totally agree with in the movie and that is that the legal immigration process is totally broken. My hat's off to Rodriguez and company for making an entertaining film. I recommend anyone who is disparaging the film to just go see it for yourself and you will know that it is not meant to be a political film – it can’t due to the over-the-top subject matter; rather it is meant to just entertain. I got my money’s worth – nuff said.
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Part of the reason the right wing is so frequently mocked is because there are so many crazies espousing nonsense on that side of the aisle (not saying there aren't any on the left, but I would contend that the right wingers have far more, or at least more with a podium for their insanity). Unfortunately, while entertainment may ridicule them (and rightly so), the news doesn't and treats these half-wits like they actually have credibility (Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, just about anyone at Fox News, etc). They get treated well where it is most important that they be exposed, and that is how you end up doing stupid things like invading a country that was not a threat to you.
The studios are businesses (you know, the thing right wingers like to say they're all for - unless they make money off something the RW doesn't like i guess), and if there isn't a market for it, they wouldn't keep putting it out there. It's the invisible hand of the free market, baby! -
If so good. Hate never gets you anywhere in life (Except Hitler and look what happened to him).
Hey, wanna see a photo of LBJ using a teleprompter? Go to wikipedia and look up teleprompter.Hot stuff (wink, wink) -
No blood bath for me & enough of the immigration debate. The USA has a right to enforce its borders like every other country. Just read Mexicos immigration laws. Way more strict than the USAs.
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The guy had potential. Still does.
But instead of honing his craft and trying to improve on his B movie origins, he keeps wallowing in them and intentionally making campy shit, calling it a "homage" to the drive in quality shit of old.
Here's the problem with that: the guys who made those old Corman films (including Coppola, Cameron, Sayles, Ron Howard, etc.) were just starting out, were stuck with low budgets and were making those movies with an eye towards learning their craft and making BETTER movies someday.
RR isn't doing that. Dude's in his forties (an age where the aforementioned directors had already left behind their low exploitation film days) and still happily making the same kind of dumb films he did when he was in his twenties.
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And that IS to bitch back and forth! That's what makes talkbacks so much fun!
Now onward to some more bitching!
Bright_Boy: yeah, caucasians from Europe settled peacefully at first, and then grew more confident in their ability to just take what they wanted as the population grew. You are also right (to a degree) about the Mex-American War (though there was land purchasing going on, and Santa Anna was wanting to be a new Caeser of a sort). You all fail to realize that the SPANISH conquered the native indians in Central America, and the Mexican and Central American population is from breeding/raping the native people who they didn't kill. So essentially you had one bastard group of conquerors fighting against another (and as Chris Lambert would say, "there can be only one.") So in the end, for Mexicans to say they are taking back what was stolen from them is quite silly, as they stole the land first.. then we stole it... and now they are trying to steal what we rightfully stole first... or something.
Kaitain: yeah, you're right too about there have been wars created as excuses to annex more land or just to get the military/industrial complex going: The USS Maine "attack" and the Tonkin Bay incident which was fabricated by the Johnson administration, among others. And props for acknowledging that all countries follow the same cynical pattern.
Bright_Boy (again): it's not that people are racists (as we are all of the same Homo Sapien species... a racist would be an environmentalist who wants ALL humans dead.. like that guy who took hostages at the Discovery Channel), it's that people hate being taken for granted and disrespected. The fact is illegal undocumented worker aliens ARE being bred as a voter base for democrats, which is why they ARE allowed to walk away from crimes and commit them (like income tax evasion) AS WELL AS the companies who hire them, and in turn contribute lots of money to said democrats (and even republicans) to keep the wheel turning. So a lot of working class people know that (1) politicians, (2) companies and (3) illegal immigrants are knocking them from 3 sides and they don't like it. Simple.
Of course, it is always shitty behavior that breeds bigotry, so that still fits in...
Sodomy Redux: republicans and conservatives are FAR from fascist control freaks. I could care less about cops, and HATE it when they pull me over for bullshit mickey mouse crap (like going 5 over the limit at 2:00 in the morning on a clear road). Also, who is AGAINST the government health care mandate being FORCED on people? Who wants LESS government involvement in their lives? Democrats have better personalities and talk compassion a lot, but their policies are a hell of a lot more fascistic than the right. Example: Janet Reno and Janet Napolitano. Hint: they aren't republicans. And for the record, it wasn't a government health care plan they pushed in the mid to late 1990s, it was welfare reform.
THE_CHOPPAH: someone already pointed it out, but yes, presidents have been using telepromters for a LONG time. Hell, I think every single address from the oval office has a telepromter imposed on a sheet of glass directly in front of them, so as their filmed it looks like they are speaking directly to you! Yes, you! Without... reading off of a cue card.
ahh.. that was pointlessly fun. Now if only politicians did this kind of stuff in office, then maybe we could get something accomplished.. or at least have a show on Spike. -
Moron
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I won't pay to see this. instead I'll download it, enjoy it I'm sure, and then send the money I would have spent to pay for the ticket back to my wife and family in "the old country". Now I've got to go outside in the heat and cut my own grass like a real American should.
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Sep 04, 2010 4:20:16 PM CDT
Absolutely there is "government health care" NapoleanDynamite
by hervoyel
It's called the emergency room at your local public hospital. You're the moron if you don't understand that. They can't turn you away, have to treat you, and can't make you pay for it. Best of all it's covered by your tax dollars and run by your local government with many of the rules handed down by the federal government. We already have government run health care moron, it's just incredibly inefficient and was never intended to be used the way it is today.
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We may be in agreement on a lot of thing. America did steal land that was stolen from the native population by the spanish, that had in turn been stolen and restolen time and time again by warring factions of said natives. Mexico has no legal claim to that land, on this I agree. These are just lines on a map dividing the central american populous into culturally hegemonic spheres. Therein lies the problem. How can americans be indignant about the central american population redistributing itself when you consider the bullshit way they were distributed in the first place. Illegal immigrants are not eligible for the social benefits (ie: welfare) that would drain the tax-dollars of the USA. In order to support themselves they have to work. That's why I consider the motivation of this to be primarily racist. The fact of the matter is, if the illegal immigrants couldn't find work in america, the wouldn't come. If race was not an issue here, then people would be showering vitriol on the (mostly) white farmers, hotel owners, restaurant owners, construction crews, lawn maintenance companies etc, that employ them. Instead they rail against the wage-slaves. Incidentally illegal immigration isn't a criminal matter, its a civil one, whereas the abuse(through illegal wages and working hours) of employees, and illegal hiring practices are. Seems like the bigger violation. I'm not what I would consider a liberal either. I call myself a social libertarian in that I believe there should be a minimum standard of living for everyone, but anything you make in and above that which is taxed, is yours to do with what you will. I do not believe in big government at all. I do not agree with any authority having a say in what we do in our bedrooms, or put in our bodies. You should have the freedom to do what you want so long as you do not infringe on another's freedom to do the same. I do not support sweeping police actions, or lack of transparency in government. I have always had issues with the idea of duality in politics, through the right/left paradigm. A "liberal" who believes in a social safety net, should not be lumped in with a fascistic animal-lover, anymore than a "conservative" who believes in fiscal responsibility should be lumped in with a bible-thumping values-nazi.
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Damn Lohan and her hard living and hard drinking ways. Her chemical issues have loss of weight have resulted in a smaller rack. This is all the justification I need to root for LiLo to get her damn life straightened out. Keep those boobs healthy Red! Plump them up!
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I think you need glasses.
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First off, thanks for the reply, BB (never going to see THAT happen in a talkback.. EVER). Second, you still have some flaws there which show a bit of bigotry yourself (not to get too mean.. notice: no name calling). So let's go point by point:
(by the way, for anyone who wants to know how to create spaces between paragraphs in this talkback which does not allow previews so you can correct errors, type your stuff first in Wordpad [for spell checks and the like] and type "" between paragraphs to create the spaces)
(1) Americans have every right to be indignant, as we are the last legal owners of the land, which is currently in the modern world of the year 2010 legally and bonafidely "our" sovereign land (regardless of the past) ... and considering that one of the biggest arguments the left uses to justify NOT going into Iraq is that we are :invading a sovereign country" (which was taken over/occupied by people throughout 4000 years of human history, much less controlled by a bonafide dictator who openly tortured people), well.. we are a sovereign country which is being invaded to the tune of millions of people who just so happen to be mostly (70 to 90%) Mexican.. even to the point to where you now have to speak the language of the illegal immigrant which is because of:
(2) Politicians, who are the ones who allow the companies to get away with hiring illegal immigrants, who then DO take jobs away from working class american citizens as well as legal immigrants on the simple basis of math: if there are a finite number of jobs, then for every job that an illegal is working, that is a job a legal migrant or citizen is "not". As far as "jobs that americans won't do".. well, that is a misnomer. For the most part, that may be true, but in an economy where you take whatever job you can (since the government/Obama seem to be keen on destroying the higher end jobs, specifically the 5 to 6 figure jobs in the oil industry that a few 100,000 lost just due to O's drill moratorium in the last few months), picking strawberries or getting $10 to $15 an hour cash tax-free, under the table, doesn't sound too bad when you still have to pay the bills.
So essentially, here is how people's anger on illegal immigration really goes: politicians > companies > illegal immigrants. This can be seen in the Tea Parties, or the conservative hippy movement (as they seem to be doing essentially the same thing the lefties did during Vietnam, but in a slightly more peaceful, cleaner and nerdier way), as well as the backlash against most politicians who refuse to deal with this. Not much you can do about the companies (other than boycott), and of course there is going to be anger at the 10 to 20 MILLION PEOPLE who profess to be hard-core christians, even as they willingly take advantage of an entire country for their own benefit without any intention of giving anything back.. and they don't. Sorry, but it's true.
Now can I blame them? Not really. The sad fact is that most immigrants, especially from Mexico, have a Tony Montana mentality of the US, and that is: " America is a giant pussy waiting to be fucked." Only in this case, we've been getting fucked for 20 to 40 years. Here is another way to look at it: if you had a country who actually argued with itself over enforcing immigrantion laws which are half as harsh as your own country, and on top of that, all but worked to let you exploit the socialist system funded by the citizens without having to pay back into it (as making cash tax-free is a big incentive to I.I.s), well... wouldn't YOU shrug your shoulders and say "well, if they want to be fucked, who am I to not do it?" Americans really have no one but themselves to blame, as they elect the politicians who allow the problems to happen (illegal immigration being merely one of many).
So no, race is of no concern, other than a Mexican national stands out pretty distinctly from your typical poor white or black American (or even asian for that matter). It is a NATIONALITY thing, and that one country's population is financially ass-raping another country for over 20 years, and it is (and has) been causing some major (like $100+ billion in taxes a year) problems. On top of the: being able to walk away from the scene of a crime and get away with it.. getting cash under the table and not having to pay income taxes... being able to use tax-funded services without any proper ID or citizenship (making citizenship worthless)... you get the picture.
It's like someone cutting in line or changing the rules when playing a game just so they can win all the time. That tends to frustrate people.
One more note: understand that "libertarians" are damn near for anarchy.. not quite, but close enough. As in: NO socialist safety net whatsoever (one must understand the nature of a net: while a net can be used to catch you when you fall, that same net can be turned sideways and used to catch you when you run); one keeps what one earns; judgement is based on action and behavior, not existence (thus, no taxing the "rich" to help the "poor", as one must define who the rich and poor are, much less determine who is going to do the stealing and the giving.. which then involves legalization of theft, which then leads to other crimes being justified or legalized under the government... which is why the government is the way it is now.).
You also say "You should have the freedom to do what you want so long as you do not infringe on another's freedom to do the same." This is the essence of the real argument against illegal immigration, as they are infringing on others freedoms by taking advantage of the social safety net and politicians/government that has become corrupted since "taxing the rich to help the poor" was legalized.
Regardless, I will say thank you for not once resorting to name calling (other than "racist" and "indignant"). -
Sorry about that, folks. At least appreciate the non-cursing while it lasts.
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To create a paragraph space, type without the spaces.
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Just ignore the stupid fucker: "Coventry" (look it up). It's the only thing that will shut him up. We've been *allowing* him to hijack every single fucking thread he posts to. It'll take a while because he's a stubborn pugilistic cretin, but eventually he'll stop when he get's it through his monstrously thick skull that he isn't going to get his attention fix at AICN anymore. I don't know what he'll do then because there's hardly any other sites on the web that are so ridiculously lax in their moderation policies. Hopefully, he'll hang himself in a closet somewhere so no one else is injured or killed when he inevitably self destructs due to lack of misguided ego stroking. But, no doubt, he'll go postal and shoot up a library or something when the rejection finally sinks in. You guys who support him? Think he's funny? Please grow the fuck up. You can't go through life as perverted giggling frat boys and expect anything but misery in the end. But, whatever, carry on. The older I get the more I understand that I know nothing.
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First thing, it's a fucking movie. It's a bad movie with enough tits, blood and violence to be enjoyable.
Second thing. Whatever way you lean on the political spectrum, does anyone really think that anything is going to be done about our illegal immigrant situation?
We've had 20 years worth of Republican presidents, (Reagan, Bush #1 and Bush #2). Eight years with a Democrat president, (Clinton). And a Republican majority Congress from 1993 until 2006. Now, in all that time no one has done jack shit about immigration other than rile up their bases and have them fighting amongst themselves. Nothing is going to be done because the rich fucks who contribute to both parties are the ones benefiting from illegal immigrant workers.
The top 1% damn near don't get taxed as it is. The reasoning being that they'll use that money to expand their businesses and hire more workers. But what stops them from hiring people who are here illegally and paying them damn near nothing? They're getting away murder because the taxes they pay ain't shit, and no one is doing anything to them over the illegals they hire.
This all reminds me of Saudi Arabia. Where the ruling class treats everyone below them like shit, and to keep the rage and frustration of the common folk away from them, they shift the reason for their conditions to the United States when in fact they are in bed with the United States and every other western civilization. -
I don't want to see this movie just cause they can't pronounce the damn title in spanish in the previews! Not to mention Jessica Alba pronouncing it wrong and Michelle Rodriguez is even hispanic and she says Mashetee. So effing annoying.
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Sep 05, 2010 1:57:40 PM CDT
If anyone who has actually seen it answer *spoilers*
by caffienelover1978
how convincing they thought the fight between Machete and Torrez was? Plus did I miss closure with the Savini character? I member seeing in the trailer him with a sniper rifle and a machete to his neck. dont remember seeing that in the movie just the fahey character freaking out saying he knows about us and Savini saying he dosnt know about me. I feel like I missed a reel of film.
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I weep that some of you probably vote. Civics is truly dead in this country. In any event, it looks like a fun movie but I don't know if I'd pay $12 to see it. It might be Netflix-worthy.
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Didn't get the infrence: "The stupid fucker = THE_CHOPPAH.
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Had it been promoted like The Expendables. You have to know who your crowd is,who's going to pay to see this film. SPVTW was promoted as a geek/hipster only thing. Like a two hour inside joke. Thats why the rest of the world ignored it and Harry,Rotten Tomatoes, and that cock sucker from Chud are all so butt hurt over it being a bomb. You can't promote a movie like that in this ADD society. It's just not going to work.
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Sep 05, 2010 8:45:55 PM CDT
What sad is George Clooney couldn't even dominate!
by hollywoodhellraiser
Sure Machete didn't set the bo on fire but neither did Clooney overhyped star power!
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Clooney is a good actor, but he does some weird movies.
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i need my drugs
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Sep 06, 2010 8:14:06 AM CDT
A movie with Segal, Martin and Johnson is being taken seriously?
by leo54304
Sorry but if those 3 names are in movie you can't take it seriously.
And so what if the bad guys in the movie are white, for decades movies like this have followed the formula of: south of the border are bad guys, north of the border are good guys. Whenever Arnie went south of the border any spanish american was a guy to be killed. However, there was the predator but he was an illegal alien anyway.
if you want a politcal documentary see "The Pat Tillman Story". Now thats a movie that should be taken seriously.
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You are all retarded. This movie could really care less about the immigration debate. Immigration is just a tool to help move the plot along. It is really not even trying to make a statement. It makes fun of itself, immigration, Mexicans, and redneck racist idiot Americans. It in no way shape or form promotes immigration. To have a political discourse because of this film is one thing. Though discourse would not be the word I would use for the stupid idiotic ramblings of some psycho who calls himself THE_CHOPPAH. Never the less. This movie is as much a proponent for immigration as Inception was a proponent for heavy dreaming.
That being said, I really liked the movie. It was over the top in every way and a lot of fun to watch. Ridiculously entertaining!
Try seeing it before you criticize it.
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