So here we finally have it, after the new images we received yesterday, a real trailer for a real movie based off of a fake trailer for a fake movie.
I’ve suspected for a while that this is a film that won’t know exactly what it wants to be, and this trailer (which I saw attached to Predators yesterday- Tag Team review coming soon) only cements that hunch. While I admit very little of what happens in the Grindhouse trailer for Machete would be that out of place in a typical Rodriguez film, we’re still seeing a ton of the original footage alongside everything new. The problem being that even when you strip the fake film-grain and melodramatic voice-over off of these shots, they still stand out as parody against the new material, ridiculous as much of it is. The Cheech portion in particular feels off. It doesn’t help that the whole thing is cut like shit.
The film looks like you thought it would though, and maybe once it’s all a part of full-length film that you can get settle into it will be worth a ride. There’s no denying the hell of a cast Rodriguez put together, and even as an utter failure it could be interesting to watch the train-wreck. Hopefully we’ll get something much better and much more fun than that though.
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The trailer I just watched looks fucking great, especially the mullet on Fahey. Besides its a movie staring DANNY TREJO….what could go wrong?
*Introducing* Don Johnson? What is that about? Is this his never before seen evil twin?
I almost broke my neck, double taking 6 times when I thought I saw Steven Segal, and then it turned out to be Steven Segal! AND WAS THAT TOM SAVINI!?!?
Jesus, I think I might like this as long as it doesn't take itself as seriously as this trailer makes it out to be.
This is an action exploitation flick. Go watch other Action exploitation film trailers…guess what? A LOT of shots in them that are just in them to sell tickets. I agree with swearengen trailer looks cool and I don't even like Rodriguez.
Robert Rodriguez = the definition of S**T
I would hope Rodriguez would resist the urge to have the utterly atrocious 'Crazy Babysitter Twins' in this. But I fear he would not have that level of restraint and they will utterly fuck up this movie for every second they are in it.
God, that was fantastic. And Michelle Rodriguez looks amazing.
Michelle Rodriguez looks so fucking hot!
Dude, the original footage works just fine with the new stuff. There wasn't a single shot in that trailer that wasn't ridiculous.
Not as orgasmic as the "fake" trailer, but still pretty cool.
out of tarantino/rodriguez, only robby knows how to make a good grindhouse flick (if nothing else).. glad he's stickin to it.. Would also like to see Rob Zombie tackle the genre, instead of attempting to remake s**t.. wake me up for the redband trailer.
Ahhh another shitty movie from RR.
Bad, Bad dissolves all the way through and very video looking, not good.
wasn't there an extended 'fake' trailer with a bunch of new content? it was a billion times better than this 'real' one … though I still won't see the film because the whole 'this is Mexico's land' thing bothers me.
Wasn't sold on this film til I saw the lobby card with the Avellan twins. Yes! The babysitters twins are back as sexy nurse twins!!!
Renn, why do you insist on trying to copy Devin's attitude and writing style? Chud already has one "I hate anything everyone else likes" curmudgeon… it doesn't need another.
I'm sold. The preposterous nature of it all tells me the bar visit afterwards will be all sorts of fun.
Looks like it's worth a rental just to view the cheech as a priest scenes.
#14 – "It's MY manifest destiny!" >:(
The didn't have the best line from the fake trailer:
YOU MEAN THAT MEXICAN DAY LABORER IS A GODDAMN FEDERALE?!
How fucked is Lohan that THIS film won't even mention she's in it?
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