Machete and Tron Review
Machete
In this film Robert Rodriguez decided to pay tribute to B-movies of the 70 's and 80 's (the unsteady zooms, the clumsy edits, the continuity errors between shots), this is very apparent in the genre of the movie, exploitation films include excessive violence, gore, nudity and way too many corny lines. Art Direction wise the film also follows a 70’s 80’s kind of vibe, the cast also reminds us of that era. Costume design is amazing, all characters have a distinct very cartoony costume to them, the cheesiness doesn’t end here, the amount of weapons cannot be accounted for other than all the uzi’s minigun’s etc. etc. our main character can turn any household object, gardening tool or surgical instrument into a weapon of mass destruction! Special Effects are ABSURD (in the good way) what really stuck in my head is when our main Hero guts someone takes his intestines and jumps out a window using them as a rope! The Blood spurts and body parts cut off or crushed aren’t few either. Sound Effects have their parts of cheese; the most memorable one to me was when Torrez (played by Steven Seagal) pulls out his Samurai Sword (the effect is actually from the 1974 movie Six Million Dollar Man). Machete is a film that embodies all of the facets a 1970s blaxploitation film would have, but with the Hispanic culture. This is Mexploitation, with a resonant grindhouse feeling, complete with film reel scratches and fake political ads. But the violence and action in this is so extraordinary and unapologetically gruesome, with the extremity of it all not being taken seriously at all. The things they do in this film, guaranteed you haven 't seen most of them ever done before. Corkscrews, high-heels, weed-whackers, and, of course, machetes, are only a very small listing of all the tools and weapons used to dispatch characters in Machete. It 's over the top, absolutely ridiculous scenes that pop up every five minutes and make for a joyous film experience. There are too many
In this film Robert Rodriguez decided to pay tribute to B-movies of the 70 's and 80 's (the unsteady zooms, the clumsy edits, the continuity errors between shots), this is very apparent in the genre of the movie, exploitation films include excessive violence, gore, nudity and way too many corny lines. Art Direction wise the film also follows a 70’s 80’s kind of vibe, the cast also reminds us of that era. Costume design is amazing, all characters have a distinct very cartoony costume to them, the cheesiness doesn’t end here, the amount of weapons cannot be accounted for other than all the uzi’s minigun’s etc. etc. our main character can turn any household object, gardening tool or surgical instrument into a weapon of mass destruction! Special Effects are ABSURD (in the good way) what really stuck in my head is when our main Hero guts someone takes his intestines and jumps out a window using them as a rope! The Blood spurts and body parts cut off or crushed aren’t few either. Sound Effects have their parts of cheese; the most memorable one to me was when Torrez (played by Steven Seagal) pulls out his Samurai Sword (the effect is actually from the 1974 movie Six Million Dollar Man). Machete is a film that embodies all of the facets a 1970s blaxploitation film would have, but with the Hispanic culture. This is Mexploitation, with a resonant grindhouse feeling, complete with film reel scratches and fake political ads. But the violence and action in this is so extraordinary and unapologetically gruesome, with the extremity of it all not being taken seriously at all. The things they do in this film, guaranteed you haven 't seen most of them ever done before. Corkscrews, high-heels, weed-whackers, and, of course, machetes, are only a very small listing of all the tools and weapons used to dispatch characters in Machete. It 's over the top, absolutely ridiculous scenes that pop up every five minutes and make for a joyous film experience. There are too many
References: make this movie that much better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The digital universe proves both dangerous and gorgeous, with its color scheme of midnight black, electric blue and neon red, its population of outlandish humanoid programs and its exotic gladiatorial games. The world of the grid is rippling with detail. The action scenes, Disk wars, particularly the light cycle races, are awesome. Factor in the 3D and IMAX aspect and you 're in for an event. The CGI created Clu looks Computer generated but this didn’t bother me, since it fits the story, (Clu is actually computer generated in the story), however the re aging of the 61 year actor to a 35 year stud left it’s marks, for the CGI Clu is left without many emotions to his face. The film starts in the real world and in 2D however in the computer world we switch to 3D, the computer world is very convincing, the costumes add to the computer generated world feel, especially with all the neon geometry on them. The skintight "electric" suits worn were actually fitted with embedded light strips, thus eliminating the need for any such effects modifications in post production. The movies Art Direction consists on contrast of colors, the black costumes and black environment vs. the neon lights on them (blue lights for the good guys and orange for the bad ones), this goes further during the lightcycle races where the bikes leave light trails behind them, Castor/Zuse ‘s club has a different approach to it with white and light blue dominance, the 4 sirens that Sam meets just before the Grid arena are also suited in a different manner with white suits instead of black ones and operate as if they are robots. Pablo Barghout