inkslave
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There isn't enough suspension of disbelief in the world to get you through "Machete." But you won't care. So many blades and body parts are flying, so many really good actors are vamping the hell out of their parts, it simply doesn't matter.
I do wish Danny Trejo got more work that did justice to his talent. His sting on "Real Housewives" showed he's capable of more than just gritting his teeth and chopping people up. And see "Heat" to watch him and his buddy Bobby DeNiro, whose performance in this movie is jaw-droppingly awful because that was what he was aiming for, flex their acting muscles some.
I had a chance to meet Trejo a few years ago on the set of yet another really bad movie. With him was his shaman, who was his only entourage, an older man who also had done hard time and emerged stronger for it. I was deeply impressed by Trejo's spirituality and his intellect, and his very sly sense of humor. Then he went and chopped some people up. It was glorious.
Until the day comes when someone realizes what Trejo could do with a real script, I will blissfully watch him make the most of trash. He's the Marlon Brando of arterial spurts.
I do wish Danny Trejo got more work that did justice to his talent. His sting on "Real Housewives" showed he's capable of more than just gritting his teeth and chopping people up. And see "Heat" to watch him and his buddy Bobby DeNiro, whose performance in this movie is jaw-droppingly awful because that was what he was aiming for, flex their acting muscles some.
I had a chance to meet Trejo a few years ago on the set of yet another really bad movie. With him was his shaman, who was his only entourage, an older man who also had done hard time and emerged stronger for it. I was deeply impressed by Trejo's spirituality and his intellect, and his very sly sense of humor. Then he went and chopped some people up. It was glorious.
Until the day comes when someone realizes what Trejo could do with a real script, I will blissfully watch him make the most of trash. He's the Marlon Brando of arterial spurts.
You'll get exhausted watching Stevie Ray Vaughan crank out this incredible performance long before Stevie does. Sweat pouring off his sparse frame, he delivers heartpounding riff after riff on every song in this movie, leaving you wondering how he possibly had anything left for the next one.
My personal favorite is the 9-minute version of "Texas Flood," which includes some of the tightest, fastest playing ever captured on film. And it's captured well by multiple cameras worked by people who knew what they were doing. What a welcome relief from the drugged-out, out of focus zoom work that has marred so many classic performance movies -- the 1973 docu "Jimi Hendrix" is a prime example, though still worth watching for sure.
But back to Stevie. He was a little guy, all skin and bones, and hands. Like Hendrix he seemed to be gifted with hands belonging to some other, much larger person. His hands were so big that he used extra-wide guitar necks most of the time. He once described his style thus: "I use heavy strings, tune low and floor it. Floor it." See the results for yourself in this terrific film. Buy the DVD so you can jump right to your favorite tracks.
My personal favorite is the 9-minute version of "Texas Flood," which includes some of the tightest, fastest playing ever captured on film. And it's captured well by multiple cameras worked by people who knew what they were doing. What a welcome relief from the drugged-out, out of focus zoom work that has marred so many classic performance movies -- the 1973 docu "Jimi Hendrix" is a prime example, though still worth watching for sure.
But back to Stevie. He was a little guy, all skin and bones, and hands. Like Hendrix he seemed to be gifted with hands belonging to some other, much larger person. His hands were so big that he used extra-wide guitar necks most of the time. He once described his style thus: "I use heavy strings, tune low and floor it. Floor it." See the results for yourself in this terrific film. Buy the DVD so you can jump right to your favorite tracks.